1. Gas ration stamps being printed, Bureau of Engraving & Printing Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress Zoom In Inquiry

2. What does primary source analysis tell us about history? Determine what you see and what questions you might ask to get the big picture.

3. What do you see in this image?

4. Make a hypothesis as to what this man is doing.

5. Does this image represent the Antebellum time period or Post-War US History?

6. Antebellum Prove this image is from the Antebellum period by listing evidence that you see.

7. Click to show some answers. What other evidence do you see? African Americans fleeing on dirt road by corn field White men dressed in suits White men shooting at African Americans

8. Kaufmann, Theodor (1850). Effects of the Fugitive-Slave Law. Library of Congress: Exhibitions, American Treasures of the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm146.htmlEffects of the Fugitive-Slave Law

9. Can you name any famous individuals that lived during the Antebellum time period?

10. What is the “big picture?” How does the interaction of cultures lead to change?

11. Examine these primary sources to determine how they help us further understand how minority groups helped shape the life of Antebellum America. Charles, W. (1812). "A Scene on the Frontiers as Practiced by the Humane British and Their Worthy Allies!". Library of Congress: Exhibitions, John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations."A Scene on the Frontiers as Practiced by the Humane British and Their Worthy Allies!" John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations. Leutze, E (1860-1870). Grant at the capture of the city of Mexico / E. Leutze. Library of Congress: PPOC, Popular Graphic Arts.Grant at the capture of the city of Mexico / E. Leutze. Rogers, H.D. (1857). General map of the United States, showing the area and extent of the free & slave-holding states, and the territories of the Union / engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh. Library of Congress: American Memory, Map Collections: 1500-2004.General map of the United States, showing the area and extent of the free & slave-holding states, and the territories of the Union / engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh.