Porter is studying the influenza pandemic of world war i. he is examining letters, journal entries, autobiographies, and newspaper articles from that time to see how fear of the disease affected the daily life of millions of people throughout europe during that era. which statement describes the type of history porter is writing?
a. porter is writing social history because he is focusing on lives of large numbers of ordinary people.
b. porter is writing medical history because he is focusing on the cause of the epidemic and the number of people who died.
c. porter is writing cultural history because he is focusing on how the epidemic was portrayed in literary sources.
d. porter is writing economic history because he is focusing on the cost of developing vaccines.
e. porter is writing biography because he is focusing on the actions of certain individuals.

The correct answer is A. Porter is writing social history because he is focusing on the lives of large numbers of ordinary people.

Explanation:

History refers to the field that studies the events of the past and focusing on creating official documents that describe them; additionally, in history there are different types of history or approaches that focus on different aspects of the past in the case of social history this is the type of history that does not only at studying the way events occurred but on the social effect it has including the perspectives of people about events and life of people. This therefore, is the type of history Porter is writing because he is trying to understand through multiple  sources the perspective of people about the influenza pandemic mainly by studying the fear people had and the effect this has on people, which shows he focuses on lives of multiple ordinary people instead of focusing on the economic, medical aspects or other that are not related to the social aspects.

question 1: a) thurgood marshall

question 2: b) the civil rights act of 1964

question 3: c) brown v board of education

question 4: d) creation of the dept of education

question 5: a) welfare and social security

explanation:

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