For part 1 choose ONLY 1 essay question from the list below, which covers chapters 18 and 19 in the textbook. Grades will be based on the content of the answer and must be more than 300 words in length. Direct quotes do not count toward the required word count. Part 1 Essay Questions: 1 - In what ways was the Progressive era a period that saw both the expansion and the restriction of political and economic freedoms? 2 - Analyze the various roles women played during the Progressive era, from social reformer, to feminist, to suffragist. How did various women define freedom? Be sure to distinguish between different types of women and include the “Voices of Freedom” excerpt in your answer. 3 - Freedom of expression was given new meaning by labor in the Progressive age. Thinking back to previous chapters, compare the various movements to expand the meaning of freedom of expression—from the Alien and Sedition Acts to the abolitionists in the antebellum era—with the labor movement in the Progressive age. Use the “Voices of Freedom” piece. 4 - Compare the Populist and Progressive movements. Critically analyze why the Progressive movement seemed to have more success. What were the limitations of the Populist movement? 5 - Compare the presidencies of Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson. What made them Progressive presidents? Identify what you believe to be the most important pieces of legislation passed during each administration. Why are these so significant? Finally, be sure to indicate what each president did to expand the meaning of freedom for Americans. 6 - Explain how Americans used the language of freedom when discussing foreign policy. Look specifically at the foreign policies of Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson in your answer. Did the meaning of freedom change with each administration or stay constant? 7 - It is April 1917, you are a member of Congress, and President Wilson wants a declaration of war. Justify your vote for or against war with Germany. 8 - Examine the restrictions placed on freedom during World War I. Be sure to analyze Debs’s piece in “Voices of Freedom,” the Committee on Public Information, and “coercive patriotism.” 9 - Compare the political ideas of W. E. B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey. What were the similarities (if any)? What were the differences? 10 - Examine and analyze Woodrow Wilson’s ideas about foreign policy. To what extent did Wilson put into practice his stated ideas? For part 2 choose ONLY 1 essay question from the list below, which covers chapters 20 and 21 in the textbook. Grades will be based on the content of the answer and must be more than 300 words in length. Direct quotes do not count toward the required word count. Part 2 Essay Questions: 1 - After World War I and more than twenty years of reform, Americans became much more conservative in the 1920s. In fact, Reinhold Niebuhr stated that America was “rapidly becoming the most conservative nation on earth.” Give examples that defend this perce ...

1. For part 1
choose ONLY 1 essay question from the list below, which
covers chapters 18 and 19 in the textbook. Grades will be based
on the content of the answer and must be more than 300
words in length. Direct quotes do not count toward the required
word count.
Part 1 Essay Questions:
1 - In what ways was the Progressive era a period that saw both
the expansion and the restriction of political and economic
freedoms?
2 - Analyze the various roles women played during the
Progressive era, from social reformer, to feminist, to suffragist.
How did various women define freedom? Be sure to distinguish
between different types of women and include the “Voices of
Freedom” excerpt in your answer.
3 - Freedom of expression was given new meaning by labor in
the Progressive age. Thinking back to previous chapters,
compare the various movements to expand the meaning of
freedom of expression—from the Alien and Sedition Acts to the
abolitionists in the antebellum era—with the labor movement in
the Progressive age. Use the “Voices of Freedom” piece.
4 - Compare the Populist and Progressive movements. Critically
analyze why the Progressive movement seemed to have more
success. What were the limitations of the Populist movement?
5 - Compare the presidencies of Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson.

2. What made them Progressive presidents? Identify what you
believe to be the most important pieces of legislation passed
during each administration. Why are these so significant?
Finally, be sure to indicate what each president did to expand
the meaning of freedom for Americans.
6 - Explain how Americans used the language of freedom when
discussing foreign policy. Look specifically at the foreign
policies of Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson in your answer. Did the
meaning of freedom change with each administration or stay
constant?
7 - It is April 1917, you are a member of Congress, and
President Wilson wants a declaration of war. Justify your vote
for or against war with Germany.
8 - Examine the restrictions placed on freedom during World
War I. Be sure to analyze Debs’s piece in “Voices of Freedom,”
the Committee on Public Information, and “coercive
patriotism.”
9 - Compare the political ideas of W. E. B. Du Bois and Marcus
Garvey. What were the similarities (if any)? What were the
differences?
10 - Examine and analyze Woodrow Wilson’s ideas about
foreign policy. To what extent did Wilson put into practice his
stated ideas?
For part 2
choose ONLY 1 essay question from the list below, which

