Assignment #1: Outline HIS 104 Outline Reference Thesis statement: The discovery of America was important because it brought the Columbian Exchange, Atlantic Slave Trade, and Age of Exploration. The Columbian Exchange brought forward food, ideas, plants, diseases, and populations between the New and Old World. These events altered cultures of many, eventually the world. Outline […]
Final Project: African-American HIS 206: United States History II African-Americans As a means to reduces racial violence and social unrest in the 20th-century, southern progressives promoted segregation amongst races. Very few Progressive reforms such as child labor laws and workers’ compensation, were extended to African-Americans. In fact, African-Americans developed their own leadership and institutions instead
Analyzing Political Cartoons: School Begins HIS 206: United States History II Characters in the Cartoon The characters present in this cartoon are Uncle Sam representing a teacher, students representing Philippines, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Cuba, and students representing the following states: California, Texas, Alaska, Arizona, New Mexico, and others that do not have the names
The Progressive Era While this Progressive Era wasn’t ultimately that Progressive nor was it an era, the importance of its successful reforms cannot be understated. Progressivism was a political movement that began in the late 19th century and reached national attention in politics shortly thereafter. Progressives believed that it was the intellectuals in society that