Category: American history homework help

1. During the civil rights movement it was very clear that women had a huge impact and roles. They often served as very important strategists and organizers. It also helped them to step into roles that were not previously allowed to women due to societal expectations. While many women’s contributions were overshadowed by male figures…

  Identify and list some of the factors that contributed to the success of the Civil Rights movement. Choose one, and discuss its significance to the movement, and explain why you made this particular choice.  2. Evaluate Richard Nixon’s presidency.  Aside from Watergate, should he be considered a good president? 3.  In 1983, Democratic Congresswoman…

  What new understandings of women’s roles in the Civil Rights Movement (CRM) developed for you, now that you’ve read about women’s participation,  contributions, experiences and leadership? Reference two things you learned about the CRM and women or gender such as events, individual women, or primary source documents, important developments or contributions or other examples …

Some people argue that there are no significant differences between the two major parties.  Backing up your perspective with appropriate sources, what are the major differences and similarities in the views of the Democratic and Republican parties (e.g., this review of party platforms, 1856-2016 www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/conventions/party-platform-evolution/)?  What are the primary areas of difference between contemporary Democrats…

  Some people argue that there are no significant differences between the two major parties.  Backing up your perspective with appropriate sources, what are the major differences and similarities in the views of the Democratic and Republican parties (e.g., this review of party platforms, 1856-2016 www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/conventions/party-platform-evolution/Links to an external site.)?  What are the primary areas…

1. The incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II was a grave denial of civil rights that had a huge psychological, political, social and economic impact on individuals, families, and communities. And yet, scholars have found that gender role changes and opportunities for education and employment made World War II a watershed for Japanese…

1. In 1963, Betty Freidan’s book, The Feminine Mystique was an immediate best seller. For many years Freidan’s interpretation of the 1950’s has been the backbone of discussions surrounding women’s history during this era. Her premise, however, is countered by Joanne Meyerowitz in this week’s reading. Like Freidan, Meyerowitz bases her research on prominent women’s…

 2.  Identify two historical developments during the 1950s or early 1960s that you see as shaping women’s 20th century women’s history greatly. How did those developments shape women’s experiences? How do Mexican-American women’s experiences play into discussions of 1950s middle class domesticity? Please remember to make reference to historical examples from the reading assigned  reading…

 4. As during the Great Depression, women’s behavior and ideas about gender  changed during the War. Did you observe examples of traditional ideas about gender continuing during the 1940s? Looking ahead, do you see WWII as having a conservative or liberatory impact on American women? Draw on more than one reading or video or website…

Analyze a Primary Source from WASM or any primary source linked in the weekly reading since the last Primary Source Analysis.  This can be a photograph from the Life Magazine photoshoot; or from one of the documents in a selections we read from Women and Social Movements in prior weeks.  Focus on the period 1890-1945.…