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HIST405N United States History Week 1 Discussion The Cost of Expansion Required Resources

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Textbook: Chapter 3, 4 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions

For the initial post, pick two (2) of the following settlements:

Southern colonies Chesapeake colonies Middle colonies New England colonies

Then, address the following for your selections:

Compare and contrast the settlement patterns. What forces and ideas shaped their origin? Examine the influence of religion for those settlements (e.g., Puritanism, Quakers, and the Anglican Church). Follow-Up Post Instructions Compare your selections and analysis of those selections with those of your peers. If they chose different settlements, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same settlements, build on their posts by providing additional information about the settlements that you have not already noted in your own post. HIST405N United States History Week 2 Discussion DQ1 The American Revolution Required Resources

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Textbook: Chapter 5, 6 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, pick two (2) of the leading causes of the American Revolution. The Proclamation Act of 1763 The Navigation Acts The Stamp Act The Declaratory Act The Townsend Act The Boston Massacre The Coercive Acts

Then, address the following for your selections:

Analyze the cause and effect of two acts passed by the British Parliament on British North America. Which of your two selections do you consider the most significant and why? Examine and explain the significance of the Declaration of Independence to the development of the American Revolution. Follow-Up Posts Compare your selections and analysis of those selections with those of your peers. If they chose different acts, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same acts, build on their posts by providing additional information about the acts that you have not already noted in your own post. Writing Requirements Minimum of 3 posts (1 initial & 2 follow-up) APA format for in-text citations and list of references DQ2 Confederation and Constitution 8383 unread replies.8787 replies. Required Resources

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Textbook: Chapter 7, 8 Lesson Link (website): Articles of Confederation (1777) (Links to an external site.) Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post

For the initial post, address the following:

Pick two (2) issues of the Articles of Confederation and describe the main problems that the United States was faced with under the Federation government. Analyze two major debates (see textbook Section 7.4) by which the Constitution was created in the summer of 1787.

Then, address one (1) of the following to your initial post:

Discuss the ratification process of the Constitution of 1787. How did ratification lead to the formation of America's first two political parties, the Federalists and Anti-Federalist? What were the major differences between the Federalist and Anti-Federalist, and who were the best-known members of each party? Follow-Up Posts Compare your selections and analysis of those selections with those of your peers. If they chose a different perspective, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same perspective, build on their posts by providing additional information about the events that you have not already noted in your own post. HIST405N United States History Week 3 Discussion Manifest Destiny and the Mexican War of 1846 Required Resources

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Textbook: Chapter 8 (section 8.3), 11 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions

For the initial post, pick two (2) of the following historical events:

The Lewis and Clark Expedition The Missouri Compromise Independence of Texas Mexican War of 1846-1848 The California Gold Rush

Then, address the following for your selections:

Which of your two selections do you consider most impactful on Westward Expansion during 1800-1848? Explain why. Analyze the effects of the ideology of Manifest Destiny on the two historical events that you chose from the list. Follow-Up Posts Compare your selections and analysis of selections with those of your peers. If they chose different events, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same events, build on their posts by providing additional information about the events that you have not already noted in your own post. HIST405N United States History Week 4 Discussion DQ1 Stepping Stones to the Civil War Required Resources

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Textbook: Chapter 12, 14 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, pick three (3) of the leading causes of the American Civil War: The Compromise of 1850 The Fugitive Slave Law 1850 Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852 The Kansas Nebraska Act 1854 The Dred Scott Case of 1857 The Lincoln Douglas Debates 1858

Then, address one (1) of the following for your selections:

Based on the historical facts given in this module, assess if the American Civil War was inevitable. Analyze if the United States Supreme Court can settle legal and moral issues through judiciary review. In your response, provide a documented example of a modern parallel of a legal or moral issue settled by the United States Supreme Court. Follow-Up Posts Compare your selections and analysis of selections with those of your peers. If they chose different events, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same events, build on their posts by providing additional information about the events that you have not already noted in your own post. Writing Requirements Minimum of 3 posts (1 initial & 2 follow-up) APA format for in-text citations and list of references DQ2 Reconstruction and the Compromise of 1877 Required Resources

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Textbook: Chapter 15, 16 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, craft a response comparing the three (3) Reconstruction plans: Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (10% Plan) - Lincoln Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan Congressional Reconstruction Plan (Congress)

Then, address one (1) of the following for your selections:

Analyze if the South should have been treated as a defeated nation or as rebellious states. Explain how the American culture and society changed in the North versus the South during Reconstruction. Analyze the impact of the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction on African-Americans. Follow-Up Posts Compare your selections and analysis of selections with those of your peers. If they chose different events, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same events, build on their posts by providing additional information about the events that you have not already noted in your own post. HIST405N United States History Week 5 Discussion Industrialization, Imperialism, and America’s Entry Into WWI Required Resources

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Textbook: Chapter 17 (section 17.4), 18 (section 18.3), 19 (sections 19.1, 19.2), 21 (sections 21.2, 21.4) Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, pick two (2) of the following categories representing minority groups during 1880-1914: Women's rights activists African Americans Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe Child workers Great Plain Indians

Then, address the following for your selections:

Explain the socio-economic status and challenges of your minority groups at the turn of the century. How did the Industrial Revolution affect your chosen minority groups? Analyze how the Progressives brought reform to your selected minority groups. Do you find that the Progressives were successful in making government responsive and improve the conditions of your chosen minority group? Follow-Up Posts Compare your selections and analysis of selections with those of your peers. If they chose different groups, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same groups, build on their posts by providing additional information about the groups that you have not already noted in your own post. HIST405N United States History Week 6 Discussion DQ1 The New Deal Required Resources

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Textbook: Chapter 24 (Section 24.4), 25, 26 Lesson Link (video): A New Deal: Part 5 (Links to an external site.) (7:20) Link (website): New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress Resources: Introduction (Links to an external site.) (Read this introduction before exploring the other links in this discussion.) Link (website): New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress Resources (Links to an external site.) (Explore the links under Sections and Topic for specific New Deal Programs.) Link (website): New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress Resources: Digitized Materials (Links to an external site.) (Explore the links for primary sources including audio recordings, written narratives, photographs, posters, and music.) Link (website): President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal (Links to an external site.) (Review the documents and interviews on this site.) Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to noted resources)

Initial Post Instructions:

For the initial post, pick two (2) of the following (any program and/or act of the New Deal): Programs Acts Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) Public Works Administration (PWA) Civil Works Administration (CWA) Works Progress Administration (WPA) Farm Security Administration (FSA) Emergency Banking Relief Act Economy Act Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) Tennessee Valley Authority Act (TVA) National Employment System Act (Wagner-Peyser Act) Home Owners Loan Act National Industrial Recovery Act (NIA) Glass-Steagall Act (Banking Act) Securities & Exchange Act Emergency Relief Appropriation Act Resettlement Administration (RA) Rural Electrification Administration (REA) National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) Social Security Act Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Reflecting over the weekly reading and lesson video The New Deal Coalition (also linked in the Required Resources), address the following for your selections: Consider workers, immigrants, and African Americans. Explain how minorities were represented by the New Deal. Analyze to what extent you think that the New Deal effectively ended the Great Depression and restored the economy. Follow-Up Post Instructions Compare your selections and analysis of selections with those of your peers. If they chose different events, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same events, build on their posts by providing additional information about the events that you have not already noted in your own post. DQ2 World War II Required Resources

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Textbook: Chapter 27 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions

For the initial post, consider three (3) of the following events:

Treaty of Versailles Rise of fascism, militarism and imperialism Failure of the League of Nations Hitler and the Nazi Party The Lend Lease Act Japanese expansion and the bombing of Pearl Harbor Based on your three selections, choose two (2) of the following and craft a response for your selections: Assess if the United States foreign policy during the 1930s helped to promote World War II. Could the United States have prevented the outbreak of World War II? If so, how? If not, why not? Explain if the United States, despite neutrality, aided the Allies against the Axis powers. Analyze if the use of atomic (nuclear) weapons to defeat enemies in war is a setback for democracy (President Truman's decision to drop the atom bomb on Japan). Follow-Up Posts Compare your selections and analysis of selections with those of your peers. If they chose different events, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same events, build on their posts by providing additional information about the events that you have not already noted in your own post. HIST405N United States History Week 7 Discussion American Foreign Policy during the Cold War Required Resources

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Textbook: Sections 28.2, 29.1, 30.3, 31.3 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions

Pick three (3) of the following American Foreign policies:

Marshall Plan Berlin Airlift Containment Anti-Communist Freedom Fighters Vietnam (conflict) War Détente'

SALT I & SALT II

Camp David Accords Strategic Defense Initiative (nicknamed "Star Wars")

Then, address the following for your selections:

Explain how each of your choices was an effective policy to thwart international communist expansion. Based on your selections, analyze if the United States should have feared international communist subversion during the Cold War era (1945-1991). Follow-Up Posts Compare your selections and analysis of selections with those of your peers. If they chose different groups, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same groups, build on their posts by providing additional information about the groups that you have not already noted in your own post. HIST405N United States History Week 8 Discussion America and Terrorism in the 21st Century Required Resources

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Textbook: Chapter 32 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions Consider a few terrorist activities since the 1980s until today. Here is a starting point: 1983: United States Embassy in Beirut and Kuwait is bombed 1988: Osama bin Laden re-organizes Al Qaeda in Pakistan to carry out attacks 1993: World Trade Center Bombing (first time) 1995: Oklahoma City Bombing 1998: United Stated Embassy bombings Nairobi and Sar Es Salaam 2001: 9/11 Bombing of the World Trade Centers 2001: Bio Terrorism begins (anthrax letters and Bill Gates's warnings on bio terrorism) 2013: Boston Marathon Bombings 2018: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Then, address three (3) of the following and craft a response, as a whole, for your selections: Explain if you think that global terrorism can be stopped. Analyze the responsibility of the United States today to be the world's "policeman." Assess if peace and stability in the Middle East are vital to U.S. economy and national security. If the United States withdrew its troops from the Middle East tomorrow, would the terrorist threat end. Why or why not? Assess if the use of military force is the only way to prevent terrorism. Are there other possible alternatives? Which strategy is best and why? Follow-Up Posts Compare your selections and analysis of selections with those of your peers. If they chose different events, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same events, build on their posts by providing additional information about the events that you have not already noted in your own post.