Directions:

Use the documents and your knowledge of history to answer the questions that follow.

Document A: This letter is from Ben Larrabee of St. Louis and was sent to President Herbert Hoover on June 22, 1929. It is a letter critical of Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady, receiving the a black woman socially at the White House.

Document B: This is a letter from Aubert Bruce of Claremont, California send to Lou Henry Hoover on June 16, 1929. It is a letter supportive of Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady, for receiving the first black woman socially at the White House.

Question 1: In post Reconstruction America, attitudes about race had not changed since the end of the Civil War. How does Document A provide evidence of this? ______

Question 2: In post Reconstruction America, attitudes about race leaned in favor of desegregation. How does Document B provide evidence of this? ______

Common Core:

#1 (Gr. 6-12), #4 (Gr. 6-12), #6 (Gr. 6-12), #8 (Gr. 11-12), #9 (Gr. 9-12)

Rubric:

To successfully complete this assessment, students must examine the source information and consider the context in which these documents were created. To answer Question 1, they must articulate how the write invokes popular opinion against equality and the Republican Party’s successful misleading of voters. To answer Question 2, students must explain the write supports the First Lady’s decision to entertain a black guest and the writer acknowledges the struggle of changing social mores.

Level / Description
Proficient / Student addresses relevant aspects of the documents and explains how each provides evidence of unchanging racial attitudes or changing racial attitudes.
Emergent / Student addresses a relevant aspect of the documents but does not offer a complete explanation of how each document provides evidence of unchanged or changed opinions.
Basic / Student does not explain how each document provides evidence of unchanged or changed opinions on race.

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