President Grant's Inaugural Address Primary Source Analysis

Students will read and analyze excerpts from Ulysses S. Grant's first Inaugural Address by answering 21 questions. They will also complete an extension task and analyze 2 political cartoons. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub!  

Sample questions include:
--Write a contextually appropriate synonym, or definition, for “untrammeled.” 
--Under what circumstances would Grant exercise his veto power?
--Identify the relationship Grant hoped to have between himself/the office and laws.
--How does Grant advise the government and Americans to approach the next four years and why?
--Why does Grant single out the country’s “young men” for maintaining America’s honor? 
--If this speech had a “hook,” what would it be and why?
--If you were a reporter in 1869, what are 3 questions you would have asked Grant after hearing this address?

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