History 102: Interpreting Documents Practice Sheet1. Download and READ the Guidelines for Evaluating Historical Sources, the handouts for Evaluating Primary Written Documents and Interpreting Visual Sources.2. Once you have read the guidelines and handouts, you can also use the Quick Reference for Interpreting Documents3. You can begin working on this activity at home and bring it with you to the first day of class.4. We will go over it together in class. Feel free to add material to your answers during the discussion.5. During the semester, use this sheet to help you complete the Document Based Questions (DBQs) and class discussion documents.Document # 1Essay question that accompanies this document: What factors helped to promote America’s huge industrial growth during the period from 1860 to 1900?The following are excerpts from the 1860 Republican Party platform.…sound policy requires…an adjustment of…imposts (tariffs)…to encourage the development of the industrial interests of the whole country…..…..we commend that policy of national exchanges which secures to the …nation commercial prosperity and independence….….the Republican party is opposed to any change in our naturalization laws, or any state legislation by which the rights of….immigrants from foreign lands shall be abridged (reduced) or impaired (harmed).….appropriations by Congress for river and harbor improvements…required for the accommodation and security of our….commerce, are…justified by the obligations of government….….a railroad to the Pacific Ocean is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country…the Federal government ought to render immediate and efficient aid in its construction.What type of source is this? (Primary or secondary and WHAT is it?) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What is the bias of the author, as it relates to this essay question? What might account for this bias? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Document #2Essay Question: How and why did the American home and family represent a battleground of the Cold War? Source: Civil Defense Community PlanningWatch the video located online at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSV0eiR0cCwWhat type of source is this? (Primary or secondary and WHAT is it?) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What is the bias of the author, as it relates to the essay question? What might account for this bias? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1Document #3Essay question that accompanies this document: Why did American Nativist groups oppose free, unrestrictedimmigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?Here is an excerpt from a popular book, The Passing of the Great Race, by Madison Grant, published in 1916 by Charles Scribner’s Sons.These new immigrants were no longer exclusively members of the Nordic race as were the earlier ones who came…the new immigrants (contain) a large…..number of the weak, the broken and the mentally crippled of all races drawn from the lowest (levels) of the Mediterranean basin and the Balkans, together with hordes of the wretched, submerged populations of the Polish Ghettos. Our jails, insane asylums and almshouses are filledwith this human flotsam (wreckage) and the whole tone of American life, social, moral, and political has been lowered and vulgarized by them.What type of source is this? (Primary or secondary and WHAT is it?) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What is the bias of the author, as it relates to this essay question? What might account for this bias? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Document #4 (Refer to Interpreting Visual Sources if you have difficulty)Essay question that accompanies this document: Identify those groups that most strongly opposed the New Deal and explain the reasons for their opposition.This political cartoon, Pinched for Reckless Driving, was published by the Chicago Tribune on June 3, 1935.What type of source is this? (Primary or secondary and WHAT is it?) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What is the bias of the author, as it relates to this essay question? What might account for this bias? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2Document #5Essay question that accompanies this document: Did the attitudes and policies of the United States government regarding the war in Viet Nam (1965-1975) reflect the attitudes of the American people during the time of the war? Why or why not?The Washington Post National Weekly Edition, April 29-May 6, 1990The debate over Vietnam has changed surprisingly little from the early '70s. Great division still exists over whether we should have been involved in that war. A majority of Americans remains sharply critical of the way the war was conducted. The Washington Post and ABC News asked a national sample of adults whether, in hindsight, the United States should have avoided sending troops to Vietnam, or should have sent troops but "gone all out to win the war." About half-54 percent-said the United States should not have sent troops. Another36 percent said the United States was right to have entered the war and should have 'gone all out to win'. The rest were undecided.What type of source is this? (Primary or secondary and WHAT is it?) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What is the bias of the author, as it relates to this essay question? What might account for this bias?