Using the primary and secondary sources located below, write a three- to four-page essay (double-spaced) that analyzes the idea of agency (what did X do to Y, and how did Y react?) in only one case of the following social relations in U.S. history after 1865:
White-Indian relations
White-Black relations
White-Asian relations
Rich-poor relations
Men-women relations
Republican-Democrat relations
Your essay must also show how your past event influenced the current interactions between the social groups you elected to analyze.
This essay should have an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. In the introduction, you should tell the reader what your argument (thesis) is and how you are going to support it.
In the body of your essay, you will demonstrate your argument in a balanced manner and in paragraphs (three or four paragraphs per page). A paragraph is composed of a topic sentence (e.g., the discovery of America changed the lives of most Europeans), a justification (e.g, because the riches from the New World affected the lives of most Europeans), and an example (e.g., For example, in Spain, the silver mines of Mexico and of Potosi in present-day Bolivia brought greater wealth and an increase in population).
Make sure to use a transitional word like therefore, consequently, or however between paragraphs. Your essay should have a conclusion almost equal in size to your introduction. Conclusions restate the argument and the main evidence.
Please edit your work! This is a writing assignment.
For this assignment, you will use specific primary and secondary sources. You will also cite your sources in the way described below (rather than according to the historian’s Chicago or Turabian Style). Be sure to read the rubric for this assignment as there are other details you need to be aware of.
The only secondary source you will use is our textbook (Remember, a secondary source is a source like you or a historian that did not directly witness the event but writes about it after reading a primary account of someone who witnessed the original event).
Note: For the citation of our textbook, use the following format: (Textbook, p.#).
You will choose ONE of the following primary sources (Note that these primary source documents are accounts by people who lived in history and witnessed directly the events they describe). Note that some topics have only one primary source to choose from while other topics may have two sources to choose from.
1) Primary Source About White-Asian Relations:
Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
a) http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/exclusion.htmlLinks to an external site.
b) http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/chinese_exclusion_act.aspLinks to an external site.
Context for this source: A popular backlash against Chinese immigrants competing for jobs put pressure on Congress, which ended up banning the Chinese from coming to the United States despite the Chinese pointing to their many contributions to US growth during the Industrial revolution.
N.B. For the citation of this primary source, just put between parentheses (Chinese Exclusion Act (a) or Chinese Exclusion Act (b)) after a direct quote. NOTE: Acceptable direct quotes throughout this paper must be between 1 and 3 lines.
2) Primary Source About White-black Relations:
Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.htmlLinks to an external site.
Context for this source: On April 3, 1963, the SCLC began a protest to disrupt Easter shopping in Birmingham, Alabama after negotiations with business leaders failed. King was arrested and taken to Jail. On April 16, 1963, four days before his release, he wrote a Letter from Birmingham Jail in which he laid out for the first time his strategy of nonviolent civil disobedience.
N.B. For the citation of this primary source, just put between parentheses (MLK, “Letter”) after a direct quote of no more than 3 lines. “……………………………………………………………. (MLK, Letter).”
3) Primary Sources About White-Indian Relations:
Dawes General Allotment Act or Dawes Severalty Act (1887)
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=50Links to an external site.
Context for this source: This law was passed under Democrat President Grover Cleveland to take some of the Indian country of Oklahoma and create the last state on the continent. Indians were put on reservations in the name of “manifest destiny.”
N.B: For the citation of this primary source, use the following after a direct quote of no more than 3 lines: “……………………………………………………. (Dawes Act).”
4) Primary Sources About Rich-poor Relations:
Andrew Carnegie, “The Gospel of Wealth, 1889”
https://www.carnegie.org/about/our-history/gospelofwealth/Links to an external site.
Context for this source: Andrew Carnegie sought to solve the problem of his age, which he thought was the proper administration of wealth for a harmonious relationship between rich and poor. As long as the poor understood social Darwinism–the survival of the fittest in business–the responsibility of the rich to the poor was philanthropy after becoming wealthy. Help the unfortunate poor who are struggling in the market place, Carnegie instructed.
N.B. For the citation of this primary source, just put between parentheses (Carnegie, Gospel of Wealth) after a direct quote of no more than 3 lines: “…………………………………………. (Carnegie, Gospel of Wealth)
5) Primary Sources About Men-Women Relations:
Minor v. Happersett, 1875
a)https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/88/162Links to an external site. (Read and stop before the word TOP)
b) http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100200296Links to an external site.
Links to an external site.c) http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/minor/Links to an external site.
Note: Please read documents a, b, c about if you choose to write about men-women relations.
Context for this source: Minor v. Happersett was a United States Supreme Court case in 1875 which the Court acknowledged that women were no less citizens than men were, but disagreed that citizenship automatically conferred a right to vote to women. The Court proceeded to affirm that state laws barring women from voting were therefore constitutional.
N.B. For the citation of these primary sources, just put between parentheses (Minor v. Happersett (a) or (Minor v. Happersett (b) or Minor v. Happersett ( c) after a direct quote of no more than 3 lines: “………………………………………………………. (Minor v. Happersett (a).”
“…………………………………………..Seneca Falls Declaration) or (John C. Norton to Elizabeth Cady Stanton).”
6) Primary Sources about Republican against Democrats:
Ronald Reagan, “A Time for Choosing, 1964”
https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/reagans/ronald-reagan/time-choosing-speech-october-27-1964Links to an external site.
Context for this source: “A Time for Choosing”, also known as “The Speech”, was a speech that Ronald Reagan during the 1964 U.S. presidential election campaign on behalf of Republican candidate Barry Goldwater. The speech made Reagan popular nationally among Republicans. The way he defined and ridiculed the values of Democrats continues to influence the identity of Republicans when dealing with laws and policies adopted by Democrats.
N.B. For the citation of this primary source, just put between parentheses (Reagan, Time for Choosing) after a direct quote of no more than 3 lines: “…………………………………….. (Reagan, Time for Choosing).”
