Category: History


  • Describe the events of the Opium Wars and Taiping Rebellion. Describe conditions in China that precipitated the wars and their outcome. Describe the purpose of the paper and conclusion. Provide a quality argument; that is, use good sentence structure, and avoid run-on sentences and spelling and grammar errors. Provide citations to support your argument and…

  • How does the condition of stability in China today compare with that of the 19th century (1800s)? How does the condition of stability in China today compare with that of the 20th century (1900s)? What is Pinker’s thesis about the change in violence over time? To what does Pinker attribute the decline in civil wars…

  • 1. Explain the difference between Presidential Reconstruction and Congressional Reconstruction. What were some of the accomplishments and failures of Reconstruction? Why does it end?   2. Explain the Gilded Age. What were some of the concerns of many Americans during this era? Explain the Progressive Era. What were some of the accomplishments and shortcomings of…

  • IDS 403 Module Two Activity Guidelines and Rubric   Overview   For the project due in Module Seven, you will examine a specific technology that influenced a social, cultural, or global event and how it impacts individuals and society. You will demonstrate your ability to think critically, investigate, and communicate clearly. Technology influences society, and…

  • In an essay of at least 6,000, words discuss the meaning of Disneyland as a utopia. In this paper you must define the word “utopia” (and “dystopia”) in your second paragraph, and in the following body paragraphs show how Disneyland interacts with this idea, discussing its consequence. Intro paragraph -What personal and historical factors led…

  • Topic Primary Source   1 Napoleonic Wars   “An Ordinary Soldier’s Account” https://revolution.chnm.org/d/515   2 Industrial Revolution   Friedrich Engels “Industrial Manchester” https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1844engels.asp   3 Industrial Revolution   Women Miners in the English Coal Pits http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1842womenminers.asp cw: This document has veiled references to sexual harassment/assault   4 19th-Century Public Health   Florence Nightingale, “Rural Hygiene”…

  • 1. Explain the difference between Presidential Reconstruction and Congressional Reconstruction. What were some of the accomplishments and failures of Reconstruction? Why does it end? 2. Explain the Gilded Age. What were some of the concerns of many Americans during this era? Explain the Progressive Era. What were some of the accomplishments and shortcomings of Progressives?…

  • Write an essay of 750-1,000 words comparing the U.S. health system to other countries’ health systems.   1. Compare the status of the health care system in the United States with that of other developed countries.   2. Select one developed country besides the United States and discuss how the selected country practices unbiased communication…

  • Discussion 1   The critical thinking question must be thoughtful, in depth, and based on information gathered from the readings. It should be clear that you have read the readings and thought about them. These questions are your own questions that you thought about during the readings:   What are the challenges in Culture to…

  • 1.) Explain how freed and enslaved African American men and women assisted the Union military effort during the Civil War.   2.) What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott Case mean to the abolitionist cause and to African Americans generally?   3.) Discuss the Emancipation Proclamation–its purpose, who it affected, who it did…