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For this assignment, you will need to use the following link to the Historical Foundations of Race website. https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/topics/historical-foundations-race Read the article and watch each video in order to answer the questions for this assignment. Please do not copy and paste text directly from the site when you respond to these questions. Put the material you’re reading into your own words. Part 1. Short Answer Questions (5-7 sentences each): #1. Samuel Morton’s research around the year 1839 is discussed. What measurement techniques did Morton use to look at intellectual differences between racial groups? (1 point) #2. In the Dred Scott v. Sanford case of 1856, the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent couldn’t file a suit for what reason(s)? #3. Describe the many ways throughout history that “whiteness” has been used to define a group of people compared to how it’s used now. #4. In the 1600s, what was the difference between Indentured Servitude and Enslavement? #5. How is the concept of Social Darwinism related to the Plessy v Ferguson case? Part 2: Please respond to each of the following questions. You should need about a paragraph to answer each one. (8-10 sentences each): #1. Do you think people in the general population of the . have an understanding of the lack of meaningful physiological differences between racial groups? Why do you think this is? #2. Do you think that the changing nature of group classifications and group statuses influences people’s racial identity development at all? In other words, does the fact that Whiteness means different things at different times get internalized for people? Or do we get a sense of racial identity that’s separate from our national or cultural definitions? You can refer to material from the Tatum book in your answer. (Attached in files) #3. By knowing the difference that psychologists make between different types of racism and different aspects of racial bias, as well as how race is largely considered a social construction, rather than something based in biology, how does what you know about these topics relate to what you believe is “common knowledge” about race? Do you think Americans believe race is related to physical differences beyond skin color? Do you think they understand the social and cultural influences on what we consider race?