Text book — Norton, M.B. 2015 A People &

Text book — Norton, M.B. 2015 A People & a nation 

Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used as a guide. 

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course. 

A. Discuss three major changes in race relations (i.e., laws, amendments, labor arrangements, working conditions, migration patterns, socioeconomic changes) that resulted from Reconstruction (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs). 

B. Describe two consequences of industrialization on American politics and/or society (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs). 

C. Explain the rise of the Progressive movement (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs) by doing the following: 

1. Describe the role of religion and social morality in promoting Progressive reforms. 

2. Describe two reform movements that helped to define the Progressive Era. 

3. Discuss one impact of the Progressive movement on American politics (i.e., amendments, legislation, diplomatic decisions). 

D. Explain (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs) the role of American imperialism in leading the United States into two of the following conflicts: 

• Hawaiian Annexation 

• War in the Philippines 

• Spanish-American War 

• World War I 

E. Provide acknowledgement of source information, using in-text citations and references, for quoted, paraphrased, or summarized content. 

1. Include the following information when providing source references: 

• author 

•  date 

•  title 

•  location of information (e.g., publisher, journal, or website URL)

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