Week 8 Journal Entry Chamberlain College of Nursing HIST 405N: United States History

HIST 405N Week 2 Discussion 2: Confederation and Constitution

HIST 405N Week 5 Discussion: Industrialization, Imperialism and America s Entry Into WWI Describe the basic industries of America’s Industrial Revolution. Explain what made the men who controlled them so successful, and analyze the role of immigrants in industrialization. How did imperialism play a critical role leading up to World War I? Discuss the foreign policy of the US and the events that drew the country into World War I.

HIST 405N Week 2 Discussion 1: The American Revolution What were the causes of the American Revolution? How did the British colonists evolve from good citizens to revolutionaries and back something as unique as the Declaration of Independence?

HIST 405N Week 4 Discussion: The Civil War and Reconstruction In the beginning, each side in the Civil War believed the war would … brief and that their side would win. What advantages did each side hold that made them feel this way? Elaborate. After the war, Lincoln had one plan for bringing the rebel states back into the Union; Andrew Johnson another; and the Radical Republican Congress a third. Discuss the aims of each president and explain why and in what ways Congress took control of R...

HIST 405N Week 3 Case Study: Industrialization Industrialization in America Scientific Discoveries Contribute to Industrialization in America New Power Sources Replacing the Old in America

HIST-405N Week 8 Discussion: Terrorism in the 21st Century Discuss how you see the “war on terrorism” as of this date. Do you think the United States should have engaged in such a war? Give reasons for or against this war and whether or not we are giving up our own principles to wage it.

HIST-405N Week 7 Discussion: The Cold War and America How did the Cold War affect the social and political climate in the United States during the 1950s? In particular, how do you explain McCarthyism and the Red Scare? Can you think of any modern parallels to these events, when fear and paranoia threatened basic American liberties? Elaborate.

HIST 405N Week 1 Case Study: Slavery Explain how and why slavery developed in the American colonies. Why couldn’t colonists use indentured servants as they had in the past? How would you describe the differences between slaves and indentured servants?