History homework help

This discussion forum provides an opportunity for you to engage
course material and your classmates to critically reflect on issues
raised by the material.
To participate in this forum, choose ONE of the question sets below
and answer ALL of the questions for the topic option in a 250-300
word post. Your post title should have the topic clearly listed (for
example, “Colonial Legacies – British dominance on the Great Lakes”
In order to get full credit on your original post, you need to clearly
connect your responses to historical evidence from the book,
powerpoint slides, or further research. Indicate the page number
where you found the information to help me and your classmates
follow up to gain insight.
Answers to the question in each option can be found in all 3 chapters
assigned this week. For option 2, I encourage you to listen to the NPR
podcast on “The Long Hot Summer” which discusses the work of the
presidentially appointed Kerner Commission, which studied the
causes of riots that frequently gripped American cities in the mid
1960s, culminating in the riots in Detroit which many see as a turning
point in our region’s history.
Topic Option 1: Boom and Bust Economy. Using examples from all
three chapters this week, how did Michigan’s status as the automative
capital of the world 1. Make Michigan one of the strongest economies
in the United States? 2. Make Michigan one of the most vulnerable
economies in the United States? 3. Based on your reading, why does
Michigan’s economy remain tied to the automotive industry? Is this
good or bad?
Topic Option 2: Urban decline. 1. What were the causes of
demographic shifts in Michigan during the 1950s that brought
Michiganders out of urban and rural areas and into the suburbs? 2.
Based on this week’s readings and readings and discussions from
Weeks 5 and 6, what were some of the unique social and economic
challenges facing the City of Detroit in the 1950s and 1960s. 3. Based
on your reading (and the optional podcast), were the July 1967 riots in
Detroit primarily about racial tensions or some mixture of other
factors?
BruceA.RubensteinLawrenceE.Ziewacz-Michigan_AHistoryoftheGreatLakesState-Wiley-Blackwell2014