support immediate emancipation   Find a character (person) Please remember this debate take place during the 1850s.  Before the  Civil War, before Emancipation Proclamation and after Jefferson has been  dead for more than 35 years.   Your  character does not have to be an actual historical figure. You can be,  for example, journalist, politician, teacher, a […]

   Thesis Statement Shadrack in Toni Morrison’s novel Sula is a character who portrays how war trauma and mental illness isolate people from society and how society fails to care for the psychological victims of war. What Shadrack's character teaches us about the effects of war and the ways mentally ill people can be ostracized […]

 The tensions that arose between Great Britain and her North American colonies as a result of taxation and other measures following the Seven Years' War culminated in war, a movement for independence, and the establishment of a new nation. The ideals that fueled the Revolution were grounded in Enlightenment Era thought. These same ideals still […]

 The Republican victory in 1896 gave heart to proponents of prosperity through foreign trade.   McKinley sought neither war nor colonies, but many in his party wanted both. Called "jingos," they included Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt; John Hay, the ambassador to London, and senators Albert Beveridge and Henry Cabot Lodge.  Britain, France, […]

 The Progressive-era stands out as a time when reformers sought to address social ills brought about by a rapidly changing society. Debates surrounded issues such as political corruption, the regulation of business practices, racial equality, women's suffrage, and the living conditions of impoverished immigrants overcrowded into urban slums.    Atlanta Compromise – Booker T. Washington 1895 […]

 Review and identify relevant information on the linked PBS American Experience site, Reconstruction The Second Civil War   White Southern Responses to Black Emancipation | American Experience | Official Site | PBS   Milestone Documents | National Archives   Consider the following statement:  "The persistence of racism in both the North and the South lay at the heart […]

  Journal Instructions These may not be older than six months and must be from legitimate news sources (Wikipedia is not a legitimate source, nor is History.com). In the article, the author must be either discussing a historical topic, and/or using it to support an opinion about some current event. Either way, the historical topic […]

 Industrialization brought great wealth to America, but the price was quite high. The growing extremes of poverty and wealth that were being exhibited at the end of the 19th century, caused some to seek ways to make possible a just and humane society, while others sought justification for the emerging social order. The promise of […]

 In 1914 Woodrow Wilson proclaimed U.S. neutrality, and asked the American people to remain "impartial in thought as well as deed." At the end of the war, some members of the government pushed to expand American influence but to also remain free of any commitments, a policy its critics referred to as isolationism    In […]

Some early Europeans who visited West African nations promoted the idea that the societies they encountered had no history. Many questioned whether the societies should even be referred to as civilizations. Based on your learning in Module 2, how do you respond to these ideas? Remember that your answer must include historical evidence. You may […]