Assignment task: Discuss how the United States changed in the fifty years after the end of the Civil War.
Documents: Be familiar with the following Documents (Found in American Yawp)
Helen Hunt Jackson on a Century of Dishonor (1881)
James D. Phelan, "Why the Chinese Should Be Excluded" (1901)
Crystal Eastman, "Now We Can Begin" (1920)
W.E.B DuBois, "Returning Soldiers" (May, 1919)
1. Answers must utilize appropriate historic terminology, and provide specific examples from the documents to support your arguments.
2. Students must identify the documents they are utilizing in your essay.