Assignment

Jacksonian Era

4-3 Writing Plan Progress Submission

HIS-200 Applied History

SNHU

Terrell McGhee

7/25/2021

Jacksonian Era

The potential audience for the Jacksonian historical event includes native Americans, democrats, and anyone interested in American politics. The democrats rose into power by promising to protect the constitution, increase voting rights and ensure economic equality for all citizens. However, during the Jacksonian era, it is assumed that the actions of democrats failed to match their promises. They violated the constitution and deprived native Americans of their land. The native Americans would make a good audience to understand the atrocities committed against their ancestors by the people they had faith in and elected to office to better their lives. When the president succeded ordering Congress to approve the Indian removal act, native Americans challenged the order in court and were lucky to have the supreme court ruling in their favor. However, the ruling government had contempt of court and failed to return the land. It was quite unfortunate having the president play both roles of judiciary and executive.

African Americans would be an additional potential audience of Jacksonian history. An Era full of promises on racial equality did very little to better the lives of African Americans. The ruling regime was obsessed with the equality of white men such as voting rights and representation, at the expense of the blacks. The blacks were seen as lesser beings and even when the issue of slavery needed addressing, the ruling regime felt the issue should be kept out of national affairs to avoid distracting the attention of other matters of national importance. African Americans would prefer understanding the deep-rooted racial inequalities perpetrated by a regime that claimed to adhere t democracy and have the interests of all Americans at heart.

Different audiences require different message styles. Each audience should have their message tailored to their needs and demographics. Tailoring the message to an audience requires adequate research both for content and establishing what that target audience already knows about the historical topic, the misinformation that may exist about the topic, potential questions and information gaps, and audience level of sensitivity to the topic. Part of knowing the audience is essential to the successful tailoring and delivery of the message. However, this doesn’t mean knowing the audience on a personal level but helps in understanding the type of person they are and the type of information they are used to dealing with. Furthermore, knowing the audience's brief history will help avoid including information that may lead to recalling past trauma such as an audience coming from a lineage whose forefathers experienced racial inequalities.

The message to the audience should be tailored with the intention of informing them. The information provided should answer any question the audience might have. It is important to note that, content is relevant to a specific audience if it focuses on short and precise topics, rather than a wide-ranging subject matter. For accurate information, credible sources should be used to demonstrate expertise and understanding of the topic of discussion. When the content is relevant and relatable, the audience will feel more engaged and connected. Additionally, appropriate language and tone are necessary for tailoring the message to the needs of the audience. Based on the audience analysis discussed above, one can choose appropriate terminologies and phrases. It is highly recommended that simple and understandable language be used, matching the audience’s literacy levels. More importantly, information about historical events should never be shared with the purpose to spread hate.