The Nation Classroom

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THE NATION CLASSROOM
American History as It Happened

RACE RELATIONS and CIVIL RIGHTS
MODULE TWO: 1877–1899

STUDENT PRACTICE ACTIVITY TWO

Compare and contrast: Documents Four and Five discuss the differences in treatment of blacks and whites under the law. Document Five is written in response to Document Four. Carefully re-read each document, and answer the questions that follow. (After you finish this activity, you can email it to your teacher.) 

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1. Describe the difference in treatment of blacks and whites who are accused of crimes, as depicted in Document Four.
2. In what way does each author claim that African Americans were mistreated by whites?
3. How might the author of Document Five feel about more stringent sentences for blacks than whites? Use examples from the text to support your answer.
4. What is the tone of each document? Why might each author have used that tone?

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