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Answer the below questions
- According to Vol. 1, Chap. 6 (Links to an external site.) of Who Built America?, what are some of the ways that African Americans (both those who were enslaved and those whom the text calls free blacks) challenged the institution of slavery in the U.S., and how did slave owners respond to those challenges? Your answer should be two paragraphs, one paragraph to answer each part of question, with at least one example per paragraph. (40% of grade)
- According to the A Transformation Begins (Links to an external site.) section of Vol. 1, Chap. 7 of Who Built America?, who benefited and who struggled as a result of the shift away from household and subsistence production to factory and market production in the northern U.S. in the early 19th century? As part of your answer, summarize the texts explanation for why these groups benefited or struggled. (20% of grade)
- According Vol. 1, Chap. 8 (Links to an external site.) of Who Built America?, what was middle class reform politics and what role did women play in it? What was radical reform politics and why was the abolition of slavery central to it? Your answer should be two paragraphs, one paragraph to answer each part of question, with at least one example per paragraph. (40% of grade)
- Write about one of these two films shown in class this past week: Daughters of Free Men (shown Wednesday, August 10), or the excerpt from Episode 1 of the Abolitionists (shown Friday, August 12). In your writing, answer the question of how the film explained the development of a new social movement in the 1830s (either the labor movement or abolitionism). The first paragraph should identify what the film presented as the causes for people to form labor unions or abolitionist societies. The second paragraph should identify how the film supported its arguments (interviews, dramatic reenactments, music, etc). Both paragraphs should provide specific examples to support their claims.
