Devry HIST405 Week 7 Assignment Case Study Latest 2019 JULY Question # 00602906 Subject: Education Due on: 07/10/2019 Posted On: 07/10/2019 10:39 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 5.0/5

HIST405 United States History

Week 7 Assignment

Case Study

Required
Resources

Read/review
the following resources for this activity:

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.