Making Connections

1. How does “America’s True History of Religious Tolerance” by Kenneth C. Davis (p. 472) serve as a thematic connection among the pieces in this Conversation? Include details from three particular selections in your answer.

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   Making Connections: - How does “America’s True History of Religious Tolerance” by Kenneth C. Davis (p. 472) serve as a thematic connection among the pieces in this Conversation? Include details from three particular selections in your answer.
2. What similarities do you find in the writing of James Madison (p. 477), Thomas Jefferson (p. 481), and George Washington (p. 483) as depicted by Davis?

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   Making Connections: - What similarities do you find in the writing of James Madison (p. 477), Thomas Jefferson (p. 481), and George Washington (p. 483) as depicted by Davis?
3. Which of the fifteen clauses in section 1 of “The Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom” are echoed and reinforced in John F. Kennedy’s speech (p. 486)?

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   Making Connections: - Which of the fifteen clauses in section 1 of “The Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom” are echoed and reinforced in John F. Kennedy’s speech (p. 486)?
4. How do you think Red Jacket (p. 484) would respond if he could read the pieces by Jeff Jacoby (p. 490) and Michael Bloomberg (p. 496)? In his voice, write a response to the ideas that they address.

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   Making Connections: - How do you think Red Jacket (p. 484) would respond if he could read the pieces by Jeff Jacoby (p. 490) and Michael Bloomberg (p. 496)? In his voice, write a response to the ideas that they address.
5. What common issues are addressed in Madison’s 1789 “Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments” and in the selection from Diane L. Eck’s book A New Religious America (p. 492) published in 2001?

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   Making Connections: - What common issues are addressed in Madison’s 1789 “Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments” and in the selection from Diane L. Eck’s book A New Religious America (p. 492) published in 2001?
6. What comparisons and contrasts can be made between the then senator and future U.S. president John F. Kennedy’s 1960 speech and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s 2010 speech?

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   Making Connections: - What comparisons and contrasts can be made between the then senator and future U.S. president John F. Kennedy’s 1960 speech and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s 2010 speech?
7. How would you compare the perspectives of Bloomberg, Eck, and Jacoby regarding religious matters in contemporary America?

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   Making Connections: - How would you compare the perspectives of Bloomberg, Eck, and Jacoby regarding religious matters in contemporary America?
8. How would Jacoby regard the photographs by Gary Tramontina (pp. 495–96)? How do you think Washington, Jefferson, or Madison would respond to the issue surrounding the monument of the Ten Commandments?

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   Making Connections: - How would Jacoby regard the photographs by Gary Tramontina (pp. 495–96)? How do you think Washington, Jefferson, or Madison would respond to the issue surrounding the monument of the Ten Commandments?