After the Civil War, the United States had to recover from war, handle western expansion, and grapple with very new economic forms. However, its greatest issues would revolve around the legacies of slavery and increasing diversity in the decades after the Civil War. Reconstruction was partly a period of military occupation of the south by the northern victors. Former slaves now had freedom and new opportunities but faced old prejudices and rapidly forming new barriers. Immigrants from Europe and Asia came in large numbers but then faced political and social restrictions. Women continued to seek rights. Yet, on the whole, America became increasingly diverse by the 1920s. Consider developments, policies, and laws in that period from 1865 to the 1920s. Take one of the positions as suggested below, draw from the sources listed, and present a paper with specific examples and arguments to demonstrate the validity of your position.

Possible position—in each case you can take the pro or con position:

1. The Lost Cause narrative of the South effectively sabotaged and influenced racial policy in the US for most of the post-Civil War period. (or you can take the position that it did not)
2. Political policies in the decades after the Civil War generally promoted diversity and “the melting pot” despite the strong prejudices of a few. (or you can take the position that political policies did not)
3. Reform movements between 1865 and 1930, like the Progressives and the agrarian populists, generally led the way to increased democracy. (or you can take the position that these movements did not)

After giving general consideration to your readings so far and any general research, select one of the positions above as your position—your thesis. (Sometimes after doing more thorough research, you might choose the reverse position. This happens with critical thinking and inquiry. Your final paper might end up taking a different position than you originally envisioned.). Organize your paper as follows, handling these issues:

• The position you choose (from the list above)—or something close to it—will be the thesis statement in your opening paragraph.
• To support your position, use three specific examples from different decades between 1865 and 1930. You may narrowly focus on race or gender or immigrant status, or you may use examples relevant to all categories.
• Explain why the opposing view is weak in comparison to yours.
• Consider your life today: In what way does the history you have shown shape or impact issues in your workplace or desired profession?

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Length:
The paper should be 500-to-750 words in length. This normally means 3-to-4 pages for the body of the paper. (The title page and References page do not count in these calculations.) Double-space between lines. Format instructions are below.

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Research and References:
You must use a MINIMUM of three sources; the Schultz textbook must be one of them. Your other two sources should be drawn from the list provided below. This is guided research, not open-ended Googling. You will have an alphabetized list of Reference entries at the end, using APA format. You will have short, APA-style in-text citations appropriately placed in the body of the paper; these in-text citations will match the References listed at the end. Except as your instructor might direct, don’t use other sources for your paper than those listed here. (Of course, for “starter research” you can read many sources.)

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Source List for Assignment 1:
Be sure to use the Schultz text as a source. Use at least two of the other sources listed here. Some sources are “primary” sources from the time period being studied. Some sources below can be accessed via direct link or through the primary sources link on Blackboard. Each week has a different list of primary sources. For others, they are accessible through the Library tab to the left of the screen in Blackboard—once in there, you may do a “keyword” search of the article title.

APA Reference for the textbook – Schultz, Kevin M. (2018). HIST5: Volume 2: U.S. History Since 1865 (Student edition). Boston: Cengage.

Choose sources relevant to the topic and position you are taking:

• Abu-Laban, Y., & Lamont, V. (1997). Crossing borders: Interdisciplinary, immigration and the melting pot in the American cultural imaginary. Canadian Review of American Studies, 27(2), 23-43.
• Black Testimony on the aftermath of enslavement. (1866). Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction. Retrieved from http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_97811…
• Chinese Exclusion Act. (1882). Retrieved from http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_97811…
• Davis, J. C. Bancroft. (1896). Plessy vs. Ferguson. Retrieved from http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_97811…
• Fitzgerald, M. W. (2018, Jan.). Terrorism and racial coexistence in Alabama’s Reconstruction. Alabama Review, 71(1), 7-24. [accessible through Library tab; keyword search the article title; get the .pdf file of the article]
• Foster, G. M. (2002, Feb. 24). The Lost Cause. Shotgun’s Home of the Civil War. Retrieved from http://www.civilwarhome.com/lostcause.htm
• Harjo, S. S. (1996). Now and then: native peoples in the United States. Dissent (00123846).
• Meacham, J. (2017). Our historical ambivalence about immigrants is a great American paradox. Time, 189(5), 23.
• The Lost Cause. Civil War Journeys. Retrieved from http://civil-war-journeys.org/the_lost_cause.htm
• Mississippi Black code. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/recon/code.html
• Moody, W. G. (1883). Bonanza Farming and its impact. Retrieved from http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_97811…
• Parsons, E. F. (2011, Feb.). Klan Skepticism and denial in Reconstruction-Era public discourse.
• Journal of Southern History, 77(1), 53-90. [accessible through Library tab; keyword search the article title; get the .pdf file of the article]
• Populist Party Platform. (1896). Retrieved from http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_97811…
• Schultz, Kevin M. (2014) HIST: Volume 2: U.S. history since 1865 (3rd ed.). University of Illinois at Chicago: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
• Sinclair, Upton. (1906). Attack on the Meatpackers. Retrieved from http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_97811…

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced between lines, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

A template for this paper is here. This is optional.

