Reference no: EM133204235 , Length: 1500 Words

Choose a specific coin in circulation in the United States between 1776 and 1900 and research the coin. Do not write on a denomination of coin, write on one particular coin that was minted during a specific time period. For example, the 2 cent piece that was minted between 1864 and 1873. Write an essay on its history. Include an image of the obverse and reverse (for a total of two images). Describe with text its metal content, denomination, years of circulation, detailed description of inscriptions and images and the current price range for obtaining such a coin. Finally, describe any historical effect the coin may have had on U.S. history.

People using firearms and racial identity played huge roles in the 19th-century history of the United States. Write a brief description of one specific 19th-century American event (that happened between the years 1801 and 1900) where gun violence and race were involved, and explain if your research changed your understanding of the U.S. history you learned from your K-12 schooling.

Frances Willard and Walt Whitman, two significant 19th-century American figures, may have been homosexuals. When public school students learn about them, should history textbooks and history teachers explain that they were homosexuals?

Read the following article from the New York Times about attempts to change the design of the state flag of Nebraska: Nebraska's Flag Lacks Pizazz . Afterward, pick any state in the Union except California, and research the state flag of that particular state. Who designed the flag you chose, and what does the design say about the people that created it? After writing a brief history of that flag, create a flag of your own design that you think would represent the state of your choice today. Use the following website to design your own flag, and post the flag to the assignment: Flag Designing Software (Links to an external site.) **Please do not write about the California state flag. I will lower your grade by a full letter grade if you write about the California state flag. Also, you should be aware that the history of the flag of the state of Georgia is long, winding and complex. Should you choose that state flag you would be writing about an extra challenging history.**

Choose an American invention that was created between 1776 and 1877 and explain the history of its significance. Include images of the invention, explain what it does, write about the inventor or inventors and provide information on how it affected early American history. This site may be of use to you: U.S. Inventions before 1890.