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Week 7 Assignment: Case Study
- Textbook: Chapter 28, 29, 30
- Lesson
- Minimum of 1 primary source
- Minimum of 4 scholarly sources (in addition to the
textbook)
Optional Resources to Explore
Feel free to review the library
guide for scholarly sources and videos at the following link:
- Link (website): History Library Guide (Links to an
external site.)
Introduction
The purposes of each case study
assignment include the following:
- To hone your abilities to research using scholarly
sources
- To advance critical thinking and writing skills
- To compile a response to the prompts provided
- To explore a historical topic and make connections to
change over time
Instructions
Pick one (1) of the following topics.
Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic. Use
at least one (1) documented example of the corresponding primary source in your
writing.
Option 1: McCarthyism and
Anti-Communist Campaigns
The Cold War brought about an
irrational fear of communism and communist activities in the United States. As
we are learning this week, one of the most vocal instigators of this paranoia
was Senator Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy delivered a speech about the imminent
threat of communism on February 9, 1950. Perform a search on the internet and
locate and read Joseph McCarthy's speech given in Wheeling, West Virginia on
February 9, 1950. Copy and paste the following keywords into your Google search
bar: "Joseph McCarthy, Wheeling, West Virginia." The speech is also
referred to as "Enemies from Within."
Construct the case study by
responding to the following prompts:
- Explain how Senator Joseph McCarthy defined communist
nations within the speech. What specific threats did these nations pose?
- Assess if Senator Joseph McCarthy charges were
accurate.
- Analyze anti-communist sentiments during the Cold War
era, were these sentiments valid. If so, how? If not, why not?
- Explain if there are other examples of events similar
to the Red Scare that have occurred throughout history and modern day.
- Examine what happened to people who invoked the Fifth
Amendment, refused to appear or were found in violation of the law as
defined by the Congressional Committee.
Option 2: The Civil Rights Movement
Using the Internet, locate and read
Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech given in Washington
D.C., August 1963. Copy and paste the following keywords into your Google
search bar: "I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr." Feel free also
to locate and incorporate additional scholarly sources to respond to this case
study, including information on the Civil Rights Movement.
Construct the case study by
responding to the following prompts:
- Explain if the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s
effectively changed the nation.
- What effect would the Civil Rights Acts have across the
continent on minority groups?
- Do you think that the tactics and strategies that civil
rights activists used in the 1960s would apply to today's racial and
ethnic conflicts? Why or why not?
- Do the ideas of the 1960s still have relevance today?
If so how? If not, why not?
- Analyze how the Civil Rights Movement would impact
diversity in America today.
Option 3: American Domestic and
Foreign Policies (1953-1991)
Complete a search either in the
Chamberlain Library or internet for domestic and foreign polices of four (4) of
the following Presidents. Please incorporate at least one primary source of
either a policy or act that you have chosen to write about.
- Eisenhower
- Kennedy
- Johnson
- Nixon
- Ford
- Carter
- Reagan
Then, compare domestic and foreign
polices of your four (4) presidents by answering the following prompts:
- Explain how your selected presidents worked to improve
the United States economically and socially. Give at least one example of
each president.
- Assess if the policies of your choice of presidents
strengthen or weaken the United States.
- Explain how you see your choice of presidents served
the public interest and further the cause of democracy.
- Determine if it is constitutional for the United States
to fight preemptive wars.
- Determine if human rights and morality should be the
cornerstones of United State foreign policy.
Writing Requirements (APA format)
- Length: 4-5 pages (not including title page and
references page)
- 1-inch margins
- Double spaced
- 12-point Times New Roman font
- Title page
- References page
- In-text citations that correspond with your end
reference