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The 1887 passage of the Dawes Act upended this system of communal land ownership and, in doing so, struck a historic blow at Native Americans’ political rights, economic sufficiency, and cultural heritage.

What is the purpose of vaccinations in ensuring public health and the safety of our students? What types of vaccinations are required for public school students, and which individuals ensure all students meet these requirements?

What role do Confederate memorials play in American memory, and how does the National Memorial to Peace and Justice seek to correct that memory? Should we preserve or purge Confederate monuments from public spaces?

What can we learn from the public/medical responses during previous epidemics and pandemics to aid us in combating COVID-19 on the local, state, and national levels?

What does Ralph Ellison see as stumbling blocks hindering Black Americans from entering the middle class? Have these stumbling blocks changed throughout time?

How can you protect individuals from unjust actions from their state governments? How did the 14th Amendment try to solve this problem? Was it successful?

Why did Black voters vote in greater numbers for Republicans in the first 70 years after the Civil War?

What political, economic, and ecological effects did the 1918 Spanish Flu have on the United States and the British Commonwealth?

How did the classical period view issues of race? What misinterpretations made classical art (especially sculptures) associated with whiteness?

To what extent does war exacerbate or reduce the impact of major historical events such as a global pandemic or economic de-pression?

If Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive today, do you think he would believe that “his dream” had been achieved? Why or why not?

The “Boston Massacre,” was a turning-point in relations between American colonists and British authorities, and provided one of the sparks that would ignite the American Revolution.

Among the many states with eugenics legislation, Virginia is infamous for its legal campaign to forcibly sterilize Carrie Buck in 1927 and thereby entrench sterilization abuse as the law of the land.

An uprising on June 28th, 1969 at New York's Stonewall Inn has become iconic as the spark for a new radical lesbian and gay activism.

After John, Paul, George and Ringo brought the British Invasion across the Atlantic, rock and roll saw a resurgence that helped cement what many people called “race music” as a core part of American identity.

The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on August 18, 1920.

In 1975, the first United Nations World Conference on Women took place between 19 June and 2 July in Mexico City, bringing together individuals from a wide range of backgrounds with the goal of promoting gender equality.