History – american history voices of freedom writing assignment (ch.

 

Read: The Populist Platform (1892)

Paragraph 1: What  does the Omaha platform identify as the main threats to American liberty?

Read: William Birney, “Deporting Mohammedans” (1897)

Paragraph 2: Why does Birney think that the action of the immigration officials sets a dangerous precedent?

Paragraph 3: Why does he think that toleration is likely to promote immigrant assimilation?

Read: Ida B. Wells, Crusade for Justice (ca. 1892)

Paragraph 4: What does Wells see as the contributions of the antilynching movement?