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The Story of American Freedom
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Explain what Foner means in Chapter 1 by writing that freedom was more a spiritual condition than a political or social one in British North America.
Discuss Foner’s analysis of the Constitution’s “We the people” language and the three different populations inhabiting the United States in the 18th century.
What was the meaning of the 19th century term “Manifest Destiny?”
Explain the importance of the concept of birthright citizenship to enslaved people.
Discuss the purpose of the Black Codes that were enacted in the South during reconstruction.
Explain and discuss the meaning of “liberty of contract.”
What was the Popular Front in the New Deal era?
Explain the purpose of the Truman Doctrine during the Cold War.
In what ways was the Great Society more racially inclusive than the New Deal?
Explain and discuss the role that the backlash to civil rights and other liberal reform movements had on the later conservative movement in the 1980s and 1990s.
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By Eric Foner
