Read: The Populist Platform (1892)
Paragraph 1: What does the Omaha platform identify as the main threats to American liberty?
Read: William Birney, “Deporting Mohammedans” (1897)
Paragraph 2: Why does Birney think that the action of the immigration officials sets a dangerous precedent?
Paragraph 3: Why does he think that toleration is likely to promote immigrant assimilation?
Read: Ida B. Wells, Crusade for Justice (ca. 1892)
Paragraph 4: What does Wells see as the contributions of the antilynching movement?
