Choose one imperialized country to focus on (see the list below for ideas). Who imperialized them? Why? How? How did imperialism impact the imperialized country? What are the long-term effects of imperialism? (Begin with text chapters 25/26 and the primary sourcebook for this, as well as any other chapters that apply). EX: Algeria was imperialized…

To participate in this discussion you will need to read the assigned readings in both the text and John J. Mearsheimer’s article “Why We Will Soon Miss the Cold War.” In replying to at least one of your classmates, discuss the role nuclear weapons has played since the end of the Cold War. Have they…

Should the United States be considered an imperialistic power or a liberating nation between 1890 and 1920? For this assignment, you will compare the impact that America had before World War I to the American experience as a world military power after the start of World War I. You will write an essay comparing two…

ONLY USE THE SOURCES PROVIDED IN THE UPLOADED FILES PLEASEEE I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Essay Question: How did white Americans, European immigrants, and government officials treat African-Americans seeking housing and employment when they arrived in midwestern and northeastern cities during the Great Migration? What were the effects of racism in housing and employment on…

This week we reach the era of GLOBAL CONTACT: the colonizers of Spain and Portugal begin their ventures into the Caribbean, North America and South America. We have spent the first three weeks learning A LOT about the Native people and who they were BEFORE the Spanish arrived, and now it is time to look…

Explain in detail the objectives of the members of the Women’s Political Council, and what was the significance of black women’s political organizations in the early stages of the modern civil rights movement? Based on your understanding of the readings and the video why are women relegated to the background in the story of the…

FOCUS QUESTION 4: What contributions did Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft make to the progressive movement? How and why did these men come to disagree about the best ways to advance progressive ideals? Gifford Pinchot, President Theodore Roosevelt’s friend and the first chief of the United States Forest Service, remarked that the president…

FOCUS QUESTION 1: What factors motivated America’s new imperialism after the Civil War? Is it possible for a nation to use economic and brutal military force to impose its system on others, and remain a republic? According to a majority of Americans at the turn of the twentieth century, the answer was yes. Building on…

FOCUS QUESTION 4: What contributions did Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft make to the progressive movement? How and why did these men come to disagree about the best ways to advance progressive ideals? Gifford Pinchot, President Theodore Roosevelt’s friend and the first chief of the United States Forest Service, remarked that the president…

Read Jared Diamond’s, “Ecological Collapses of Past Civilizations (Links to an external site.).” Briefly summarize Diamond’s argument, then consider his “lessons for our times.” What are your thoughts on his assertion that, “we all risk a collapse of world society” if we are not more mindful of protecting our most vulnerable environments? What are your…