Case Study Week5 HIST405N

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Purpose

The purposes of each case study assignment include the following:

  • To hone your abilities to research using scholarly sources
  • To advance critical thinking and writing skills
  • To compile a response to the prompts provided
  • To explore a historical topic and make connections to change over time

Required Resources

In your American History course, you will utilize scholarly sources to address questions in the weekly assignments. Please be advised that History.com, Wiki, Wikipedia, or websites such as cliffnotes.com, studymode.com, coursehero.com, and the like are not deemed scholarly sources. 

For your Week 5 Case Study, please use either your course text or class lesson AND three (3) additional scholarly sources from the Chamberlain Library for a total of at least four (4) sources.

Below is a list of resources you must choose from:

  • Textbook: Chapters 18, 20 (section 20.4), 21, 22 (section 22.2), and 23
  • Lesson
  • Minimum of 3 scholarly sources from the Chamberlain Library resources below:
  • Please review the following optional scholarly articles (sorted by topic). NOTE: You will need to log in to the Chamberlain Library before accessing these resources.

 

Instructions

Pick one (1) of the following topics. 

Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic. To find your external and scholarly sources unique to the weekly content, please refer to the resources required above. 

  • It's highly recommended that you download and use the suggested assignment template for each topic to complete this case study.
  • When you complete the template, upload and submit it in the assignment dropbox on this webpage. 
  • Topic 1
  • Topic 2
  • Topic 3
  • Topic 4
  • Topic 5

Worker Organization and the Struggle of Unions: The Pullman Strike

  • Describe the historical context of the Pullman Strike. What were the causes and outcomes? 
  • Evaluate the various attempts at labor organization in this era, from the Molly Maguires to the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor. How were these groups' goals, philosophies, and tactics similar and different? How did their agendas represent the concerns and grievances of their members and workers more generally? 
  • Assess the violent clashes between labor and management during this era. What do these events reveal about how each group had come to view the other? 
  • Analyze why the Pullman Strike was a blow at organized labor and unions.  

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Requirements

  • Length: 3–4 pages (not including title page or references page)
  • 1-inch margins
  • Double spaced
  • 12-point Times New Roman font
  • Title page
  • References page
  • In-text citations that correspond with your end references

Grading

This activity will be graded based on the Week 5 Case Study Grading Rubric.

Outcomes

  • CO 4: Analyze America's identity from the founding of the United States to the modern era.
  • CO 5: Assess change over time in economy and/or technology.
  • CO 6: Analyze America's domestic politics and foreign policy in the World.
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