What precisely is Brewer’s argument for “Why America Fights”? Do you find her reasoning compelling? Why or why not? What other reasons can you identify for why America might go to war? Be sure to support your answer with evidence, either from Brewer, Foner, or outside sources.
Below are excerpts from sociologist William Graham Sumner’s famous lecture to the Phi Beta Kappa society at Yale in 1898. Titled The Conquest of the United States by Spain, it offers an unflinching take on the United States’ intended efforts to spread our way of life abroad in the wake of the Spanish-American …
After World War One, the Arabs claimed that the British had “stabbed them in the back” by not granting them an independent Arab state or states. Assess the Hussein-McMahon correspondence, the Sykes-Picot agreement, and the Balfour Declaration. Were the Great Powers duplicitous or just muddling through? Are the Arabs …
What did Freedman mean by when he said there are “three characterizes of American cuisine” are “regionalism, standardization, and variety”? How did each change over time? Does Hawaiian cuisine, as discussed in the PBS article, go along with Freedman’s definition of American cuisine? Explain your answer.
Based on the textbook reading here, in what ways do you think the Scientific Revolution had the biggest impact on people’s lives?” Cover Read from “The Scientific Revolution” to “The Medical Renaissance”
In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed, bringing nearly fifty years of global tension to a close. How did the Cold War dominate American politics and foreign policy? Should the end of the Cold War be considered a turning point in American history? Consider foreign policy before and after the Cold War and defend your answer …
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1. Perform an internet search on reliable resources about one of the following historical events. A. The Great Depression B. The Spanish Flu C. The Holocaust 2. Write an essay that includes the following: A. Causes of the event B. Description C. Consequences D. What can we …
Does the age or personal profile of the historian affect his or her analysis of the past? Suppose a journalist chooses to research and write an account of a historical event or period that he or she saw and chronicled for newspapers and magazines. Does the author automatically …
