1) The Byzantine Empire and United States both experienced periods of success and failure as civilizations evolve over time.
2) The Byzantine Empire was successful for over 200 years due to its strong military defense but eventually failed when its military became too weak to defend against invasions.
3) The United States has also experienced both successes, such as building strong alliances, and failures, including a struggling economy and high poverty rates, as it works to adapt to changing circumstances.
Slides of a lecture on this topic, delivered at an American university - but perhaps with wider resonance?
Please note that the circles etc are not meant to be representative of the relative weights in any exact manner - they are merely indicative.
Reflective Paper: The Successes, Failures, and Evolutions of the United StatesPhillipRamirez01
This paper is an end of the year essay with a focus on why civilizations succeed, fail, and evolve. It particularly focuses on the United States and whether it is succeeding, evolving, or failing.
The Decline and Fall of the American EmpireCODEPINKAlert
As our government debates whether we can "afford" COVID relief, a Green New Deal and universal healthcare, we would be wise to recognize that our only hope of transforming this decadent, declining empire into a dynamic and prosperous post-imperial nation is to rapidly and profoundly shift our national priorities from irrelevant, destructive militarism to the programs of social uplift that Dr. King called for.
American HistoryUnit III Scholarly ActivityTHIS JUST IN You.docxnettletondevon
American History
Unit III Scholarly Activity
THIS JUST IN: You work for a national radio broadcasting company and it is your job to create the typed broadcast for the evening news, recapping the experiences of Americans from before WWI all the way to their experiences after the war. For your story to be valid and accepted by a wide audience, it must include the home front experiences of many groups and cover the topics below.
· Examine the experiences of the local populations and varied demographics, including African Americans, women, and lower classes.
· What changed because of the movement from isolationism to expansionism?
· Assess the relevance of people’s concerns about the war’s impact on the international community.
· Assess the war’s economic impact, including the expansion of factories (big business) due to wartime production.
· Compare and contrast pre-war and post-war experiences.
· Include at least three key domestic figures and at least three key international figures.
· Include how the United States in the post-war era is positioned to become a superpower.
Paper
With any good news story, you must utilize multiple sources. Your story must be a minimum of two pages. A minimum of two reputable sources must be used, cited, and referenced, one of which must come from the Waldorf Online Library. This means you will need to find at least one additional source on your own. Inappropriate resources or failure to use resources available in the Waldorf Online Library can lead to deductions (and loss of your news audience).
To Access my Waldorf Online Library, use the username and password and link to sign it.
Username: latasha.gause
PW: Tasharg26!
Link: https://mywaldorf.waldorf.edu/student/resources/library/
Once you are logged in. To your right you will see a tab that is called My Resources. Under the tab is the Waldorf Online Library.
HIS 1120, American History II 1
Course Learning Outcomes for Unit III
Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1. Evaluate the impact of United States industrial expansion on the evolution of big business.
5. Analyze contradictory theories and perspectives concerning American Imperialism, including
expansionism, foreign policy, and trade.
5.1 Identify the key figures who challenged traditional thoughts on American Imperialism,
expansionism, foreign policy, and trade.
5.2 Recall key figures in domestic reforms.
5.3 Examine multiple theories and perspectives surrounding American Imperialism.
6. Explain how the shift from isolation to intervention during the World Wars made the United States a
superpower.
6.1 Identify key figures who pushed America towards intervention.
6.2 Explain how intervention and isolation led to the United States becoming a superpower.
Reading Assignment
American Social History Project, & the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. (n.d.). "Cast
Down Your Bucket Where You Are": Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Co.
Slides of a lecture on this topic, delivered at an American university - but perhaps with wider resonance?
Please note that the circles etc are not meant to be representative of the relative weights in any exact manner - they are merely indicative.
Reflective Paper: The Successes, Failures, and Evolutions of the United StatesPhillipRamirez01
This paper is an end of the year essay with a focus on why civilizations succeed, fail, and evolve. It particularly focuses on the United States and whether it is succeeding, evolving, or failing.
