Article Review: The Major Problems in American History: Documents and Essays, Volume II: Since 1865

What type of document did you read? (Or was this a primary or secondary source)

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First I used the extract as the primary source, then I used other sources such as Crossing a Cultural Divide: The Twenties [in] Major problems in American history: documents and essays, Volume II: Since 1865

When was the document written?

The first edition was written in 2002 and the second edition was written in 2o11

Who is the author(s) of the article and what is their title? (Provide some background information on author and cite your source)

The document is written by Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman, Edward J.Blum, and Jon Gjerde, it bears the title The Major problems in American history: documents and essays, Volume II: Since 1865.

Background information

Elizabeth Cobbs

She is a professor at San Diego state University, Literary, she has won several prizes and awards for both fiction and history. Apart from this book she has written several other books has served on the jury for the Pulitzer Prize in history.

Edward J. Blum

A history professor at San Diego state university. He is the Co-author of the book, and a scholar of both race and religion. He has won some awards and hes currently working on a project that views the issues of radical evil in the era of civil war

Jon Gjerde

Died in October 2008. Was a history of professor at the university of California, has won several awards and written other books. Received his P.H.D in 1982 from the University of Minnesota.

For what audience was the document written? (Place article in its proper context, if you say the article was written for students more than likely you are wrong. Think critically about who the audience is)

The document targets the United States as a nation.

Document information:

List three things the author said that you think are important (footnote and cite the source)

Freedom

Independence

Gender equality

Why do you think this document was written?

Was written mainly to encourage critical thinking on the American history, it introduces the reader to primary sources and secondary sources on very crucial topics in the United States history.

What evidence in the document helps you know why it was written? (Quote from the document, then footnote and cite the source)

The last selection reveals the onset of a sexual revolution in the turbulent twenties. In document 7 young women freely discuss something their mothers would never have condoned petting and premarital sex.

Discuss two things the document tells you about life in the United States at the time it was written. (Do not just provide a list of things, you must explain them points will be deducted if you simply provide a list)

Politics

The book was written in a time when the United States was struggling with civil wars. The author talks about, the reason why nations which have one civil war, end up having many civil wars. Its because the original conflict is often unresolved. So thats why the questions about reconstruction in the U.S during this time had grown, for instance: how would the U.S avoid another war?

Economic and social change

The author talks about how many companies in the 1920s had grown larger creating jobs and increasing wages for the jobless. The 1920s was a time of social change, as new ideas came to be, both freedom and independence also came to be among most of the Americans. For instance cigarette production grew as most of the young women in America began smoking cigarette.

Write a question to the author that is left unanswered by the document

How is the problem of Cultural divide resolved in the American History?

Work Cited

Cobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth, and Jon Gjerde. "Major Problems in American History: Volume II Since 1865." (2002).

Cobbs, E., Blum, E. J., & Gjerde, J. (2011). Major Problems in American History (Vol. 2). Nelson Education.