1.) According to Eric Foner, “Freedom is not a fixed, timeless category with a single unchanging definition” (preface, xxiii). Based on evidence available to you, what were the most significant meanings of freedom advocated by Americans in THREE of the following periods: Reconstruction (1865-1876); the Second Industrial Revolution (1876-1890); the Progressive Era (1890-1920); the Twenties (1920-1932); the Age of Roosevelt (1933-1945); Postwar America (1945-1960); the Sixties (1960-1972); Recent America (1972-2000)? Why were these most significant in each period? How and why did these meanings change over time?
Please discuss at least one period BEFORE 1920 and at least one AFTER 1945. Be sure to answer the whole question.
2.) What were the most important boundaries of freedom (“who is entitled to enjoy freedom and who is not.” Foner, preface, xxii) that Americans drew among themselves during THREE of the following periods: Reconstruction (1865-1876); the Second Industrial Revolution (1876-1890); the Progressive Era (1890-1920); the Twenties (1920-1932); the Age of Roosevelt (1933-1945); Postwar America (1945-1960); the Sixties (1960-1972); Recent America (1972-2000)? Why were these the most important in each period? How and why did these boundaries change or resist change over time?
Please discuss at least one period BEFORE 1920 and at least one AFTER 1945. Be sure to answer the whole question.
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