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Quiz based on Chapter 11 to 15. Type up ALL of your responses into a Microsoft Word document and submit it to this link. I expect 100-200 words 

Quiz based on Chapter 11 to 15. Type up ALL of your responses into a Microsoft Word document and submit it to this link. I expect 100-200 words

Quiz Questions:

For Chapter 11:

  1. Why did non-slave-owning Southerners generally support slavery?
  2. How did the South defend slavery in general?

For Chapter 12:

  1. How did the women’s rights movement evolve and benefit from womens’ participation in the abolitionist movement?
  2. How was the abolitionist movement impacted by other social and economic changes in the U.S. – for instance, the rise in literacy, new print technology, and market revolution?

For Chapter 13:

  1. Why was popular sovereignty such a popular idea among American politicians such as Stephen Douglas? Why did the idea not work out?
  2. Explain what the “Slave Power” was and how it appeared a threat to the North.

For Chapter 14:

  1. Explain why and how President Lincoln’s war aims evolved between 1861 and 1863?
  2. How was the Northern victory in the Civil War tied to the market revolution?

For Chapter 15:

  1. How did the failure of land reform and continued poverty lead to a new type of servitude for both blacks and whites in the South?
  2. How did the South work to keep freedmen suppressed, and how did the federal government respond

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Primary Source Interpretation of Puerto Rico

Primary Source Interpretation of Puerto Rico

or this assignment, please write 1000-1250 words (not including notes and bibliography), about a primary source related to Puerto Rican history

The source you will be writing about is (see separate PDF for the article): “Island of Puerto Rico: History and Characteristics of the Spanish Colony Attacked by Sampson’s Fleet.” New York Times (New York, NY), May 15, 1898.

In writing about this primary source, please address the topics below. Also, make sure to learn from my comments on your first paper, and try not to repeat actions that I corrected. Refer to Katherine Antonova’s chapter, “Primary Source Interpretation,” for more information on each of these topics:

Text: What does the document say? What message was it conveying to its original readers? Since this is a long primary source, give an overview. You do not need to address every single point. Instead, give me a summary of the main points. One way to do this is to give an overview of main points, and then zoom into a particular section of the document and summarize that section. For example, something like, “this document explains the process of making chocolate chip cookies, from mixing the ingredients, to cooling the baked cookies. One section explains how to place the cookies on the baking sheet so they are not too close together. The author suggests that one do a, b, c, and d so that the cookies are not too close together…etc.”

Context: 1. Who wrote the document? When did they write it? 2. Why did they write it? What circumstances inspired it? 3. Where how, when, and by whom was it read? What influence did it have? 4. In what ways does it reflect the time and place from which it came?

Subtext: What was being said indirectly, or “between the lines”? What was left unsaid

This assignment is worth 10% of your grade. The grade breakdown is as follows: • Summarizing the text: 2% • Addressing the four elements of context, listed above: 4% • Pointing out at least one example of the document’s subtext: 1% • Your argument about why this document is important historically: 1% • Proper citations (use footnotes) and bibliography of all sources used at end of paper: 1% o Look up the Chicago Manual of Style online, Here is a page that explains the basics of how to format your footnotes and bibliography: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citatio… o You can cite books from this class (including the Sagas and Inoa book) as secondary sources that help you provide context. You are also free to find secondary sources on your own.

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Artwork analysis and comparative essay

Artwork analysis and comparative essay

Painting one: Ernest Meisssonier, Souvenir of civil war,1849-1850,11.5* X 8.5“

Painting two: July 28: Liberty Leading the people 1831

Presented us with an image of political violence. Yet each of those images is distinctive; there seems to have been little agreement about what that kind of violence ought to look like. Choose two pictures from the second half of the class and write an essay comparing the differing ways in which they depict violence.

Be sure to describe the artworks you discuss. Try, as best as you can, to link the conclusions you draw to specific details in them. In other words, help me see what you’re trying to say about the artworks you’ve opted to examine. And don’t forget – don’t be afraid – to state what seems most obvious.

Make sure you think about your essay as an essay – i.e., it should have an argument/thesis. What is gained by the comparison you introduce? What conclusions can be drawn from it? Another way to think about this: choose wisely. Pick paintings, and a comparison, that will generate good, meaningful writing.

Finally, be sure your essay engages the course readings. At the very least you should have something specific to say about the readings we’ve done around the artworks you discuss. Show me that you’ve read closely and critically.

  I want you know comparing the two painting into the detail,

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What are your initial reactions to this film? What stands out, what did you know/not know, etc.?

What are your initial reactions to this film? What stands out, what did you know/not know, etc.?

Did Girls Like Us influence your perception of the people in the film? How so? Be specific!

answer the questions thoroughly, drawing from the documentary as well as from your reading of Girls Like Us. You MUST quote Girls Like Us at least 2 times in the answer.

You must cite the book Girl like us 2 times form anywhere in the book

https://sjsu.kanopy.com/video/tricked-0and this is the link the documentary

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