Category: American History

Watch the film closely and take notes on the following themes and questions
Map out the history of soul music as described in the TV episode
Listen carefully and be prepared to describe the sound of soul
Innovation
Segregation
Appropriation
The music industry
State power
Write a ONE-and-a HALF to TWO-and-a-HALF page review of this television episode by choosing ONE of the topics below and responding to this prompt:
Choose ONE of the topics below and, using it as your focus, explain how does the history of soul illustrate the way that ideas about race are produced and resisted in popular music?
Innovation
Segregation
Appropriation
The music industry
State power
Format requirements
Your paper must include the following sections AND each section must be clearly headed in BOLD.
Introduction
In this section provide basic information about the film. This could include things such as the film’s name, year, director, and major interviewees. Provide a one sentence preview of your focus (from the list above).
Plot Summary
Behave as if the readers of your film review has not seen the film/TV show. Provide them with enough of a map of the story of the film so that they will understand what you are writing about. Keep this long enough to orient your reader, but short enough so that it does not spoil viewing for others. You can include a little of your experience of the TV. This might be your personal experience of the what the TV show looks like, feels like, sounds like.
Analysis
Respond to the prompt. This is the most important part of the review and where you get the most points. Your focus should be on demonstrating your understanding of the lectures, readings and the film and synthesizing how relevant parts of the lectures/readings are illuminated by the film.
Evaluation
Summarize your review and indicate your evaluation of the TV show
Your paper MUST be compatible with Microsoft Word (you don’t need Microsoft Word, it must just be readable by Microsoft Word – for example Pages often is not).
Typed, double-spaced,12-point font 1.5 to 2.5 pages
Include page numbers at the bottom of the page
Use one-inch margins
Do not include a cover page
You MUST save and upload your paper using the following convention Last name First name Soul Deep Summer 2022
So if Robyn Fenty was in our class her assignment would be saved in the following manner: Fenty Robyn Soul Deep Summer 2022

The New Deal was a series of programs and projects instituted during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that aimed to restore prosperity to Americans. President Roosevelt’s New Deal fundamentally and permanently changed the U.S. federal government by expanding its size and scope—especially its role in the economy.
Before responding to this week’s discussion board assignment:
Please watch the Biography of America video–FDR and the Depression Links to an external site..
For this week’s discussion, please respond to the following questions:
Using specific examples, in what ways did Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal attempt to resolve the economic and social issues brought about by the Great Depression?
In your opinion, were President Roosevelt’s New Deal policies effective in resolving the underlying causes of the Great Depression? Explain.
Ideally, your initial response to the discussion board questions should exceed 500 words. At least one of your replies to your classmates’ posts should exceed 125 words. You must reply to a total of three of your fellow classmates. Submissions will be graded according to content, accuracy, and the degree of knowledge and analytical insight produced in your essay. Students are strongly encouraged to incorporate the provided outside resources into their essays to strengthen their responses.
FDR and the Depression

Create a 10-slide timeline with key events from the beginning to the end of World War I.
The slides should include images and explanations. Pretend you are teaching someone younger than you about the events in World I.
The timeline should reflect what took place during this important time in history.
Cite and reference all resources utilized in the assignment. Include a minimum of two references. One resource may be the textbook.
Review the presentation for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and APA style.

I need a compare/contrast eassy for my english class. I dont have a topic so you can choose
something. I couldnt figure out how to chage the number of words, but it has to be 750 words.I NEED TO PASS! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!

You have been asked the question: What makes us American? We have established a representative democracy and a written constitution that has lasted for 235 years. The Constitution has upheld our American values, protected our rights, and fostered a will to promote the common welfare of all Americans. In large part, the belief in our Constitution makes us unique as Americans.
You will write an essay in which you will make a reasoned case for your opinion on the Constitutional topics listed below.
!!! Examine Articles I, II, and III of the Constitution. In your opinion, which one has the most significant role in fulfilling the goals of the
Constitution as stated in the Preamble. Think carefully about the Articles, the institutions
which they established, and the authority and powers granted to each. Which Article is most essential in securing a
“more perfect Union”?

