Constitutional Crises: 18th and 19th Century
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A 5 page paper which examines various Constitutional crises in the United States during the 18th and 19th century as seen through an examination of the amendments to the Constitution. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAcona.rtf

Contributions of the New York City Military and Famous New Yorkers Frederick Law Olmsted and Walt Whitman
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A 5 page, two-part paper which examines the city’s significance in terms of naval power (including ship production, the launching of naval raids along the East Coast, and the development/production/sale of weapons technology), the use of Governor’s Island as an army high command headquarters as well as a military prison as well as the contributions of New Yorkers Frederick Law Olmsted and Walt Whitman to the Civil War effort. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TGnymil.rtf

Critique of William Loren Katz’s The Black West
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In three pages this paper discusses the theme of this important historical text that explores the black experience and contributions to the American West, examines how the reader can determine the source of the author’s information without footnotes or endnotes, considers whether or not the text is objective or biased, and assesses its value. There are no other sources listed.
Filename: TGblacwest.rtf

Cultural, Racial, and Ethnic Diversity: Ideologies of Assimilation
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A 6 page review of the numerous factors which have led to diversity in the United States. The author explores the three major ideologies of assimilation (“Anglo-Conformity”, “the Melting Pot”, and “Cultural Pluralism”) and rejects these terminologies in favor of “structural pluralism”, a terminology which takes into account factors such as economics and geography as well as race and ethnicity to describe American diversity. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPethni2.rtf

Darnton and Ulrich: Literary Contrast
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A 6 page paper which contrasts Robert Darnton's "The Great Cat Massacre & Other Episodes in French Cultural History" and Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's "A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812." Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
Filename: RAdarnton.wps

David Davis’ “Slavery and Human Progress”
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This 5 page report discusses David Brion Davis’ 1986 book “Slavery and Human Progress” in which the author looks at slavery in the much more broad context than the experience of Africans sold into slavery and working on plantations in the American South. He uses the ideals of contributing to overall human progress to demonstrate how slaveowners justified themselves and became wealthy in the process. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: BWslapro.rtf

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