The Decline and Fall of the American EmpireCODEPINKAlert
As our government debates whether we can "afford" COVID relief, a Green New Deal and universal healthcare, we would be wise to recognize that our only hope of transforming this decadent, declining empire into a dynamic and prosperous post-imperial nation is to rapidly and profoundly shift our national priorities from irrelevant, destructive militarism to the programs of social uplift that Dr. King called for.
American HistoryUnit III Scholarly ActivityTHIS JUST IN You.docxnettletondevon
American History
Unit III Scholarly Activity
THIS JUST IN: You work for a national radio broadcasting company and it is your job to create the typed broadcast for the evening news, recapping the experiences of Americans from before WWI all the way to their experiences after the war. For your story to be valid and accepted by a wide audience, it must include the home front experiences of many groups and cover the topics below.
· Examine the experiences of the local populations and varied demographics, including African Americans, women, and lower classes.
· What changed because of the movement from isolationism to expansionism?
· Assess the relevance of people’s concerns about the war’s impact on the international community.
· Assess the war’s economic impact, including the expansion of factories (big business) due to wartime production.
· Compare and contrast pre-war and post-war experiences.
· Include at least three key domestic figures and at least three key international figures.
· Include how the United States in the post-war era is positioned to become a superpower.
Paper
With any good news story, you must utilize multiple sources. Your story must be a minimum of two pages. A minimum of two reputable sources must be used, cited, and referenced, one of which must come from the Waldorf Online Library. This means you will need to find at least one additional source on your own. Inappropriate resources or failure to use resources available in the Waldorf Online Library can lead to deductions (and loss of your news audience).
To Access my Waldorf Online Library, use the username and password and link to sign it.
Username: latasha.gause
PW: Tasharg26!
Link: https://mywaldorf.waldorf.edu/student/resources/library/
Once you are logged in. To your right you will see a tab that is called My Resources. Under the tab is the Waldorf Online Library.
HIS 1120, American History II 1
Course Learning Outcomes for Unit III
Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1. Evaluate the impact of United States industrial expansion on the evolution of big business.
5. Analyze contradictory theories and perspectives concerning American Imperialism, including
expansionism, foreign policy, and trade.
5.1 Identify the key figures who challenged traditional thoughts on American Imperialism,
expansionism, foreign policy, and trade.
5.2 Recall key figures in domestic reforms.
5.3 Examine multiple theories and perspectives surrounding American Imperialism.
6. Explain how the shift from isolation to intervention during the World Wars made the United States a
superpower.
6.1 Identify key figures who pushed America towards intervention.
6.2 Explain how intervention and isolation led to the United States becoming a superpower.
Reading Assignment
American Social History Project, & the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. (n.d.). "Cast
Down Your Bucket Where You Are": Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Co.
1. Alyssa Shannon<br />May 20, 2011<br />Period 1<br />Final Essay<br />1,110 Words<br />Successes and Failures of the Byzantine and American Civilizations<br />A mountain has two slopes and a peak. A hiker goes up one slope, reaches the peak, stays on the top to watch the view, and then must go down, each step taking it closer to the bottom. Sometimes, the hiker might have to alter their path in order to be safe. Most civilizations’ paths are similar to this. The civilization reaches its height due to a series of successes. Once it reaches its height, it will stay there for as long as it’s able to sustain itself, and inevitably fall. Civilizations can succeed because of good trade systems, excellent relationships with other civilizations, first-class leadership, and superior military (defensive and offensive). Civilizations can fail because of a lack of effective military for defense, poor leadership, failing economy, as well as involvement in civil and/or foreign wars. Civilizations generally evolve if their only other option is to fail. This similar cycle of initial success followed by eventual failure is chronicled by historians in their descriptions of most of the great civilizations. How long a civilization is able to sustain itself in the “success” phase of this cycle is dependent upon its ability to evolve to meet the pressures of circumstances and meet the needs of its civilians. <br />The Byzantine Empire was at its height for over 200 years. The Byzantine Empire was an eastern continuation of the Roman Empire, and once the Western Roman Empire fell, Byzantium inherited all of the remaining land. After seeing the over-ambitious Roman Empire fall due to its overexpansion, Byzantium focused all of its military efforts on defending rather than gaining new territories. Though Byzantine military was neither strong enough nor large enough to contribute to the Crusades while simultaneously fighting both foreign and domestic wars, they chose to do so anyway. During this time many outside tribes were invading the empire. Due to its lack of strength and size, the Byzantine military became a major failure for the empire. It was unable to evolve into a strong military power and this lead to its descent. However, this does not mean that the Byzantine Empire had never evolved. In fact, the Byzantine’s entire existence is attributed to its evolution. It had to evolve from simply being an extension of the Roman Empire to being its own, separate civilization. Despite its final failure, it was a sustainable civilization prior to this because it had been able to evolve.