Making Connections

  1. What are the major differences between the arguments of Jack Weatherford (p. 289) and William J. Connell (p. 296)? Carefully examine the assumptions on which they base their arguments.

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    Making Connections: - What are the major differences between the arguments of Jack Weatherford (p. 289) and William J. Connell (p. 296)? Carefully examine the assumptions on which they base their arguments.
  2. How would Wilma Mankiller (p. 293) likely respond to Columbus’s Journal (p. 279)?

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    Making Connections: - How would Wilma Mankiller (p. 293) likely respond to Columbus’s Journal (p. 279)?
  3. In what ways does Walt Whitman’s poem (p. 287) embody the view of Columbus depicted in John Vanderlyn’s painting (p. 286), and in what ways does the poem challenge that view? Cite specific details to support your response.

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    Making Connections: - In what ways does Walt Whitman’s poem (p. 287) embody the view of Columbus depicted in John Vanderlyn’s painting (p. 286), and in what ways does the poem challenge that view? Cite specific details to support your response.
  4. To what extent do you think Michael S. Berliner (p. 291) would be critical of the politics and philosophy of the Requierimiento (p. 284)?

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    Making Connections: - To what extent do you think Michael S. Berliner (p. 291) would be critical of the politics and philosophy of the Requierimiento (p. 284)?
  5. Defend Connell’s argument by citing evidence from Columbus’s Journal. How do Columbus’s perceptions make the case that it is the event, not the man, that the holiday celebrates?

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    Making Connections: - Defend Connell’s argument by citing evidence from Columbus’s Journal. How do Columbus’s perceptions make the case that it is the event, not the man, that the holiday celebrates?
  6. What common ground do you find between Berliner and Laurence Bergreen (p. 300)? Consider assumptions they might share as well as explicit viewpoints.

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    Making Connections: - What common ground do you find between Berliner and Laurence Bergreen (p. 300)? Consider assumptions they might share as well as explicit viewpoints.
  7. Bergreen uses lines 1–6 and the last three stanzas of Whitman’s “Prayer of Columbus” as the epigraph to his biography of Columbus. Why do you think he chose that poem for his epigraph?

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    Making Connections: - Bergreen uses lines 1–6 and the last three stanzas of Whitman’s “Prayer of Columbus” as the epigraph to his biography of Columbus. Why do you think he chose that poem for his epigraph?