) For this question refer to the preface of the text book. Foner, on page xx of the preface says the following, “…three dimensions of freedom…have been critical in American history: 1)the meanings of freedom, 2)the social conditions that make freedom possible, and 3)the boundaries of freedom that determine who is entitled to enjoy freedom and who is not . All have changed over time. Site one example from chapters 15 and16 that you feel best illustrates his point. Provide evidence that makes your case.
2) For this question refer to page 577 of your text. Question1 “Why do the black petitioners’s believe that owning land is essential to the enjoyment of freedom?” Read the two pieces on pages 576 under “Voices of Freedom”. Frame your answer in the following manner; What is the problem? Why is it a problem? What do you posit as a solutions? What is the social, political and economic context that makes landownership a problem.
3) On page 646 of our text, question 3 states: “Why did organized efforts of farmers, workers, and local reformers largely fail to achieve substantive change change in the Gilded Age?” Again, apply the following; What is the problem? Why is is a problem? Why did the solutions fail?
4) Question 3 on page 637 ask you to read the the documents on page 636 and 637. Question 3 ask “What are the similarities and differences in the definition of freedom in the two documents? What is the problem? Why is it a problem? Is there a solution to the problem?
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