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Write 200-400 word response that discusses the impact that Westward Expansion has on the lives of Native Americans and why identifying the lasting effects is important when looking at the study of history. If you feel the need to reference your text, please use MLA sourcing to avoid any possible […]

CONSIDER AND ANSWER the following: George Speer (Speer.pdf), in his essay “Detroit Industry: Art and Healing in the Body Politic,” discusses the complex organicist symbolism of this mural. How is the machine portrayed in symbolic terms? How do nature, technology, and the human body intersect in this fresco in novel […]

Explain five reasons for the decline of the Greek city states. (5pts) In your eyes, which was the most advanced civilization discussed in the first three chapters, which was the least advanced? Support your response.Explain five reasons for the decline of the Greek city states. (5pts) In your eyes, which […]

Sources:  Alfred Crosby, “The Columbian Exchange: Plants, Animals, and Disease between the Old and New Worlds,” http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nattrans/ntecoindian/essays/columbian.htm.  Bartoleme de Las Casas, Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies (1542): http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/02-las.html  Diamond, “Collision at Cajamarca,” in Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997).  Nunn and Qian, “The Columbian […]

The United States was established as a democratic republic. However, democracy was limited by various factors and was not equally available to all groups. For more than 200 years, attempts have been made to expand democracy and to increase citizen participation in government. -Discuss the expansion of democracy in United […]

You may choose either one of the two question-clusters below: Read carefully the two documents in the section “Ideologies of the Axis Powers” at the end of Chapter 20. Write an essay addressing the following questions: In what ways did Hitler and the authors of the Cardinal Principles find fault […]