Maryville HIST122 2022 March Assignments Latest (Full)

HIST122 History from 1877 to Present

Week 1 Assignment  

The View From the Bottom Rail

What do these oral histories reveal about the lives of slaves prior to and during the Civil War?

What do they reveal about the period in which these interviews took place?

 

HIST122 History from 1877 to Present

Week 2 Assignment  

The Mirror with a Memory

For This Assignment:

In our reading from After the Fact "Chapter 9: The Mirror with a Memory," we learned that photographs perhaps do not reflect reality as clearly as we might think.  Based on what you read in this chapter, answer the following question:  How did Jacob Riis' personal perspectives or biases shape the photographs he produced?

 

HIST122 History from 1877 to Present

Week 3 Assignment  

The Meat Inspection Act

For This Assignment:

In our reading from After the Fact "Chapter 10: "USDA Government Inspected" we learned quite a bit about the role of the USDA government inspection.  Based on what you read in this chapter, answer the following question:

When it came to the Meat Inspection Act, how did expanding our “field ofvision” change the way we look at the creation of legislation?

 

HIST122 History from 1877 to Present

Week 5 Assignment  

The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb

For This Assignment:

Before responding to this week's essay question, please read Chapter 13 from your textbook After the Fact.  After you read this chapter, please respond to the following questions:

Ultimately, who decided to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Why was the decision made to drop these bombs?

 

HIST122 History from 1877 to Present

Week 6 Assignment  

The Sit In Movement

For This Assignment:

Before responding to this week's essay question, please read Chapter 15: Sitting-In from After the Fact from your textbook After the Fact.  After you read this chapter, please respond to the following questions:

How was the “sit-in” movement of 1960 an outgrowth of earlier protests?

 What major differences divided the various groups—SNCC, SCLC, NAACP, CORE, and others—that were active in protesting against white supremacy in the 1960s?

 

HIST122 History from 1877 to Present

Week 7 Assignment  

Breaking Into Watergate

Please read "Chapter 16: Breaking into Watergate" from our textbook After the Fact.  When you are done, please respond to the following question:

The audio recordings taken in the Nixon White House would seem to be invaluable pieces of evidence for historians as they try to understand what the President knew and when he knew it. What, however, are the flaws of these tapes? Are they an accurate reflection of the Nixon administration?

 

HIST122 History from 1877 to Present

Week 8 Assignment  

Ronald Reagan and NOW

Haven't Read These Pages Yet? Read Them Now!

The document entitled "Address to the National Association of American Evangelicals 1983 and National Organization for Women Statement of Purpose 1966" found on Canvas.

Once you've read these Canvas pages, answer the following questions in the discussion space below.

How might Reagan's speech have been a reaction to the kind of goals outlined by NOW in 1966?