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Students are to select 1 of the 4 documents listed below and…

Students are to select 1 of the 4 documents listed below and write a document analysis. In no fewer than 3 complete paragraphs, summarize or describe the source, situate it into its proper historical context (circumstances), and then write about the source’s overall meaning/message while also commenting on why it’s an important source for U.S. history. *write a document analysis of 1 of the 4 documents from the list below — choose only 1 to write about* 1. Below is the text for the proposed (but never ratified) Equal Rights Amendment (1972) to the U.S. Constitution. “Equality of Rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.” 2. Below is a 1979 photograph taken outside the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. 3. Below is an advertisement placed in many newspapers and magazines in 1984 for the new Apple McIntosh personal computer. 4. The following document excerpt was written by the arch-conservative Carl Horowitz entitled “Homosexuality’s Legal Revolution” (1991) as part of his work with the think-tank The Heritage Foundation. ” Homosexual activists have all but completed their campaign to persuade the nation’s educational establishment that homosexuality is normal ‘alternative’ behavior, and thus any adverse reaction to it is akin to a phobia, such as fear of heights, or an ethnic prejudice, such as anti-Semitism. The movement now stands on the verge of realizing its use of law to…intimidate heterosexuals uncomfortable about coming into contact with it…The movement seeks to win sinecures through the state, and over any objections by ‘homophobic’ opposition. With a cloud of a heavy fine or even a jail sentence hanging over a mortgage lender, a rental agent, or a job interviewer who might be discomforted by them, homosexuals under these laws can win employment, credit, housing, and other economic entitlements. Heterosexuals would have no right to discriminate against homosexuals, but apparently, not vice-versa… Heterosexuals and even ‘closeted’ homosexuals will be at a competitive disadvantage for jobs and housing…The new legalism will increase heterosexual anger–and even violence–toward homosexuals.”    

Among all of the topics covered in this course up through th…

Among all of the topics covered in this course up through the first decade of the 21st century, what do you think are the three most important topics and why?  This is a reasoning question, so be sure that your essay response to the prompt explains your reasoning (explains why you think the 3 topics you’ve chosen to write about are most important). A minimum of five paragraphs is required, relying on an opening/introduction that contains a thesis, along with 3 paragraphs providing supporting information, evidence, facts, and analyses of sources, and capped by a concluding or closing paragraph.