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Author: Loreta Janeta Velazquez
Purpose: To recount Loreta's experiences as a female lieutenant in disguise during the Civil War
Audience: American people
Context: 1876
Important Ideas: veneration of female heroes from the past, propelled out of sphere of domesticity to pursue ambitions, expects a glamourous experience in the Civil war but is ultimately disappointed. |
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| The Republic of Suffering |
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Author: Drew Faust
Purpose: To highlight the impact of death on America after the Civil War, and investigate how Americans dealt with loss after the Civil War. Death=search for meaning, spirit photography, comfort
Audience: American People
Context: 2008 |
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| Senator Robert Toombs Compares Secession with the American Revolution |
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Author: Senator Robert Toombs
Purpose: To advocate for the rebellion of Southern States to preserve slavery
Context:November, 1860-Speech |
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1. Defines Citizenship
2.Equal Protection Under the Law
3. States who disenfranchised men would lose an proportional # of representatives
4. Bars ex-Confederates from office
(1868) |
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| Dreaming Ancestors in North Carolina |
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Author: Nancy J. Fairley
Context: 2003
Purpose: to discuss the cultural relevance of the old african value of ancestral veneration to African Americans in the 20th century |
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