Documenting United States History

332 chaPTEr 14 | the throes oF assimiLation | period six 1865 –1898

PracTIcINg historical Thinking

Identify: Who are the figures in the right, left, and center of the image?

Analyze: Determine the relationship between the central figure and those on

either side of him.

Evaluate: Synthesize this lithograph with two other documents from earlier in this

chapter. What might explain Uncle Sam’s differing relationships in this image?

Library of Congress

prints and

photographs Division,

LC-U

sZC2-1221.

aPPlyINg aP® historical Thinking Skills

sKill review Contextualization and Comparison

Answer the following prompt:

What social and economic factors shaped Anglo-American contacts with Native

Americans between 1865 and 1898? To what extent were these factors similar to

those of the period between 1763 and 1800?

steP 1 Organize and contextualize your evidence

Locate the documents that present both social and economic factors that shaped Anglo-

American contacts with Native Americans during two different time periods:

Between 1865 and 1898

Document Social factors Economic factors

Doc. 14.1, Columbus Delano, Testimony before the

House Committee on Military Affairs

X

Doc. 14.2, General Philip Sheridan, Description of

Custer’s Battlefield X

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