Sources for America’s History: Printed Page 442
Analyze and evaluate historical patterns of nativist thought over time for evidence of continuity and change by comparing the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Looking Backward cartoon with Charles Francis Adams’s views on suffrage (Document 15-4). What similarities do you see continuing into the twenty-first century?
How would you evaluate and synthesize the conflicting evidence in this chapter to construct a convincing historical argument about immigration during the latter nineteenth century?
In thinking about the period from 1877 to 1911, what theme or themes emerge from the sources that serve to unify these years as a coherent block of time for historical analysis and interpretation?
Evaluate monopoly as a source of political conflict by considering the multiple views in this chapter. What similarities and conflicts do you see?
How does this period of industrialization compare with the period of rapid economic development during the early national period? Explain and evaluate the similarities and differences that you see across time and place.