PT145.S3.P4.Q23

PrepTest 145 - Section 3 - Passage 4 - Question 23

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In contrast to the mainstream of U.S. historiography during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, African American historians of the period, such as George Washington Williams and W. E. B. DuBois, adopted a transnational perspective. ████ ███ ████ ███ ███████ ████████ ███ ███ █████ ██ █████ ███ ███ █████████ ██ █████ ██ ██ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ███████ █████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██████ ████ ██ ██ ███████ █████████

Williams and DuBois perspective · Transnational view in order to represent African American history
This was in contrast to mainstream U.S. historiography.
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Historical context · Citizenship for African Americans was not resolved yet, which led some to advocate emigrating to another country
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Historical context · Mainstream historiography rooted in nationalism
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African American response to nationalism · Some argued that imperalism and colonialism was natural and distinct aspect of nationalism
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Main point · Early African American historians who took a transnational perspective were nationalist, too
This nationalism is based on a diasporic community (spread across different countries). These historians wrote the history of a people with a collective identity, who saw themselves as part "nation" without a homeland or with Africa as home.
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23.

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a

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We have no reason to think the transnational approach would do this. As described in the last paragraph, the transnational approach involves a history of African Americans and other people who share their common culture.

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b

defined the national ██████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██████ ███ ███████ ████████ ███████ ██ ████████ ██ █████ █████████ ██ ████████ ███████████ ██████ ████ ██ █████ ███████████ █████████

We have no reason to think the transnational approach would do this. As described in the last paragraph, the transnational approach involves a history of African Americans and other people who share their common culture. A history of European nations and their treatment of minority populations doesn’t clearly conform to this approach.

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c

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We have no reason to think the transnational approach would do this. As described in the last paragraph, the transnational approach involves a history of African Americans and other people who share their common culture.

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d

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We have no reason to think the transnational approach as described in the last paragraph is concerned with the foreign policy implications of African American attitudes in the U.S. The transnational approach involves exploring the history of African Americans and others who are part of their shared culture. It’s not clear that foreign policy effects would be examined by this approach.

17%
e

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This is the best answer, because it conforms most closely to the approach described in the last paragraph. (E) involves an exploration of African Americans’ connection to the African past.

63%

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