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Trace It

Pick one historical event and trace it through four questions: Policy, People, Profit and Pattern. Then get your summary by email.

Choose an event

  • Reconstruction and the Enforcement Acts (1870 to 1877)

  • W.E.B. Du Bois's "An Appeal to the World" (1947)

  • Reparations: the record of past repayments

  • Project 2025

The four steps

Policy: What did the laws say, and who had to enforce them?

People: Who held power, who lost it, and who pushed back?

Profit: Who benefited when the outcome went one way?

Pattern: Where do you see this move again?

Want more practice? Try the free Pattern Recognition Challenge, five cases to trace on your own.

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