Final Essay Assignment, Summer 1220

In a well-written and organized essay, answer one of the following questions.  Essays should be about five pages in length, double-spaced with one-inch margins, and typed in a normal size font.  Sources should be your class notes and textbook—do not use outside sources.  If you use information from the textbook, make sure that it is written in your own words.  Assignments are due by 7:00AM on Sunday, August 10 at jevery1@verizon.net

Send your essays both as an attachment and as and email, just in case I have difficulty opening the attachment.  Remember, your reviews on either The Jungle or Coming of Age in Mississippi are due on the same date and time.  You may certainly email me your work early.  I will email you back with your essay, review, and final grades.  The review and essay assignments will be posted on my CCRI website in case you may lose your hard copies or you can contact the department secretary at 825-2171.  If any questions come up in the two weeks that I am away training with my new guide dog, you can contact me at 401-338-1027—just leave a message and I will return your call in the evening.  Good luck!

1. How did African-Americans take matters into their own hands and force officials in Washington to act in their behalf during the civil rights movement?  In your essays, discuss the major events/developments from World War II through the late 1960s which highlighted the movement, and include a section on the white backlash against civil rights once the movement became more militant.

2.  How did the United States get involved in Vietnam, and why did the conflict in Vietnam become the longest war in American history?  Address the following topics in your essays:  development involving Vietnam during the Presidencies of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, how Nixon’s Vietnamization strategy eventually ended the war, and the long-term impact of the American experience in Vietnam.