Assignment #11: Final Exam Essay Questions - engine of souls

Date: Jan 9, 2008

Assignment #11: Final Exam Essay Questions

Date: Jan 9, 2008

1.     Throughout American history, Americans have struggled to define and expand freedom. Many of the greatest advances came as a result of years of effort and were announced in declarations or proclamations, or were codified into law. From the list of documents, amendments, and proclamations below, choose two (2). For each one, explain:

·        what it was or did
·        why it was created
·        how it helped to expand freedom

List of documents, amendments and proclamations:
¨     the Declaration of Independence (1776)
¨     the Bill of Rights (1791)
¨     the 13^th, 14^th, and 15^th Amendments (1865 1870)
¨     the Emancipation Proclamation

-- Edited by mre at 14:28, 2008-01-09

Date: Jan 9, 2008

2. At the start of the American Revolution it appeared that the British had a number of significant advantages (military and non-military) over the Americans. Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of both sides at the start of the war, and discuss the major factors that enabled the Americans to defeat the British and win their independence.

-- Edited by mre at 14:30, 2008-01-09

Date: Jan 9, 2008

3.     The United States Constitution was created by the Founding Fathers with several unique features that have helped it to endure for the past 200+ years.

Look at the list of features below.
A. Select three of the features and define it in your own words.
B. For each of the three you selected, give an example of how it has been used in American history to strengthen our governmental system.

Features of the Constitution
¨     checks and balances
¨     separation of powers
¨     federalism
¨     Bill of Rights
¨     amendment process

-- Edited by mre at 14:32, 2008-01-09

Date: Jan 9, 2008

4.     The Industrial Revolution and the introduction of the factory system in the United States in the early 1800s resulted intremendous economic and social changes. Look at the list below and think about how each item listed was affected by the growth of the factory system.

·        Workers
·        Immigration
·        Cities
·        Factory owners

Write an essay describing the different ways (positive and negative) that the growth of the factory system affected life in the United States in the mid-1800s.

-- Edited by mre at 14:35, 2008-01-09

Date: Jan 9, 2008

5.     A number of key events in the early 19th century helped to bring about the Civil War in 1861.   Look at the list of events below.   Choose 3 events and explain how each helped to bring about the Civil War.

Events:
¨     Wilmot Proviso   (1846)
¨     Compromise of 1850
¨     Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
¨     Dred Scott Decision (1857)
¨     Presidential Election of 1860

-- Edited by mre at 14:37, 2008-01-09

Date: Jan 9, 2008

6.     During the early 19^th century the Abolitionist Movement gained support from a wide variety of people, and these people used many different methods to achieve their goal. At the same time, those who supported slavery took actions to defend their peculiar institution.

a.  Identify several of the leading abolitionists and describe the methods that they used.
b.  Discuss the strategies that were used by the defenders of slavery to oppose the abolitionists.

-- Edited by mre at 14:38, 2008-01-09

Date: Jan 9, 2008

7.     In April 1861 when the Civil War began it appeared that the Northern side had numerous military, political and economic advantages compared to the South and that the war would not last very long.

a.    Name the major advantages of each side at the start of the Civil War.
b.     Discuss the factors that enabled the South to extend the war to last four years and come much closer to winning the war than it seemed they should have.

-- Edited by mre at 14:42, 2008-01-09

Date: Jan 9, 2008

8.

The Gettysburg Address, 1863"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."

In the Gettysburg Address, President Lincoln refers to the nation as having a new birth of freedom.

a. Explain what President Lincoln meant when he called for a new birth of freedom. You may support your answer with information from the Gettysburg Address and your knowledge of American history.

b. Explain why Lincoln believed a unified nation should be preserved. You may support your answer with quotes from the passage above.

-- Edited by mre at 14:44, 2008-01-09

Date: Jan 9, 2008

9. The right of citizens to participate in government through voting is an essential part of American democracy. Four amendments to the Constitution that involved voting rights are listed in the box below:

15^th Amendment
19^th Amendment
24^th Amendment
26^th Amendment

a. Describe who has the right to vote in the United States today.
b. Explain how voting rights have changed since the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788.
c. Choose one amendment from the box and explain how it extended the voting rights of American citizens.

-- Edited by mre at 14:46, 2008-01-09

MariaOceguera · Newbie

Oh, I can understand you very well. I had that problem a couple of months ago. Go to the custom writing online resource to solved all your problem with writing. Here you really get professional assistance with you essays or any other kind of text you have to write. Authors who work here know how to write everything on the highest level. Read comments and go to the resource to make sure. I use the service any times and always enjoy the result.

Bessent72 · Newbie

Law school entrance exam is quite difficult. I need to start the preparations for it so I have been trying find the most useful LSAT Courses so that can get some help with the difficult concepts. The online courses are quite nice so will be joining one of those soon.

daisydaisy · Newbie

The information you have posted is very useful. The sites you have referred was good. Thanks for sharing. run 3

-- Edited by daisydaisy on Friday 2nd of August 2019 10:33:07 AM

deanvrgs · Newbie

Hi there! Look who it is! Let essaywriter help make your essay stand out from the rest. Our writers have the experience and expertise necessary to deliver outstanding results.