Please, use the speech https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/21-world-war-i/woodrow-wilson-requests-war-april-2-1917/ as a primary source.
Also, I need additional secondary sources to present background situation. If you have an access to those two books, please use them for this purpose:
1. Farwell, Byron. Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999.
2. Stevenson, David. The First World War And International Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
If not, refer to up to three sources from JSTOR, or SAGE Journals. The choice of sources is up to you.
And do not forget abou using 17th Edition of Chicago Manual Style in formatting.
Thank you in advance!

essay Question (20 points)
Based on reading (pdf format) “American Government and Civic Engagement”, write a one page essay to discuss the following question: Who govern in America?
Remember: essays always include a title, introduction, body, conclusion and bibliography. For example, for this particular assignment, your essay must have at least 3 paragraphs one for the Introduction, at least 1 for the body, and one for the Conclusion)
Rubric
Your answers and Essay must:
1) Be doubled spaced and written in Times New Roman, Font of 12″, Margin of 1″x1″
2) Written in proper English Grammar, spelling, sentence structures (.5 points penalty per grammar error and misspelling
3) Include your first and last names
4) Late Assignments will automatically be graded as D, a passing grade
Note that your grade will be based on the content of your answers and your writing skills (grammar, spelling, sentence structures, etc)

answer four of the five questions listed below. As part of each question, you will find a set of terms and phrases. Make sure that you use those terms and phrases in answering that question. A significant part of your grade for that answer will be based on how intelligently or meaningfully you use those terms and phrases in constructing your answer for that question. When typing your answers, please highlight those terms and phrases in bold or italics so that it is easy for me to locate them in your answers.
Each of your answers has to be a minimum of 250 words and a maximum of 500 words (please specify the word count for each answer at the end of that answer). While your answer can exceed 500 words if you feel necessary, it should not be fewer than 250 words. Points will be deducted for word counts less than 250. Answers should be double-spaced, in Times New Roman; 12-point font size
Question 1:
Like all modern representative democracies, the American democracy needs political parties, even though George Washington lamented their existence and warned the dangers of parties and partisanship for the health of democracy. What general functions do political parties perform in a representative democracy? To what extent do the parties in the United States fulfill those functions? Also, how are the political parties related to interest groups and social movements? In constructing your answer, make sure to use the following terms and phrases in a meaningful way:
– Political party
– Primary elections
– National conventions
– Political machines
– Partisanship
– Two-party system
– Minor parties
– Interest group
– Social movement
– Political action committees
– Lobbying
Question 2:
Discuss the process, role, and consequence of elections in American democracy, and what determines citizens’ participation in it. In constructing your answer, make sure to use the following terms and phrases in a meaningful way:
– Political participation
– Turnout
– Literacy test
– Poll tax
– Grandfather clause
– Retrospective voting
– Prospective voting
– Primary
– Caucus
– Presidential elections
– Congressional elections
Question 4:
The American public generally considers the president as the most powerful figure in the country’s politics. Discuss whether that is actually true or not or in what ways and to what extent the president can make a difference in the country’s politics. In constructing your answer, make sure to use the following terms and phrases in a meaningful way:
– Presidential democracy
– Parliamentary democracy
– Electoral college
– Veto message
– Signing statement
– Cabinet
– Presidential transition
– Vice-president
– Power of persuasion
– Power to say no
– Impeachment
– The office of the President
– Divided government
– Unified government
Question 5:
The judiciary has a crucial role in the check and balance system in American democracy. Explain what that role is and the ways in which the judiciary checks the other branches of government and is checked by those branches in turn. In constructing your answer, make sure to use the following terms and phrases in a meaningful way:
– Judicial review
– Judicial restraint approach
– Judicial activist or activism approach
– Constitutional Court
– Marbury v. Madison (1803)
– Supreme Court
– District courts
– Litmus test
– Court packing
– Congressional
– The dual sovereignty principle
– Political liberty
– Economy

