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Q Module 1 Short Responses – Question 1 In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? Module 1 Short Responses – Question 2 In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? Module 1 Short Responses – Question 2 In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? Module 1 Short Responses – Question 3 In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? Module 1 Short Responses – Question 4 In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? Module 1 Short Responses – Question 5 If you had to write a paper on the Lincoln assassination, what would you like to know more about? Create three research questions that would be appropriate for a historical analysis essay, keeping in mind the characteristics of a critical research question. The three questions can be related, or they can address different aspects of the topic.

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The influx of unskilled Irish immigrants into New York City in the 1840s and early 1850s drives down wages for other workers at the low end of the salary ladder. In the following assertion, the economic lens is used by the historian. The given proposition is indicative of the way in which the influx of Irish immigrants resulted in the fall in wages for the other workers, so it is an elaboration of the way in which immigration affected the economic sphere. In 1908 Aram Pothier, an immigrant from Quebec, is elected governor of Rhode Island with strong support from the Québécois community. In the following assertion, the political lens is used by the historian. It indicates the way in which the immigrants were gradually being successful in establishing meaningful positions for themselves within the society, as they happened to be participating in politics and filling up political posts.