08 Oct Who is the author of this document?

Who is the author of this document?

   Booker T. Washington

Louis R. Harlan

 

History Matters

 

W.E.B. DuBois

 

Question 2If you read a speech by an individual in a book of great speeches published 75 years later, what date for the primary source (the speech) should you use in your analysis of the document?

 

the date the speech was given

 

the date the speech was published in the collection of documents you are reading

 

the date the speech was first published in any form

 

the date you accessed the collections of speeches from an Internet website

 

Question 3The date you should use for the document you are evaluating is

 

1895

 

1974

 

2005

 

2017

 

Question 4Who is the audience for this speech?

 

White Southerners

 

Black Southerners

 

White and Black Southerners

 

White and Black Southerners and immigrants to the South

 

Question 5Where a speech is given is an important element to consider when analyzing the document. Where does the action in this document take place?

 

an international exposition promoting trade, technology, and the products of the South

 

at the Tuskegee Institution

 

before a gathering about business and trade called by President Grover Cleveland

 

before the state legislature in Atlanta, Georgia

 

Question 6Which is the most correct analysis of the role of bias in analyzing documents.

 

Since all authors have innate biases, it is the historians role to better understand the motivations of the author to place his/her comments in context.

 

If a document has bias, it cannot be used in historical research.  Historians should seek out neutral observers.