Kulturraumstudien USA, Homework for December 7th

 For homework, please: 

- read pp. 168-173 of These Truths and answer the following questions: 

1. Why did Jefferson consider farmers to be the best citizens?

2. How did the States benefit from Haiti's independence?

3. Why did the Louisiana Purchase divide Federalists and Republicans?

4. Why did the United States declare war on Britain in 1812? Which states supported this move and why?

5. What is the three-fifths clause of the Constitution?

- have a look at the Thanksgiving cartoons posted on Ilias and see what categories we addressed today from the cartoonist's toolkit you can apply to the images (if you need a reminder, consult my article here: Political Cartoons in the EFL and American Studies Classroom | American Studies Journal (asjournal.org)

Topics from class: 

- the following page gives you an overview of the voting rights of felons (people convicted of a felony crime) and demonstrates how state laws can dramatically differ: Felon Voting Rights (ncsl.org)

- Puerto Ricans can vote in presidential primaries (meaning which candidate will represent each party in the general election), but can only vote in the general election if they have residency in a US state. Thank you for mentioning this, J.G.!

Interesting links: 

- an interesting documentary on how the Whitney Plantation (located in Louisiana) has been made into a museum about slavery: America's First Museum Dedicated to Telling the Story of Slavery | The New Yorker - YouTube

- article "What We Learn from the Big Bad Wolf" referenced in today's class: ic-lippi-green-1997-teaching-children-how-to-discriminate.pdf (wordpress.com)

- YouTube channel for the Jim Crow Museum: Jim Crow Museum - YouTube