Study the lithograph of the Five Points neighborhood of New York City. What message is the artist providing to the viewer of the image?
What will be an ideal response?
Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Define the most important parts of the street scenes to analyze.
2. Define the actions of the people in the image: victims and perpetrators of crime and violence
3. Connect the human behaviors to white assumptions of black people as inferior and the use of mob violence against them.
4. Explain the general message that blacks were victims of crime and discrimination but also perpetuated it.
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a. were not really that admirable. b. had to be set aside under the pressure of political realities. c. had to be fought for even against members of his own party. d. were being subverted by Federalist judges. e. were inconsistent with the Constitution.
Lincoln kept Maryland in the Union __________.
A. with military force and the arrests of pro-Confederate officials B. by exempting Marylanders from the draft C. with little difficulty D. by carefully respecting Marylanders' civil rights
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A. Syracuse. B. Persepolis. C. Marathon. D. Salamis. E. Sparta.
Why did American cities continue to attract million of new residents during the 1920s?
What will be an ideal response?