One 250 + word essay
The Federal Judiciary
The judicial system in the United States is based on the doctrine of federalism. Two court systems exist side-by-side, national and state, and each has a distinct set of powers. State courts, for the most part, are responsible for handling legal issues that arise under their own laws. It is primarily when a federal questions is presented that the federal judicial system can become involved in a state court. Otherwise, state judiciaries are generally autonomous even from one another. The Constitution precisely outlines the types of cases that can be heard by federal courts, yet it is almost impossible to force a federal court to hear a case that falls under its jurisdiction if the judge(s) want to avoid it. The authority of the U.S. Supreme Court has slowly grown over time, largely through the power of judicial review. Nonetheless, federalism has managed to remain a significant barrier against fedral courts becoming too powerful. The judicial system designed by the framers continues to survive and function after 200 years. However, it is more controversial in 2022 than it has been in former times.
EVERYONE MUST ANSWER ONE THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN A 250 OR MORE WORD ESSAY:
1. From the reading, what are the checks on the powers of the judiciary? Are the checks adequate to prevent the abuse of judicial power? Explain.
2. Which position makes the most sense to you, judicial activism or judicial restraint? Justify your position. Is a Republican or a Democratic judge more likely to favor judicial restraint? Explain your answer.
3. This chapter makes the case that federalism is “alive and well” in the relationship between state and federal courts. What evidence is available to support his position?

Pick and answer four of the five questions listed below. As part of each question, you will find a set of terms and phrases. Make sure that you use those terms and phrases in answering that question. A significant part of your grade for that answer will be based on how intelligently or meaningfully you use those terms and phrases in constructing your answer for that question. When typing your answers, please highlight those terms and phrases in bold or italics so that it is easy for me to locate them in your answers.
Each of your answers has to be a minimum of 250 words and a maximum of 500 words (please specify the word count for each answer at the end of that answer). While your answer can exceed 500 words if you feel necessary, it should not be fewer than 250 words. Points will be deducted for word counts less than 250. Answers should be double-spaced, in Times New Roman; 12-point font size; 1” on left, right, top and bottom. You must upload your answer as a word file or a PDF file under the Assignment tab on the left-hand side of the Canvas page, under which you will see the Exam II tab, by January 16, Monday, 5:00 pm. AEST
Question 1:
Like all modern representative democracies, the American democracy needs political parties, even though George Washington lamented their existence and warned the dangers of parties and partisanship for the health of democracy. What general functions do political parties perform in a representative democracy? To what extent do the parties in the United States fulfill those functions? Also, how are the political parties related to interest groups and social movements? In constructing your answer, make sure to use the following terms and phrases in a meaningful way:
– Political party
– Primary elections
– National conventions
– Political machines
– Partisanship
– Two-party system
– Minor parties
– Interest group
– Social movement
– Political action committees
– Lobbying
Question 2:
Discuss the process, role, and consequence of elections in American democracy, and what determines citizens’ participation in it. In constructing your answer, make sure to use the following terms and phrases in a meaningful way:
– Political participation
– Turnout
– Literacy test
– Poll tax
– Grandfather clause
– Retrospective voting
– Prospective voting
– Primary
– Caucus
– Presidential elections
– Congressional elections
Question 3:
According to the Constitution, Congress is the most important branch of the government; yet, according to the public opinion polls, it is also the least popular one. Discuss the characteristics, operation and functions of Congress, and why it might be so unpopular. In constructing your answer, make sure to use the following terms and phrases in a meaningful way:
– Partisan polarization
– Bicameral legislature
– Filibuster
– Incumbency
– Whip
– Speaker
– Party vote
– Caucus
– Standing committees
– Select committees
– Joint committees
– Conference committees
– Joint resolution
– Divided government
– Unified government
– Pork-barrel legislation
– Earmarks
Question 4:
The American public generally considers the president as the most powerful figure in the country’s politics. Discuss whether that is actually true or not or in what ways and to what extent the president can make a difference in the country’s politics. In constructing your answer, make sure to use the following terms and phrases in a meaningful way:
– Presidential democracy
– Parliamentary democracy
– Electoral college
– Veto message
– Signing statement
– Cabinet
– Presidential transition
– Vice-president
– Power of persuasion
– Power to say no
– Impeachment
– The office of the President
– Divided government
– Unified government
Question 5:
The judiciary has a crucial role in the check and balance system in American democracy. Explain what that role is and the ways in which the judiciary checks the other branches of government and is checked by those branches in turn. In constructing your answer, make sure to use the following terms and phrases in a meaningful way:
– Judicial review
– Judicial restraint approach
– Judicial activist or activism approach
– Constitutional Court
– Marbury v. Madison (1803)
– Supreme Court
– District courts
– Litmus test
– Court packing
– Congressional
– The dual sovereignty principle
– Political liberty
– Economy