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| [[image:americanprogress1.jpg|Thumb|800px|center|"American Progress" by John Gast]] | | [[image:American_Progress_(John_Gast_painting).jpg|400px|center|middle|frame|American Progress (John Gast, 1872)]] |
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| <u>'''Directions:'''</u> Answer the Questions below (in your packet, etc.) by analyzing the painting above. Click the photo for a closer look at the details expressed in the painting. Explain your responses in detail. No response should be one (1) sentence. You must only use the reading to respond to the questions. Outside sources will not be given credit.
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| | <u>'''Directions:'''</u> Answer the Questions in your packet by analyzing the painting above. Click the photo for a closer look at the details expressed in the painting. Explain your responses in detail. No response should be one (1) sentence. You must only use the reading to respond to the questions. Outside sources will not be given credit. |
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| <u>'''Part 7: Questions:'''</u>
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| '''According to the painting:'''
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| #Is this painting a primary or secondary source? Why?
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| #Who do you believe the woman known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(personification) Columbia] represent? Hint: A statue named "Freedom" is located on the top of the dome of the U.S. Capital Building. It resembles many of the characteristics of "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(personification) Columbia]".
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| #What groups are represented in the painting?
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| #Look at the shading change, what do you believe this represents?
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| #Which direction is everything in the painting moving? Hint: Use a standard compass rose to determine direction.
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| #What city do you think is represented in the East?
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| #What mountain range is located in the West? Why are the people moving towards and past it?
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| #Look for the bridge in the background near the city, what bridge is it? Remember it's the 1870s. Why would the painter, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gast_(painter) John Gast], put that specific bridge in the painting?
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| #How many modes of transportation are there? Name them.
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| #What book is Columbia holding? Why?
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| #What is Columbia bringing with her, besides the book? Why?
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| #What type of communication is represented? Name them.
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| #Why do you believe the painter, John Gast, created this representation in 1872? (Don't Say "I believe")
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| #Why do you believe this painting is called "American Progress"? (Don't Say "I believe")
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