Unit 1 Instructions
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Unit 1 Instructions
Unit 1 - Chapters 16-19 - Instructions
General instructions:
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Essay: 50 points.
Choose
ONE
of the following essay topics to write about. Your essay should be 4-5 paragraphs in length. You need to include an introduction and conclusion. You may use information from either/both textbooks and the lecture notes ONLY. DO NOT use outside sources. Plagiarism will NOT be tolerated.
1.
Explain gender identities among white men and women in the West in the late 19th century, including along the trail, on farms/ranches, and in mining towns.
2.
Explain gender identities among Native Americans, immigrants, and Mexican-
Americans in the late 19th century West.
3.
From the supplemental reading from the book
Sifters
, in what ways did Lozen defy gender norms in Apache society? What were the results for her?
4.
In what ways was Theodore Roosevelt the "quintessential" New Man in the late 19th/early 20th century? You can use both the information from the textbook, and the excerpt from "A Strenuous Life."
5.
Discuss the idea of the "New Woman" in the late 19th/early 20th century. How did this affect women in the spheres of professionalism, domesticity, motherhood, and politics?
6.
According to Chapter 16 of
American Yawp
, in 1879 economist Henry George wrote,
"This association of poverty and progress is the great enigma of our times." Explain why this was true, and what, if anything, the American people or government attempted to do about this inequality.
7.
Describe the explosive growth of urbanization in the late nineteenth century. What factors led to this growth, and where did the largest growth take place? How did immigrants contribute to this growth?
8.
Describe the contributions of women to the debates over American Imperialism, including both supporters and opponents.
Identifications: 25 points
Choose
FIVE
(ONLY FIVE) of the following topics to identify/define. Each identification should be a short paragraph and should include the following: who, what, when, where, and significance. These should written in full sentences, NOT in bullet form. You may use information from the textbooks and the lecture notes ONLY. DO NOT use outside sources. Plagiarism will NOT be tolerated.
Great Railroad Strike of 1877 (Chapter 16)
Knights of Labor (Chapter 16)
People's (Populist) Party (Chapter 16)
Socialist Party of America (Chapter 16)
Homestead Act (Chapter 17)
Sand Creek Massacre (Chapter 17)
Dawes Act (Chapter 17)
Wild West Shows (Chapter 17)
Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis (Chapter 17)
The "New South" (Chapter 18)
"Jim Crow" laws (Chapter 18)
U.S.S. Maine
(Chapter 19)
American Anti-Imperialist League (Chapter 19)
Chinese Exclusion Act (Chapter 19)
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