Week Two Quiz Complete the quiz on the assigned readings for the week.   Question 1.A U.S. naval base was established at __________ in 1887 as a stepping stone to Asian markets.   Kona Kilauea   Pearl Harbor   Midway   Manila Question 2.While in many ways the end of the war brought welcome relief, in others it created […]

The Format 12 new roman the rest of the requirements of these essays are on file attachment named “Essays Guideline” MLA format and citation.   Essay Questions (4) 1.Read Einhard and supporting materials in Reiter 9.  Why is Charlemagne the symbol of a new Europe? The link to Einhard is here: http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/basis/einhard.asp 2. Read the Rule of […]

Assignment 1.1: A Changing World Thesis and Outline Due Week 3 and worth 50 points “The discovery of America, and that of the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest events recorded in the history of [human] kind”—Adam Smith, in The Wealth of Nations, 1776. Think about […]

The Monroe Doctrine became one of the crucial foundations of American foreign policy over the next century; what was the occasion for Monroe’s articulation of this doctrine, and what were the circumstances motivating its adoption? What reasons were used by Monroe to justify this foreign policy pronouncement, and how do they relate to arguments made during […]

U.S. History 1301- prior to 1877     1. The underlying cause of Bacon’s Rebellion was the   A. indifference of the colonial government to the threat of hostile Indians on the frontier. B. planter class’s exclusive hold on political and economic power. C. economic crisis brought on by the decline in tobacco prices. D. […]