In writing this essay, you may use a small number of brief quotations from the book. However, the bulk of the answer should be written your own words. The paper has to cite the book with correct formatting.
Example- (Bernard, 21)
Has to be in Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, double spaced, and 1-inch margins.
Use the following heading at the top:
History 307 006
Fall 2021: Louisiana History
My Name Here
Questions that need to be answered are:
1. What factors alienated Acadians and the later multiethnic yet culturally labeled French group, the Cajuns, from mainstream Anglo-Saxon American culture?
2. What is the number one signifier of significant cultural loss for Cajun culture in the twentieth century? What efforts were/are made to stop this loss? Were/are they successful? Why or why not?
3. How did World War Two impact Cajun culture? What reasoning does the author use to start his narrative at this point in time (1940s)?
4. What were the major factors of change during the 1950s and which do you think had the greatest impact on Cajuns?
5. How did the 1960s represent a major changing point in both American and Cajun culture? What major events occurred at both a local and national level?
6. Describe the growth of the Cajun preservation movement including: its birth, growth, decline, and revitalization.
7. Do you think that Cajuns still exist as a separate ethnic group or are though now full bred Americans? (This is your opinion but make sure to use examples from the book to support whichever side you support)
Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=sU3Kqu-ALOoC&pg=PA3&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false
Also, if you answer with a paragraph or two per question you should reach your necessary page limit.
