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Short Essay Questions
1. In class lectures we discussed two key features (veracity and reproducibility) which made the photographic image different from previous image-making technologies (painting, drawing, etc.). Describe these two features and their historical development, and explain how they are reflected in our cultural experience of the photographic image.
2. When photography was invented in 1839 there were two very different, existing, attitudes about the “truth” of visual images. What were these attitudes, and how did they shape early perceptions of photography? (consider the comparison or relationship of artwork and photography)
3. What role did photography play in the regulation of crime during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? How was photography used to regulate criminal behavior, and how did it reflect larger cultural anxieties about the degeneration of the European type? What techniques were employed in the visual analysis of criminal bodies, and what two general purposes did they serve, as evidenced in the work of figures such as Francis Galton, Cesare Lombroso and Alphonse Bertillon?
4. What role did photography play in the regulation of industrial labor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth-centuries? What techniques were employed in the visual analysis of worker’s bodies, and how did they relate to the administrative techniques of scientific management or Taylorism and the division of labor?
5. How was the experience of cultural and ethnic difference in the United States mediated through new forms of urban entertainment and spectacle (stereoscopic images, cabinet cards, amusement parks, human zoos, expositions, etc.) during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? And how did these images relate to ongoing fears about immigration at the time?
Long Essay Question
Answer the question below (2-3 pages). If you cite additional sources (essays, books) include a footnote that lists the name of the publication, author, title, date and page number or other source.
We outlined three different types of images produced as part of the western expansion of railroads in the United States following the Civil War (by photographers such as Carlton Watkins, William Henry Jackson and Edward Curtis). Describe these three types of images, and the role that each of them played in the settlement of the west. (Refer to Question 1 Material)

Primary Source Analysis: Course Learning Outcome (20
points)
Prompt: Carefully read the
following primary source excerpts and analyze their respective relevance by:
1.     Contextualizing the documents within their respective historical eras (5
points).[1]
2.     Evaluating the impact that the central issue(s) had on a group or groups
within or between societies (5 points).
3.     Analyzing the documents’ significance and discussing any change over time
(10 points).[2]
·   
Use both excerpts to
answer all three questions. Limit your response to 250-300 words, double-space
your answer, use Times New Roman font, and use size 12 text. Capitalize proper
nouns (specific names, places, or things). Avoid vague sentences, avoid
contractions, avoid vague nouns, and avoid writing in the first person. If any
portion of your response is plagiarized or generated from writing applications,
you will receive zero points on the assignment.
– Write it similar that it sound like Im writing the paper and I have included a paper that write before so you get familiarized with my writing.  
– Use only the two sources in the document
– Use the souces in the document only and quote the evidence. 
– make sure to follow instructions from the document included
[1] To
contextualize means to place the
document in its historical frame. In other words, what was going on during the
period in which these documents were written?
[2] To analyze means to explain the document’s
significance or impact. In other words, why are these documents important?