During the course of the semester each student will be required to prepare a history research...

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During the course of the semester each student will be required to prepare a history research project. This project involves the collection of primary and secondary source materials addressing a specific topic in United States history. In the process, students are introduced to and learn to familiarize themselves with techniques and tools of historical research.Students will select a historical topic of their own choice. This topic has to address either an event or historical figure in any time period (Hist 1301: US History to 1877) of United States history. Students will gather, copy, and organize primary and secondary source materials that illuminate and analyze the event or historical event/figure selected.

Students have to gather the following materials:

1.
Find at least three primary source documents that pertain to the selected topic and produce copies of the documents. (Interview, letter, diary excerpts, newspaper articles etc.)

2.
Find at least three books that pertain to the selected topic and copy the title page of each book. (Academic/Scholarly work)

3.
Find at least three essays published in academic periodicals that pertain to the selected topic and copy either the first page of each essay or the *abstract for each essay.

4.
Find at least three visual sources (photograph, painting, drawing, *political cartoon etc.) that pertain to the selected topic and produce copies of them.

5.
Find at least two websites that pertain to the selected topic and produce a printout of their home pages.

6.
Write a two-page reflective essay. What did you make of the topic? What did you learn from the historical investigation?Did your perception / perspective/interpretation of the topic change? What piece of evidence did you find the most striking? Etc.This piece is a reflection and not a summary of your topic.

Tools for locating these materials are for exampleThe New York Times,JSTOR, America History and Life. These tools and other tools are available / accessible at UTRGV’s Library and website.

Students are supposed to produce all the collected materials (copies and digital printouts) in a one combined digital PDF file in the above outlined order (1-6). The digital file MUST contain a title page with the student’s name, course, and a list of the enclosed material in chronological order (Table of Contents is recommended).

Completed projects are due on WEEK 8 (October 18, 2022). Late projects will not be accepted.

Evaluation: Projects will be graded based on completeness, applicability of material to the selected topic, and quality of source material collected.

Amar Kumar · Accepted Answer

As significant events slowly disappear over time, history must compile all the information and feelings and give them to subsequent generations. One of these, the Cold War, which was likely among the most important historical occurrences of the 20th century, is no longer pertinent to the daily lives of many people. The Cold War had an impact on American foreign policy, political philosophy, the domestic economy, the president, and Americans' personal life, resulting in a climate where normalcy and uniformity were required. By the end of the 1950s, discontent had grown steadily and peaked in the late 1960s.The Iron Curtain was supposed to fall and the Cold War was supposed to endure virtually until then. The Cold War began in the United States during the Red Scare of the late 1910s. Suspicion and fear of the Soviet Union persisted throughout the 1920s and 1930s, growing during the ruthless rule of Josef Stalin.
When the Nazis attacked Russia, these concerns were momentarily set aside when the Soviet Union joined forces with them. As World War II drew to a conclusion and the allies were about to win, differences between the Americans and the Soviets started to appear. According to some historians, the two prospective rivals had five key differences: Poland, the atomic bomb, economic rebuilding, Germany's destiny, and the impending governments of Eastern European countries. There were various concerns centred around the idea of a "sphere of influence.

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