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In a Word document, answer each of the following questions with 4 or more senten
In a Word document, answer each of the following questions with 4 or more sentences.
Read “A Traveler Describes Life Along the Erie Canal” (1829) and “How Americans Understand the Equality of the Sexes” (1840) and answer 5 questions about the documents. You can find the documents here: Erie Canal and Equality of the Sexes
Erie Canal
1. Basil Hall comments on poor fashion among American men. What sort of comparison do you think he was trying to make between American and European men?
2. What major comparisons do you see Hall drawing between European civilization and the “newness” of Rochester?
Equality of the Sexes
3. From the first paragraph, does de Tocqueville seem in favor of gender equality?
4. De Tocqueville claimed that Americans divided duties between men and women. How does he claim the divisions were made?
5. Based off his explanation of gender roles, why do you think de Tocqueville claimed that the strength of the American nation was the “superiority of their women”?
Read “Harriet Jacobs on Rape and Slavery” (1860) and “Mary Polk Branch Remembers Plantation Life” (1912) and answer 5 questions about the documents. You can find the documents here: Harriet Jacobs and Mary Polk Branch
Harriet Jacobs
1. Jacobs doesn’t explicitly address it, but how does she make clear to the reader that her owner repeatedly sexually assaulted her?
2. Jacobs mentions two different prevailing attitudes among slaveowner’s wives regarding children born to slaves as the result of sexual assault. Based on her language, which attitude do you think she felt was more common?
Mary Polk Branch
3. Overall, how would you describe Branch’s feelings about plantation life?
4. What do you take away from the relative lack of description from Branch regarding slaves and slave life on the southern plantation?
5. Branch ends her description by declaring the pre-Civil War South as “an innocent and ideal life”. Put yourself in her shoes. How do you think Branch justified/rationalized that statement?
Read “Cherokee Petition Protesting Removal” (1836) and “Chinese Merchant Complains of Racist Abuse” (1860) and answer 5 questions about the documents. You can find the documents here: Cherokee Petition and Chinese Merchant Complains of Racist Abuse
Cherokee Petition
1. What can you gather about the Cherokee Nation from the overall tone of language used in this document?
2. The Cherokee are arguing against removal. How, predominantly, do they build their case?
Chinese Merchant
3. The author claims that Chinese immigrants expected a welcoming and kind country. What sort of reception does the author describe?
4. Provide at least three examples of mistreatment as described by the author.
5. Compare the experiences of this author with what we have learned about the general treatment of Black Americans during this time period.
Read “William Henry Singleton, a formerly enslaved man, recalls fighting for the Union, 1922” and “Ambrose Bierce Recalls his Experience at the Battle of Shiloh, 1881” and answer 3 questions about the documents. You can find the documents here: William Henry Singleton and Ambrose Bierce
William Singleton
1. What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the trajectory of Singleton’s life?
2. Discuss why Singleton would only have been made a sergeant in a regiment that he raised himself and was previously elected colonel of?
Ambrose Bierce
3. In 100ish words, describe your emotional reaction to Bierce’s description of combat. How do you think he handled these experiences a young man at the Battle of Shiloh?
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