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How have Black Hawk’s cultural experiences with white men shaped his viewpoint about their influence on Native American behavior?


His experiences showed him that white men cannot corrupt true Native Americans.


His experiences showed him that white men, if left unopposed, have a negative influence on Native Americans.


His experiences showed him that white men can only influence Native Americans who choose to be immoral.


His experiences showed him that white men and Native Americans have a negative influence on one another.

Part B

How does Black Hawk use rhetoric in this excerpt to advance the viewpoint selected in Part A?

The white men do not scalp the head; but they do worse—they poison the heart, it is not pure with them. His countrymen will not be scalped, but they will, in a few years, become like the white men, so that you can't trust them, and there must be, as in the white settlements, nearly as many officers as men, to take care of them and keep them in order.


He uses phrases with similar structure, as well as literal and figurative meanings, to make a point about the extent of the problem.

He provides a series of details to support his assertion about white men.


He repeats one word several times in a row to emphasize the relevance of his viewpoint.


He references an event, a literary work, or a person to lend credibility to his viewpoint

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He uses phrases with similar structure, as well as literal and figurative meanings, to make a point about the extent of the problem.

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Answers:

A. His experiences showed him that white men, if left unopposed, have a negative influence on Native Americans.

B. He uses phrases with similar structure, as well as literal and figurative meanings, to make a point about the extent of the problem.

Explanation:

Dark Hawk War was a war from 1832 between the United States and Native Americans driven by Black Hawk, a 65-year-old Sauk warrior who toward the beginning of April drove somewhere in the range of 1,000 Sauk, Fox, and Kickapoo men, women, and youngsters, including around 500 warriors, over the Mississippi River to recover land in Illinois that inborn representatives had surrendered to the U.S. in 1804.

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