3. covers chapters 20 and 21 in the textbook. Grades will be based
on the content of the answer and must be more than 300
words in length. Direct quotes do not count toward the required
word count.
Part 2 Essay Questions:
1 - After World War I and more than twenty years of reform,
Americans became much more conservative in the 1920s. In
fact, Reinhold Niebuhr stated that America was “rapidly
becoming the most conservative nation on earth.” Give
examples that defend this perception of America as conservative
in the 1920s.
2 - The 1920s are commonly referred to as the Roaring
Twenties. Document who was and who was not “roaring” in the
1920s. Your answer ought to illustrate the dichotomy of the
decade.
3 - The 1920s present a time when an entire people was
grappling with massive technological and social change.
Americans spent the decade seeking to adapt to the rise of a
mass-production, mass-culture metropolitan world that had
emerged seemingly overnight. Discuss the decade in these
terms, describing the many ways in which Americans sought to
deal with this change.
4 - Would you describe the 1920s as a decade that benefited
women? Why, or why not? Remember to consider the
experience of all women when composing your answer.
5 - The Great Depression came dramatically with the stock
market crash, but the causes of the Depression had been planted
well before 1929. Discuss what brought on the Great Depression
and why Hoover was not able to properly address the crisis.

4. 6 - Analyze how FDR oversaw the transformation of the
Democratic Party into a coalition of farmers, industrial workers,
the reform-minded urban middle class, liberal intellectuals,
northern African-Americans, and the white supremacist South.
7 - How did the New Deal alter the role of the national
government? In your answer, discuss specific New Deal
reforms.
8 - Compare the New Deal reforms with those of the
Progressive era. How did the New Deal reflect the reform
traditions of the Progressive era? Be sure to include in your
answer a discussion about Roosevelt’s key administrators.
9 - Thinking back to other labor struggles in the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries, such as the Homestead Strike,
Haymarket Affair, 1902 Coal Strike, and Ludlow Massacre, how
do the Memorial Day Massacre and the UAW sit-down strikes
compare? Had organized labor become any more sophisticated
over the years in its tactics? Had business or government
become any more sympathetic?
10 - Even though there were no significant gains made in civil
rights during the 1930s, there seemed to be an optimistic view
among the black community. African-Americans were able to
find help in the 1930s through the hope they viewed in the
Roosevelt administration, their inclusion within the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, and the Popular Front. Write an essay
that elaborates on these three pillars, and discuss what each
offered to the African-American community.

5. 1
CIS 101
PROJECT 1 RESEARCH PAPER
CR AFTON H I LLS COLLEGE
TOT AL POI NTS : 50
OV ERV I EW
In this project, you will perform research on a type of
technology application software, compare
three different products of that application type, and create a
research paper that summarizes your
research findings and incorporates appropriate charts. You
must use Microsoft Word to create your
research paper and Microsoft Excel to create your charts. Your
research paper must use the MLA
documentation style and include citations of all the sources that
you use, so be sure to keep track of
your research sources.
You can choose one of the following technology application
types as the subject of your
research. The items listed in parentheses are examples of
products within the application type. For

6. example, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are specific social
media products.
1. Social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn)
2. Internet browser (e.g. Google Chrome, Internet Explorer,
Mozilla Firefox)
3. Office suite (e.g. Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, iWork,
Google Docs)
4. Antivirus (e.g. Norton Security, Bitdefender Antivirus,
McAfee AntiVirus)
5. Photo editing (e.g. Adobe Photoshop, Apple Photos, GIMP)
6. Tax preparation (e.g. TurboTax, CompleteTax, eSmart Tax,
H&R Block's TaxCut)
7. Accounting (e.g. QuickBooks, Quicken, Sage 50, Sage
DacEasy)
8. Mobile payment (e.g. Google Wallet, Square, PayPal, Apple
Pay)
9. CAD (e.g. AutoCAD, SmartDraw, TurboCAD, Visio)
10. Video editing (e.g. Adobe Premier Pro, iMovie, MAGIX
Movie Edit Pro, Media Composer)
11. Web authoring (e.g. Adobe Dreamweaver, Microsoft
Sharepoint Designer, Website
Creator, Weebly)
12. Media player (e.g. iTunes, Windows Media Player,

