APUSH CHAPTER 9 QUESTION 4

QUESTION

• Should the founding fathers' general elitism be held aginst them?
• Discussion question: should historical context be taken into account in
• ^Regards to prejudice

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

• At the time women were not given equal anywhere in the world
• Blacks were in slavery
• Indians were being forced off their ancestral lands
• Discussion question: should people from these time period be given slack
• ^in regards to prejudice

BELIEFS OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS

• Although the founding fathers were products of a racist era they were not
• The constitutional convention gave slaves partial citizenship and added
• ^ a way to abolish slavery later on
• Discussion questions: were the founding fathers really prejudice compared to others

VIDEO

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY0Y7vQF13U