Instruction
Question 1 (300 Words)
Historians conduct research using primary sources. Go to the following website and choose three primary sources to view, read or look at. What do the primary sources tell you about life under or after slavery? What about slavery as an economic system? Share what you discovered in the discussion thread this week. You don't have to address all the questions above, those are there to guide you. Above all, share what you found to be most interesting. Perhaps you found something about this topic that you didn't know or had never considered before.
https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Question 2 (300 words)
Why did the temperance movement begin? What other problems was American society facing during this time period? What surprised you from the readings or from the above videos? When should governments attempt to control people's behavior? To what extent should governments attempt to control people's behavior?
Roots of PROHIBITION A Nation of Drunkards
Question 3 (1 page)
Why were efforts made to produce a system of universal public education? What were the problems facing public education, and what types of institutions were created to deal with them? How important was Horace Mann to this movement? Should states provide universal public kindergarten today?