7. QuickTime, RealPlayer, Rhapsody)
13. Game (e.g. Angry Birds, Candy Crush, Draw Something,
Minecraft, Plants v. Zombies)
14. Mapping (e.g. Apple Maps, Cartographer, Google Maps,
Mapquest)
15. Fitness (e.g. Calorific, Couch-to-5K, Endomondo,
MapMyFitness, MyFitnessPal)
If you would like to do your research on an application that is
not listed above, please email the
subject to your instructor for approval.
2
PROJ E CT RE QU IRE M ENT S
Your research paper must include the following components:
1. Use of the MLA documentation style:
a. Place your name and course information in a block at the left
margin beginning
one inch from the top of the page.
b. Center the title one double-spaced line below your name and
course

8. information.
c. Use a 12-point Times New Roman or similar font.
d. Double-space text on all pages of the paper using one-inch
top, bottom, left,
and right margins. Indent the first word of each paragraph one-
half inch from
the left margin.
e. At the right margin of each page, place a page number one-
half inch from the
top margin. On each page, precede the page number with your
last name.
f. In the text of the paper, place author references in
parentheses with the page
number(s) of the referenced information.
2. Introduction
Introduce the application subject of your research. Explain the
following:
a. What is the purpose of the application?
b. Who are the typical users of this application?
c. Why is it important?

9. Connect the introduction paragraph to the rest of the paper by
concisely stating what
you will include in this research paper.
3. Three specific products of your application subject
For each of the three products, include the following:
a. Features
b. Capabilities
c. At least one image showing the interface(s) of the application
Here is an example of an image showing the interfaces of
Facebook:
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Source: https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook/timeline-
now-available-
worldwide/10150408488962131
4. Comparison of the three products that you describe in the
previous section
Briefly compare the three examples of your application subject
in terms of numerical
measures, or statistics. You must incorporate appropriate Excel

10. charts that compare at
least two the statistics of the applications (e.g. cost, number of
users, performance, user
rating, etc.). The two Excel charts must be present in your
research paper Word
document for full credits.
Here is an example of an Excel chart the compares the
popularity of three social media
products:
See this page on how to copy a chart from Excel to Word:
https://support.office.com/en-in/article/Copy-Excel-data-or-
charts-to-Word-35f668e8-
671a-4b78-b064-7a4ca61250d4#__toc266792951
0
100,000,000
200,000,000
300,000,000
400,000,000
500,000,000
600,000,000

11. 700,000,000
800,000,000
900,000,000
1,000,000,000
Facebook Twitter Instagram
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Popularity
https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook/timeline-now-
available-worldwide/10150408488962131
https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook/timeline-now-
available-worldwide/10150408488962131
https://support.office.com/en-in/article/Copy-Excel-data-or-
charts-to-Word-35f668e8-671a-4b78-b064-
7a4ca61250d4#__toc266792951
https://support.office.com/en-in/article/Copy-Excel-data-or-

12. charts-to-Word-35f668e8-671a-4b78-b064-
7a4ca61250d4#__toc266792951
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Based on your comparison, include a brief paragraph that
provides your personal
recommendation to someone who is interested in acquiring the
application.
5. Alphabetical Works Cited page, including a bibliography of
all sources referenced in a
paper. You must have at least three sources. Remember to use
MLA format.
6. Use of proper English spelling and grammar
7. Your research paper should be 5 – 8 pages long, including the
Excel charts and Works
Cited page.
WHAT YO U NE ED T O SU BM IT F OR TH E PR OJ E CT :
rd document, including charts
created using Excel