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History

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It is clear the New Frontier and the Great Society were a commitment of hope and promise, but did everyone in the U. S. benefit from that hope and promise? Why weren’t these presidential initiatives successful for all? What were the reasons behind the ultimate failure of the Great Society?

american government

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  Politics plays an immense role in the nomination process. Consider the nomination of Merrick Garland by Barack Obama in 2016 to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia (an icon of conservative ideology). However, at that time Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, declared any appointment by … Read more

Religion in the South

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Using the the below and one other outside source Discuss the role you think religion has played — and continues to play — in the American South? https://www.c-span.org/video/?315555-4/panel-discussion-race-relations-american-south

Government President Assignment

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  Directions: Answer the following questions about the presidents found below and list the sources you used to complete the assignment. George Washington Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lyndon Baines Johnson Ronald Reagon Richard Nixon George W. Bush Barack Obama Questions 1. What challenges did this president inherit? 2. What were his major accomplishments? 3. What year … Read more

Civil rights

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 1. Identify the following: Jim Crow Laws, W.E.B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, Malcolm X, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Brown vs. Board of Education, Plessy vs. Ferguson, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Voting Rights Act, Fair Housing Act, Redlining, Sundown Town, NOW, NAACP, LULAC, Mendez vs. Westminister, U.S. vs. Wong Kim Ark, Affirmative Action, Emmett Till, Frederick … Read more

Jim Crow Project

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 https://youtu.be/UcCxsLDma2o    1. What impact did the Jim Crow era have on African Americans achieving equal opportunities in the American society? 2. How has it affected the socioeconomic status and the ability to build wealth of African Americans? 3. How did the Jim Crow era impact the debate over affirmative action? 4. What affect did … Read more

A Society in Transition

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  A. Summarize the main points in this section. B. In your opinion, the 1790 census showed that 97% of the people lived in the countryside, today it is close to the opposite – has that fact changed the character of Americans?