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A technique where the analyst watches how people perform their activities is _______

Identify the claim, elaboration, evidence, warrant, and conclusion in the following examples. Don’t expect to get everything on the first try, or even the second or third. Experimenting and testing your ideas about arguments is a critical part in the process of learning.  Which sentence functions as the evidence? Evidence should provide us with some reasons how or why something happens/works. Try and look for where authors are using sources, and how they use them. 

Which ethnic group was discriminated against in the United States in response to World War I?

Upton Sinclair published The Jungle in 1906, which led to the passage of which act?

A few Indigenous nations continued to violently resist American Westward expansion into the 1870s. We discussed several. Name one of them.

Communist Party USA split from which political party in 1919?

Joe HIll, who wrote several famous American labor songs, was a prominent member of which labor organization?

The United States instituted the Open Door Policy towards China in 1900. What did the Open Door Policy argue for?

We discussed several reasons why the Bison/American Buffalo was nearly hunted to extinction in the 1800s. Name one the reasons and explain it.

Name one labor activist who was active in the late 1800s and/or early 1900s. Write a few sentences about their life and/or something interesting you know about them.