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You live in Georgia in October 1800 during the particularly nasty campaign between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. For whom will you vote for President, Adams or Jefferson? Why? Write a letter to a friend in which you write to explain your decision. Your letter should have some kind of […]

From what part of Africa did you come? Who captured you and why? How did you get to the Americas, and what specific kinds of conditions did you face on that journey? Talk about life on the plantation. What kind of work do you do? What do you do when […]

Carefully read and analyze the following two documents and write an 800 word essay to answer the following question: Based on the two documents, what role did religion and morality play in the debate over slavery? Do these religious and moral arguments impact racial discussions today? Having considered these questions, […]

Choose either of the main characters in the book: the narrator, Shen Fu, or his wife, Yun. Write a 4-6 page paper detailing how the life of your chosen subject confirms or challenges traditional Chinese gender roles based on our discussion and reading of the two texts: Ban Zhao’s “Lessons […]

Write a three to four-page essay that compares and contrasts the politics and business of Mark Twain’s fictional work The Gilded Age with the role that real-life Gilded Age politics played in the rise of big business and the industrialists who monopolized their various industries. Conclude your essay by addressing […]

200-300 word that answer the questions Has there been a predominant view of what an American “should” look like in our history? Most of us have been told that America is a melting pot? Do you find this an accurate description? If so, what does what we melt into look […]