Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, has been described as having had a very engaging personality. Even people who disagreed with his policies, found themselves drawn to his attractive and carefully honed public image. Surrounded by tough, energetic administrators who insulated him from many of the pressures of the office, he seemed … Read more
Discussion #10: The Struggle for Civil Rights Throughout the 1950s African Americans in northern cities grew increasingly active in opposing discrimination and in protesting white resistance to black progress in housing, education, and employment. Martin Luther King and others embarked on a campaign of nonviolent resistance and demonstrations, which spread to the south. Some of … Read more
How has the automobile impacted American society? In the 1950s the United States enjoyed a broad-based, unprecedented level of prosperity. Rising purchasing power, expanding credit, and a rapidly growing advertising industry stimulated consumerism. One industry that rapidly developed and expanded was the automobile industry. During the 1950s, Americans purchased 58 million cars. By 1960, 75 … Read more
Refer back to pages 35-79 in Reforming America, choose one of the mid-19th century religious/utopian communities or bodily/self-improvement movements and describe its basic beliefs. How did the movement that you chose fit into the overall spirit of reform during the time period?
Gather materials from your reading of The African American Odyssey, lectures, and independent research on Mary McLeod Bethune, Ida B. Wells, and Sojouner Truth. Construct a Venn diagramthat compare them on the following points: Political activism. Integration. African American Empowerment
Question 1. Your task for this discussion is to find and post a picture of an artifact (painting, sculpture, drawing, novel written during the period, etc.) that speaks to you from the era of the 1920s through the Great Depression (Chapters 22-23). Give a brief summary analysis of why you chose this artifact and … Read more
These may not be older than six months and must be from legitimate news sources (Wikipedia is not a legitimate source). In the article, the author must be either discussing a historical topic, and/or using it to support an opinion about some current event. Either way, the historical topic must be one that we have … Read more