If private equity is doing such damage to working and middle-class prospects for home ownership, why isn’t the government acting to even the playing field?

Higher rent. Faster evictions. Punitive fees. Shoddier repairs and services, if anyone even shows up at all. Even if your building isn’t owned by a private equity firm, their impact on the market is probably driving your rent up. When corporate landlords gobble up already-scarce homes, they shut out millions of people from being able to buy their own homes, preventing them from building financial stability and generational wealth.

In essence, it’s a direct transfer of wealth from the middle and working class into the pockets of private equity managers. If private equity is doing such damage to working and middle-class prospects for home ownership, why isn’t the government acting to even the playing field?

Private equity and hedge funds accounted for over $625 million in political spending during the runup to the 2020 election. About $547 million of the total went to campaign contributions. The rest went to lobbying.

Might they send students on their way to a career while they are still in high school? Might apprenticeship programs sponsored by unions grant participants a chance to earn while they learn?Explain.

Questions you should respond to are written in italics.

Apprenticeship programs

Many young people in Colonial America took part in apprenticeships; they learned a trade as they worked alongside experienced crafts persons.

Might updated apprenticeships be more responsive to the needs of students than are the educational programs now operational in America’s cities? Might they send students on their way to a career while they are still in high school? Might apprenticeship programs sponsored by unions grant participants a chance to earn while they learn?

Define the experience of your family, or a particular family ancestor(s), or someone(s) whose experience you are familiar with, and portray the immigration experience(s) coming from their native homeland, crossing to the U.S.

Hst. 2425: “Coming to America”, Final Essays

Each student will address four of the following comparatives. First, briefly define what the content of each reading is. Secondly, what relationship do the two readings have with one another? Each written response will be no less than a page in length, typed in font 12, double spaced. Cite your sources and use testimonies where appropriate, just as you did in the midterm essays.

Voyage of the Damned (film) and Admitting Jewish Refugee Children in 1939 .syllabus sources.
Sacco-Vanzetti case and T. R. and the Hyphenates.
Life of Yoshiko Uchida, a Japanese-American Living and Japanese-American Museum… syllabus sources
the Marial Boat People and newsreel of Hungarian revolutionaries, 1956.
Fortune Magazine, “New American Economy” [2011] and Immigration Reform, 1986.
Status of U.S. Immigration in 2007 [text] and any of the articles in the past four weeks you would like to use for this comparison.
Part B will be approximately three pages in length, no smaller than font 12, using source citations for the testimonies / readings you use.

Each student will address the following essay question.

Define the experience of your family, or a particular family ancestor(s), or someone(s) whose experience you are familiar with, and portray the immigration experience(s) coming from their native homeland, crossing to the U.S., the process of “assimilation”, and what to you was the eventual outcome of this experience(s). Or if this process is still ongoing, characterize the stage s/he has reached by this point in the experience.

Which of the two sorts of democracy is more consistent with how elitist theory sees democracy working? Explain, referring to two relevant aspects of elitist theory and two aspects of whichever sort of democracy you choose.

Consider the following descriptions of direct and indirect democracy.

Which of the two sorts of democracy is more consistent with how elitist theory sees democracy working? Explain, referring to two relevant aspects of elitist theory and two aspects of whichever sort of democracy you choose.

Direct democracy: Citizens participate individually and directly in political decisions and policies that affect their lives, rather than through elected representatives. This form of democracy takes inspiration from the democracy of Athens in ancient Greece, whose citizenry included Socrates. Ancient Athenian democracy was direct not only in the sense that the assembled people made decisions, but also in the sense that the people – through the assembly, council, and law courts – controlled the entire political process, and a large proportion of citizens were involved constantly in public affairs.

Indirect democracy: This form of democracy places power in the hands of representatives who are elected by the people. Political parties often become central to this form of democracy if electoral systems require or encourage voters to vote for political parties or for candidates associated with political parties. Elections are important not because they provide direct citizen involvement in governance but because they provide a sense of legitimacy to the decisions taken by the political leadership. This system enables political leaders to make decisions according to their judgment of what is best without intrusive public meddling.

Do you think that the educational system as it is presently functioning in the United States serves students well? Or do you think that it might be more responsive to their needs, if is revamped to incorporate a mix of educational modalities that predominated in colonial America?

Some things to ponder before you even begin writing this essay: Do you think that the educational system as it is presently functioning in the United States serves students well? Or do you think that it might be more responsive to their needs, if is revamped to incorporate a mix of educational modalities that predominated in colonial America?

Questions you should respond to are written in italics.

Apprenticeship programs

Many young people in Colonial America took part in apprenticeships; they learned a trade as they worked alongside experienced crafts persons.

Might updated apprenticeships be more responsive to the needs of students than are the educational programs now operational in America’s cities? Might they send students on their way to a career while they are still in high school? Might apprenticeship programs sponsored by unions grant participants a chance to earn while they learn?

Illustrate how your research of the historical event impacted the way you thought about the event. In other words, how did thinking like a historian change the lens through which you viewed the event?

In this section of your essay, you will introduce your readers to the historical event you selected. Specifically, you should:

A. Describe the causes of the historical event. In other words, what were the underlying factors that led to the historical event? Were there any
immediate causes that precipitated the event?

B. Illustrate the course of your historical event. In other words, tell the story or narrative of your event. Who were the important participants? What
did they do? Why? How do the perspectives of the key participants differ?

C. Describe the immediate and long-term consequences of the historical event for American society. In other words, how did the event impact
American society?

D. Discuss the historical evidence that supports your conclusions about the impact of the event on American society. Support your response with specific examples from your sources.
III. Conclusion: In this section of your essay, you will discuss the impact of historical thinking. Specifically, you should:

A. Explain why this historical event is important to you personally. In other words, why did you select this event to research?

B. Illustrate how your research of the historical event impacted the way you thought about the event. In other words, how did thinking like a historian change the lens through which you viewed the event?

Support your response with specific examples.

C. Explain how a historian would pursue further study of your statement. In other words, if a historian were to continue researching your statement, what would be the future directions or next steps?
IV. Provide a reference list that includes all of the primary and secondary sources you used to investigate your historical event and support your  statement. Ensure that your list is formatted according to current APA guidelines .

 

Revise the statement you have chosen to reflect the complexity of the historical events surrounding this issue. Provide specific examples of how ANCSA and the Native corporation system have had a positive or negative impact—or perhaps both—on Alaska Natives.

Complexity and Contingency

Based on your reading in the webtext, select one of the following thesis statements. Your response should be two to three paragraphs in length.

The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Native corporation system have been good for Alaska Natives.

ANCSA and the Native corporation system have been bad for Alaska Natives.

Next, revise the statement you have chosen to reflect the complexity of the historical events surrounding this issue. Provide specific examples of how ANCSA and the Native corporation system have had a positive or negative impact—or perhaps both—on Alaska Natives. Further illustrate the complexity of this issue by showing how the passage of ANCSA was contingent on at least three historical events or forces.