The text authors describe actor John Wayne as a cultural icon representing such "western" values as rugged individualism, laissez-faire economics, chiseled masculinity, independent action, and political conservatism
Who among Hollywood actors would stand on the opposite end of the spectrum from John Wayne? What cultural values would he or she represent?
Consider someone like Robert Redford who is associated with values of community action, social responsibility, government regulation (environmental protection) and liberal politics.
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Explain how Van Ausdale and Feagin find that children as young as 3–5 years old already are using racial and ethnic concepts to define others and shape their social interactions with other children.
What will be an ideal response?
Who created the first empire that ended the independence of the Sumerian city-states?
a. Sargon b. Hammurabi c. Enheduanna d. Solomon e. Tiglath-pileser
The most prominent and uncompromising advocate of immediate abolition during the 1830s and 1840s was
A. James G. Birney. B. Henry Highland Garnet. C. William Lloyd Garrison. D. Elijah P. Lovejoy.
What was the purpose of the Indian boarding school movement?
A) to force Indian children to abandon their native culture B) to teach Indian children about their native culture C) to prepare Indian children to leave the United States D) to punish Indian parents for resistance to government policies