AMH 2020 Primary Source Analysis #4
Instructions:
• After you have read the assigned readings, insert your responses
below to each of the following questions.
• Write in full and complete sentences.
• Excellent responses are those that provide sufficient evidence &
examples directly from the source to support your assertions.
• Properly cite any directly quoted or paraphrased material by
using quotations and providing the source page number in
parenthesis (MILA style).
• Upload your final file into a word or PDF document.
Unreadable files attachments will not be accepted or graded.
“One-Way Ticket.” A Poem by Langston Hughes
1. Why does Langston Hughes prefer a onc-way ticket out of the
South? What are the push factors he describes that are forcing
African-Americans out? Explain.
“I, Too.” A Poem hy Langston Hughes
1. What docs Langston Hughes imply when he states, “1, too, am
America*?
“Young Women Discuss Petting, 1930°
*In the 1930s, the term petting referred to physical contact. It could
imply anything from a kiss to more intimate activities.
1. Why were many girls skeptical about “petting” with boys? What
were some of their concems? How did they describe the girls who
did pet with boys?
2. The newspaper columnists felt that the letters they received from
these girls was an indication of a “clash between the old and the
new.” What did they mean by this? Explain.
3. According to the columnists how have these new ideas influenced
girls of the younger generation in regards to premarital sex? How
do you think their beliefs may have differed from their mothers or
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