HISTORY 125/ SPRING 2004 MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY EXAMS AND PAPERS

MIDTERM PAPER

The context: Between 1870 and 1900, conquest and expansion, first across the continental United States and then overseas in the Caribbean and the Philippines, went hand-in-hand with the explosive growth of a corporate economy. Both continental and overseas expansion came at the expense of darker skinned peoples.

The assignment: Using the following assigned materials, write a five-page essay exploring the connections between geographic expansion, racial oppression and economic "progress" in late 19th century U.S. history.

--The lithograph American Progress (John Gast, 1872).
--The "Two Photos," before and after of students at the Carlyle Indian School, 1879
--The Pears Soap Ad (McClure's Magazine, 1899)
--The movie In the White Man's Image
--The movie Savage Acts
--The excerpts from speeches by Senator Albert J. Beveridge

In addition, as appropriate, draw on material from the assigned reading in the Iron Horse v. Buffalo and Who Built America (as well as any of the documents we used in computer lab exercises).

The midterm paper is due Wednesday, March 24.

FINAL EXAM

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