Kulturraumstudien USA, Homework for May 3rd

 For homework, please read pp. 362-373 (start with the sentence "in the last few decades..." on pg. 362 and stop after the end of the first paragraph on pg. 373) from These Truths and answer the following questions: 

1. How and when did the word "liberal" emerge in usage in the United States?

2. Lepore states on pg. 364, "Populists raised hell; Progressives read pamphlets." Does this observation hold true today? If so, how? If not, why?

3. What role does Christianity/Judeo-Christian heritage play in the United States' myth creation about itself? 

4. Under what circumstances did the US declare war on Spain? What were the effects/results of the Spanish-American War? (Exam-like question: how was the Spanish-American War a product of its times?)

5. Define the following terms mean: muckraking, the Great Migration.

This YouTube playlist is an interesting one in terms of featuring some iconic photographs from US and world history: 100 Photographs | TIME - YouTube