History Assignment
1. Identifications
For this part of the exam, you must identify 1 term per block, based on all the information presented in lectures, reading, and multimedia material presented in class. For each of the terms, write at least a full paragraph which will answer the following:
• Who?/What? Identify the person, the event, or concept.
• When? this person lived, event occurred, or concept emerged.
• Where? this person lived, event occurred, or concept emerged if relevant.
• Why? Explain the historical significance of this person, event, or concept.
• You must include the historical significance in the long term, emphasizing its importance.
Block 1
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Brahmins
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City Upon a Hill
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Transcendentalism
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Puritans
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Abolitionism
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Nativism
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Block 2
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Andover House
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Massachusetts Civil Service Act
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City Beautiful Movement
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John Boyle O'Reilley
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James Michael Curley
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New Woman
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2. Essay question
For this part of the exam, choose 1 of the following questions. Your essay will contain at least 3-4 paragraphs (with a small intro and conclusion). It will be a detailed answer to the question, including concepts, events, and a logical argument. You should cover every point of the question in your answer. Your introduction and conclusion should be a very small part of your answer. They should simply tell the reader what your essay will cover. Use the material seen in lecture or discussed in your weekly posts. Your essay will be graded on the links you make between events, the logic of your argument, and the details of your answers (who, what, when, etc).
1. Boston has been known as a radical city. This radicalism pushed the boundaries of thought across the nation. Describe what you consider to be radical thought in Boston from the founding of the colony to the Civil War. Explain how this thought was revolutionary for the time and how it changed the nation.
2. Nativism, a xenophobic attitude that protected the interests of native-born U.S. citizens and established laws against the interests of immigrants, surfaced in the 1840s. Despite waves of tolerance toward the immigrants, nativism persisted in Boston throughout the 1800s and well into the 1920s. However, the doctrine changed over time. Compare and contrast the nativism of the 1840s (1 paragraph on the 1840s at the most) and the Nativism seen at the end of the 19th century up to the 20th century. How do the policies enacted against immigrants from the 1890s to the 1920s differ from those enacted in the 1840s, and why?