Look for patterns. Examine your sources for repeated mentions or descriptions of similar events—say, the Civil Rights Act, the assassination of JFK, the 1968 Democratic convention. Look for similar trends across varied eras: economic status, unemployment rates, election results, specific gatherings, or protests. The more often a certain event or trend appears in your review, the more likely it is to have been truly impactful on the subject. Examine all the views you can find: majority opinion, minority opinion, and even the crackpot ideas. Finding repeated patterns will give you a more
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