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DJCA 100: JOURNALQUESTIONS PART I

**For each question, pleaseanswer in AT LEAST three (3) sentences**

**Please include the question ANDanswer for each entry**

**Please spellcheck and PROOFREAD- points will be deducted for careless errors.**

LANGSTON HUGHES (1938)

1. According to Langston Hughes, who should sharethe American Dream?

2. Why does Hughes state several times that “America was never America to me?

ROUSSEAU (1762)

3. Rousseau says, “Man is born free, andeverywhere he is in chains.” Does he seem to be referring literally toslaves or more figuratively to people in general? Explain.

4. What does Rousseau mean by the “SocialContract’?

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (July4, 1776)

5. Why was the Declaration of Independencecreated?

6. According to the Declaration of Independence,from what source should the government derive its power? What should be doneif there is an abuse of power?

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: EMANCIPATIONPROCLAMATION (JAN 1, 1863)

7. PresidentLincoln chose not to endorse universal abolition in his EmancipationProclamation. How was this a strategic decision as both a military commanderand as a national leader?

8. Whydid President Lincoln feel that it was politically necessary in a document thatabolishes slavery in the rebel states to advise the slaves to remain peacefuland work where they were?

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: GETTSYBURGADDRESS (NOV 19, 1863)

9. What does Lincoln mean when he refers to thesoldiers not dying in vain?

10.President Lincoln redefined the Civil War not just as a war in support of theUnion, but for “a new birth of freedom.” What did he mean by thatphrase?

ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE (1835)

11. Why was de Tocqueville so fascinated withpolitical and social associations in 1830s America? Give an example of associations that provideservices to citizens that the government does not provide (i.e. an organization to which youor your family members belong).

12. According tode Tocqueville, what would happen if the government tried to take over thefunctions handled by associations?

HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1849)

13.What is civil disobedience?

14.Is it legally and morally correct to participate in civil disobedience if youfeel a law is unjust?

W.E.B. DuBois (1903)

15.What is the NAACP? What wasthe name of the NAACP magazine that Du Bois edited?

16.What does Du Bois mean when he states, “the problem of thetwentieth century is the problem of the color line?”

PLESSY v. FERGUSON (1896)

17.What does the legal doctrine “separate but equal” meanaccording to the case Plessy v. Ferguson?

BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION(1954)

18. What ruling was established by the UnitedStates Supreme Court in Brown v. Boardof Education?