The paper must be submitted (uploaded and attached) in the course shell provided online.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Identify and discuss the different ways that the heritage of slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and segregation have shaped America’s history.
• Specify ways that women and minorities have responded to challenges and made contributions to American culture.
• Summarize and discuss the ways that formal policies of government have influenced the direction of historical and social development in the United States.
• Recognize the major turning points in American history since the Civil War.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in contemporary U.S. history.
• Write clearly and concisely about contemporary U.S. history using proper writing mechanics.

You are a HR manager for a U.S. based organization planning to expand internationally over the next two years to a specified country.

For the purposes of this report, you select the country from one of the ten U.S. top trading partners (year-to-date total trade as of July 2017: U.S. Census Bureau):

China, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Germany, South Korea, U.K., France, India, Taiwan

Your CEO requires a preliminary report comprising the below

The goal: To leverage diversity and cultural difference to build competitive advantage
Total points: 100

 1. An outline of how the IHRM function relates to global business strategy and the value a well planned and executed IHRM policy brings to the organization

2. A summary of the differences identifiable when comparing home (HQ) and host country cultures

3. Your recommendations as to IHRM best practice in each of these four areas for your organization expanding into this country, based on your research:
a) Management IA recruitment, selection, and repatriation

b) Training and development
c) Labor Relations

d) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Human Resource Planning and Organizational Strategy

In a four- to five-page paper (excluding the title and references pages), discuss the relationship between human resource planning activities and the organization’s strategic development and implementation. Describe the eight elements of the staffing process. Examine the relationship between the eight elements of the staffing process and the four activities related to human resource planning.

Based on the information in Chapter 9: Case: Using the Internet to Find the Best Talent, review the human resource planning process and the previous readings from Chapter 6. Explain the relationship between the four activities of human resource planning and the organization’s strategic planning, development, and implementation.

Your paper should include in-text citations and references for at least three scholarly sources, in addition to the text, and be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Case 9: Concussions and the National Football League

Playing professional football, almost by definition, is not one of the world’s safer jobs, especially at the level of the NFL, where players get injured almost every week of play. Sprained ankles, torn ligaments, concussions, and broken bones are regular game occurrences.

Over the past few decades, however, retired NFL players and others have registered concerns about how repetitive head injuries/concussions sustained while playing have impacted them later in life. Evidence has begun to mount that many retired NFL players face considerable neurological problems, including permanent brain damage, dementia, and much higher-thanaverage incidence of Alzheimer’s disease and clinical depression. Some NFL players may have even committed suicide due to degenerative brain disease.

During 2011 and 2012 various retired NFL players brought lawsuits against the NFL with respect to this issue. The players argued that the league knew or should have known the risks to players due to concussions/traumatic repetitive brain injuries suffered during the NFL games and that it did not do enough to prevent these injuries. In August 2013 the NFL agreed to settle these lawsuits by paying a total of $765 million to retired NFL players who have suffered injuries. Retired players suffering from Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s diseases will receive as much as $3 million apiece, while those suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease/ALS will receive up to $5 million. All retired NFL players will be eligible for paid neurological medical monitoring and baseline testing, with $75 million allocated to pay for this. Moreover, the NFL will also give $10 million to fund brain injury research and various education/safety programs.

Is this settlement fair? Certainly the $765 million number is significant, with retired players potentially receiving significant individual compensation. Also, the funds for future research could be very meaningful. Furthermore, the settlement avoided potentially years of costly litigation, with likely little remedy of the situation while the litigation was ongoing. That said, many feel that the NFL “got off cheap” with respect to the settlement deal. In 1 year, the NFL’s total revenues amount to about $9.5 billion, and observers expect that to more than double to about $25 billion by 2025. Under the settlement agreement, the NFL must pay half of the $765 million over the next 3 years but then has another 17 years to pay off the remaining sum. Clearly, the league’s future revenue stream should be able to support these payments.

In addition, concern remains that the agreement does not really get at the more systemic issue of making the game safer. Critics feel changes will have to start at the youth, high school, and college levels—levels of football play that involve many more individuals than the 4,800 former NFL players involved in given lawsuits. Some also feel that the $765 million payment will lead folks to overlook ongoing safety concerns that continue to exist.

Not all individuals or even NFL players feel this way, however. Some observers note that “football is football,” and those playing it at all levels in a sense accept the inherent dangers involved in the game. NFL players are very well paid professionals, with many making millions of dollars per year. Seattle Seahawks star cornerback Richard Sherman, for example, has strongly pointed out that NFL players have chosen their profession, and thus feels that these types of concerns are to some extent overblown. Sherman says that current NFL players are aware of the risks and have decided to play anyway. He notes that football is a violent way to make a living, but that it is part of what is great about the game and shouldn’t be watered down.

