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How did historical racism and racialization of Asian Americans inform their radical activism in the 1960s and 1970s QUESTIONS: 1) How did historical racism and racialization of Asian Americans inform their radical activism in the 1960s and 1970s? To answer this question, please discuss how debates over assimilation, Black-white racial binary, and/or the model minority … Read more

What do the documents by Solomon Northup (Solomon Northup Describes a Slave Market) 1. What do the documents by Solomon Northup (Solomon Northup Describes a Slave Market) and Harriet Jacobs (On Rape and Slavery) tell us about what the real experience of slavery was like? 2.According to Mary Polk Branch\’ Mary Polk Branch Remembers Plantation … Read more

How did the Emancipation Proclamation affect slave owners in Confederate states Respond to two or more of the following questions with a journal entry of at least 250 words. How did the Emancipation Proclamation affect slave owners in Confederate states?  How did it affect the composition of the Union Army? Why did Lincoln wait until … Read more

Write a 1-2 page Persuasive Essay on which factor you view to be most significant in the development of the civilizations covered Considering the factors involved in the development of Western Civilization (Pages 1-2 in The Making of the West), write a 1-2 page Persuasive Essay on which factor you view to be most significant … Read more

The pre-Civil War era was a time of reform. 1. The pre-Civil War era was a time of reform. Describe and explain the people who led these reform movements, and why. Whom or what were they trying to reform? Also, within this period, children were both valued and devalued. Share your view of how children … Read more