History Answers

To the surprise of many, President Harry Truman won the election of 1948 with strong support from labor, farmers, and

To the surprise of many, President Harry Truman won the election of 1948 with strong support from labor, farmers, and

Because of the events that led to the American Revolution, what provision did the

writers of the Articles of Confederation include in the new

government of the

United

States?

Hugh Trevor Roper vigorously argued that Africa, prior to European contact, was ‘without 

the wheel, the plough, or transport animal; without writing and without history’. Drawing on 

the views of American thinkers Carter G Woodson and WEB DuBois, as well as any 

relevant information from learning units 1 and 2, critically discuss Roper’s assertion. 

Definition of development according to prof.michael todaro

In the People’s Republic of China, which factor best reflects Marxism?

Debate how theories of sustainable economic development differ from classic theories of economic development

Discuss the view that Shaka Zulu was the sole cause of the turmoil, migrations and state formation that occurred in the southern African interior in the early 19th century?

Explain why so many field workers on the sugar plantations were women

1. Women did not earn the right to vote in the U.S. less than one century ago. Why did U.S. lawmakers initially only allow white landowning American men to vote?

2. Why did American men (and some women) oppose allowing women to exercise their right to vote in local, state, and federal elections?

3. Watch the dramatic reenactment of the force feeding of Alice Paul in the feature film, Iron Jawed Angels. Why do you think the force feeding of Paul, and the treatment of the imprisoned suffragists in general, generated support for the suffragists? Support your opinion with observations from the film.