Kulturraumstudien USA, Homework for April 26th

 For homework, please read pp. 353-360 in These Truths and answer the following questions:

1. What was Gladden's New Theology?

2. What was Turner's idea of the frontier?

3. What was the precursor to IBM?

4. What was the ruling of Plessy vs. Ferguson? 

The following works are featured in the excerpt from the These Truths you read. Select at least one of the words and highlight/write down some sentences that stand out to you from them. (There is no need to read the words in their entirety, just explore at least one.) 

Frederick Douglass, Speech on Haiti at World's Fair: Haiti:Frederick Douglass speech in Chicago (webster.edu)

Simon Pokagon, "The Red Man's Rebuke": The red man's rebuke (si.edu)

Turner, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History": Frederick Jackson Turner, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History (nationalhumanitiescenter.org)

Ida B. Wells, "Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases": Microsoft Word - Wells, SouthernHorrors.docx

Ida B. Wells (preface by Frederick Douglass), "The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the Columbian Exposition": The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the World's Columbian Exposition | Library of Congress (loc.gov)

Definition of litmus test: Litmus Test | Definition of Litmus Test by Merriam-Webster

Ex-felon voting disenfranchisement and voting restoration outlined here: The state of ex-felons’ voting rights, explained - Vox

Overview of Georgia's new voting law: What Georgia’s Voting Law Really Does - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Jim Crow image and history of the term: Who Was Jim Crow? (nationalgeographic.com)