Documenting United States History

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pR aCTICIng historical Thinking

Identify: What images are the most prominent in this photograph?

Analyze: Compare this photograph with the image painted by James E. Taylor

(Doc. 11.10). Do both convey the economic devastation similarly? Explain.

Evaluate: Locate other early examples of photography as a form of documenting

the era. How could the emergence of photography help shape a national memory

and identity?

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applyIng ap® historical Thinking Skills

sKill review historical causation and Periodization

Consider the following prompt:

To what extent did the Emancipation Proclamation prove to be a turning point in the

Civil War?

steP 1 Look for evidence of historical causation

Locate and organize the events that are featured in this chapter, both before and after the

Emancipation Proclamation. Be sure to include the Emancipation Proclamation as a turning

point. For each one, note historical trends, patterns, or developments that are reflected in

or encompassed by the event. Consider whether and how these patterns shifted around the

Emancipation Proclamation.

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