<br />Similar to Byzantium, the modern civilization of the United States of America has had its own sets of successes and failures, modifying itself as needed to deal with the pressures of internal and external influences. Out of all of its past military conflicts, it has only lost one (Vietnam). Its military has evolved from a hodgepodge of colonial rebels into its current exemplary modern military, changing its goals and size to meet the needs of the day. In addition, the US has always had good relations with influential countries. These alliances have greatly contributed to the overall success of the country. They have provided a safety net during many international feuds. Another great success of the United States has been its acceptance and embracement of diversity of cultures. This allows the United States to accept and contemplate all ideas, not being blinded by differences and only looking at how the idea will benefit the country. Adaptations such as these to world and national situations is in the best interest of the country and are examples of how the US has evolved to fit its current circumstances. <br />Just like the Byzantine Empire, the US has been an evolving country from its start in the year 1776 to now. It began as a British colony focused on agricultural support of a foreign empire, and evolved into an independent nation and industrial superpower that it is today. During World War II, the United States stepped to the forefront as a world superpower when it joined the Allies to help defeat the Axis. Prior to this, the US was mired in a policy of isolationism. This new policy of working with other nations to promote democracy formed the foundations for the alliances that the United States still holds today. Though traits of its origins are still foundations of United States policies, its capacity to transition is what has allowed it to be considered a great power.<br />For all of the great things that America has built its success as a civilization upon, some would say that its changes are negative. It is evolving into the type of country that has more failures than successes. Although major failure is a fairly new concept to the United States, that does not mean that their failures are not abundant. One of these failures is the poor leadership decisions that the US citizens have made. Many of these leaders have gotten the country into unnecessary wars which drain America of money, valuable resources, and military forces. This failure has contributed largely to another, more pressing issue: the economy. According to the NY Times, the poverty rate in America is the highest it has been in fifteen years. As of September 2010, over 44 million Americans are living below the poverty line. The poverty rate is not only due to the amount of taxes being put into warfare, but it is also due to the lack of jobs available for the average American citizen. “Historically, it takes time for poverty to recover after unemployment starts to go down” (Ladonna Pavetti, welfare expert). Some might say that this stream of failure began with the Vietnam conflict. Most American citizens were against this military action from its start. This fact alone reduced citizen moral and overall faith in the country’s leaders. Not only did the US retreat from the military action, but it gained absolutely nothing from sixteen years of fighting.<br />What will determine the term of the United States as the world’s superpower will be its ability to continue evolving in order to meet the demands of the modern day. The country has gone through two of three of the main stages of a civilization: the rise and the height. Now, there is only one stage left, decline. America has gone up the mountain, and is standing at the top, hesitating. The only question now is: will we walk down or stay on top? So whether the US will ultimately fail or evolve cannot be concluded right now, however one thing is for certain: the United States is on the same road that Byzantium was on nearly 600 years ago.<br />References<br />Eckholm, Eric. quot;
Recession Raises Poverty Rate to a 15-Year High.quot;
The New York Times. the New York Times, 16 Sept 2009. Web. 19 May 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/us/17poverty.html>.<br />Gascoigne, Bamber. “History of Byzantium” HistoryWorld. From 2001, ongoing. http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac59<br />quot;
Everyday Life in Byzantium.quot;
Hellenic Macedonia. Ekdotike Athenon S.A., n.d. Web. 12 Dec 2010 <http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/HellenicMacedonia/en/D2.1.html>.<br />quot;
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International World History Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar 2011. <http://www.neobyzantine.org/byzantium/army/index.php>.<br />quot;
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