DISCUSSION 1-4

EACH SECTION REQUIRES A RESPONSE OF 200 WORDS 

SECTION 1 
http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/16-capital-and-labor/the-omaha-platform-of-the-peoples-party-1892/

Read “The ‘Omaha Platform” of the People’s Party (1892)” and using a minimum of 200 words (not including quotations) respond to the following questions. Make sure to reference specific passages from the document and/or textbook to support your discussion:

  •  According to the platform, what are the major issues facing the nation?
  •  How do the Populists propose to use the power of the government to correct these problems? 
  • What proposals in the platform eventually became a reality?
Section 2
http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/19-american-empire/james-d-phelan-why-the-chinese-should-be-excluded-1901/

Read “James D. Phelan, ‘Why the Chinese Should Be Excluded’ (1901)” and using a minimum of 200 words (not including quotations) respond to the following questions. Make sure to reference specific passages from the document and/or textbook to support your discussion:

  • According to the Mayor of San Francisco, what was the state of affairs in California prior to the exclusion of immigrants from China? 
  • How does the Mayor justify extending the exclusion of immigrants from China?
  • How does the Mayor characterize “the Chinese?” 
  • Why do you suppose the original Exclusion Act had a ten-year limit? 
  • Does the language in this document resonate with contemporary attitudes toward immigrants? Why or why not?
SECTION 3
http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/20-the-progressive-era/booker-t-washington-w-e-b-dubois-on-black-progress-1895-1903/

Read  “Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois on Black Progress (1895, 1903)” and using a minimum of 200 words (not including quotations) respond to the following questions. Make sure to reference specific passages from the document and/or textbook to support your discussion:

  • According to Washington, how should African Americans respond to systemic racial discrimination?
  • What does Washington mean when he says that “the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremest folly?” 
  • What does DuBois think of Washington’s plan to uplift African Americans?
  • What, according to DuBois, has been the result of following Washington’s advice?
Section 4
http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/23-the-great-depression/huey-p-long-every-man-a-king-and-share-our-wealth-1934/

Read “Huey P. Long, “Every Man a King” and “Share our Wealth” (1934)” and using a minimum of 200 words (not including quotations) respond to the following questions. Make sure to reference specific passages from the document and/or textbook to support your discussion:

  • What were the most radical aspects of Long’s plan? 
  • Did any of his ideas become reality?
  • Upon whose law did Long base his ideas? 
  • What did Long predict would be the consequences if the nation failed to adopt a program such as his?

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