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A female client has been admitted to an inpatient psychiatric facility with a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder after a history of intimate partner violence. During the initial assessment interview, which assessment would be the priority?

Henry Clay: Clay is glad that his original proposal to slowly abolish slavery in Kentucky failed.

Robert E Lee: Lee believes that slaves are better off in American than in Africa, and will someday be ready for better things than they otherwise would be.

Alexander Stephens: What is the “natural and normal condition” for the black race, according to Stephens’s understanding of science?

Ulysses Grant: What common form of corruption does Grant mention trying to avoid?

Kate Stone: Stone’s family expects the war to strengthen the Southern economy and prepare to relax and enjoy it while the men are away.

Alexander Stephens: Stephens suggests that fanatical abolitionists suffer from a form of insanity.

Henry Clay: Clay concludes by revisiting his earlier point about the constitutionality of abolition. What role does he believe Congress should play in abolishing slavery?

Essay: Your reading from Clay was a letter to a friend and political supporter; Lee’s was a letter to his wife; Garrison’s was a political opinion piece in his own abolitionist newspaper; Lincoln’s was a transcript of a speech during a public debate with a political opponent; and Stephens’s was a transcript of a speech explaining the new Confederate constitution to potential supporters. How do you think the medium (letter, article, speech) and intended audience (friend, wife, public) affected the tone and content of these sources? How do you think each author would present his opinions if he gave them in some other form or to some other audience?

McCarthy, “The Bonnie Blue Flag”: What, according to McCarthy’s song, are the states of the Confederacy fighting for? Mark all that apply.