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HIS/105 HIS105 HIS 105 WEEK 10 DISCUSSION 


145 years after the end of the Civil War, the United States elected it- first African American President.  In the primary, Barack Obama was running against a white woman, Hillary Rodham Clinton.  In the election, his opponent was an aging white war veteran, John McCain.
Please address all of the following.  Use sources to support your conclusions (and remember to cite them)
•	Agree or disagree with the following statement and justify your answer: "The election of President Obama was not a victory for the civil rights movement but a sign of the increase diversity of the American population, which is generally more willing to accept people of different ethnicities and races."
•	 Defend or argue against former President Jimmy Carter's statement: "Many politicians disagree with President Obama just because he is black."
•	Do you think U.S. culture is ready for a woman president?  Why or why not?




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