On the other hand, quarterback Brett Favre states he has experienced memory loss, including not remembering his daughter playing youth soccer during one summer. This worries him; he believes concussions have had a negative impact on his life and fears he might develop a brain disease experienced by many other athletes who have experienced hits to the head (Belson, 2013; Brinson, 2013; Chase, 2013; Blecher, 2016; Waldron, 2013; Sherman, 2013; Wilson & Smith, 2013).

1. To what extent should there be something of a caveat emptor/buyer beware mentality when someone chooses to play football in the NFL?
2. Can the NFL ever really make professional football totally safe?
3. Is playing in the NFL different from being a NASCAR driver, a police officer, or an astronaut? If so, how? If not, why not?

Please bid for this assignment only if you can adhere to the following:

1. Stick to the given deadline, no extension will be given (we are very strict on this).

2. Send us the assignment when 50% is done and 100% done, this is for us to track your progress.

3. Be responsive (if you are sleeping, we can understand).

4. No copy and pasting work, do not plagiarise. We use the Turnitin system to check for plagiarism, we do not recognise the StudyPool plagiarism checking tool.

5. No using of fake references. (references used must tally with content written)

Main Assignment (2 tasks):

1. Write a 3,500 words literature review (use the top 10 recommended papers, refer to attachment)

A selective and critical review of the relevant research literature concluding with an appropriate research question to guide the proposed study

2. Write a 1,000 words introduction

Identification and selection of a nursing research topic of significance to Singapore

Client’s suggestion for the introduction

~ Define aromatherapy and sleep

~ Ageing population Singapore is facing – statistic

~ Elderly sustaining a fall in Singapore – statistic

~ Common surgery hip fracture and femur fracture after sustaining fall in Singapore – statistic data (MOH, Singapore)

~ Lack of manpower Singapore health care is facing – statistic data

If 4,500 words is insufficient, an extension to a maximum of 5,000 words is allowed.

Mandatory Reading in Order to Successfully Complete Main Assignment:

Please read attached file Guidelines 1, Guidelines 2, Guidelines 3 and Guidelines 4 for information on what is required to write the literature review and introduction.

Please read attached client’s Thesis PRISMA

Please read attached client’s Thesis (RQ_Keywords_PICO_SS_PRISMA)

Please read attached client’s CASP Checklist

Please read attached client’s Evidence List

Dissertation Presentation Requirements:

Only the main text is included in the word count: the following are NOT included; Title Page, Abstract, Table of Contents, Lists of Tables/Figures, Glossary, List of Abbreviations, Acknowledgements, Reference list and Appendices. Please note the following:

– Use 1.5-line spacing with a double space between paragraphs.

– Start each Chapter on a new page.

– Margins for the text should be justified with left and right margins of around 1.8 cm.

– Be consistent with font type and sizing.

– The required font is Arial font size 11 or Calibri, font size 12 for the main body.

Bigger fonts are acceptable for headings/sub-headings.

Please note: if you use Microsoft Word and the headings/automatic Table of Contents function, or a thesis template, Word will automatically type and size the fonts of the different

headings/sub-headings – this is acceptable.

– When writing in the text, do not use numerals if less than ten: otherwise for ten and more, use numerals e.g. “The results showed that four patients reported…….” Or “The results showed that 26 people reported……”. This differs when presenting statistics/percentages etc. (see point below)

Do not begin sentences with a numeral.

Do not begin sentences with an abbreviation

Use conventions like > (greater than) and < (less than) where appropriate e.g ………“A p value of <0.05 was considered significant” – note it is acceptable to use numerals here.

Check that all references in the text appear in the reference list and are fully and accurately recorded.

For the Introduction Portion:

This section introduces the thesis and the work to come. You may use a more informal style of writing for this section and write in the first person, e.g., use the term “I” instead of “the author”. You should also;

– Outline the reasons for the choice of topic which may be personal (you have a particular interest in the subject) or professional (the topic is increasingly important in health care) or a

combination of both.

– Describe the scope of the thesis, i.e. the format of the research proposal.

– Describe your search strategy, key words employed, databases searched and the results of the searches. There is no set numbers of studies you should include in your review, but the

allotted word count normally allows for critique of between 5 and 10 studies in the required detail

– Finish with an overall recommendation from the review that leads to a question to guide either the research proposal.

The Introduction should not involve a lot of discussion about the topic itself: it is an Introduction to the dissertation itself not the subject matter. So, using the example of ‘dementia’ again, you should not include a lot of information about what dementia is, different types, signs and symptoms, how it affects the brain, prognosis and so on. You might, of course, discuss these in the main body depending on your thesis type, but the Introduction should only provide enough information to set the scene for the thesis.

Please bid only if you are very confident in producing good quality work