2014 Midterm Essay
Possibilities:
On test day, you will be given two essays to choose from. You will write ONE essay. You may not use any notes or prep work to help you with your exam on test day.
- Compare the ways in which THREE of the
following reflected tensions in colonial society: Bacon’s Rebellion
(1676); Pueblo Rebellion (1680); Salem witchcraft trials (1692); Stono
Rebellion (1739)
- Although the power of the national government
increased during the early republic, this development often faced serious
opposition. Compare the motives and effectiveness of those opposed to the
growing power of the national government in THREE of the following:
Whiskey Rebellion, 1794; Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, 1798-1799;
Hartford Convention, 1814-1815; Nullification Crisis, 1832-1833
- How did the two-party system evolve from the
parties of the 1790s to the parties of the 1860s? Describe points of
continuity and change in the issues dividing the parties.
- Evaluate the extent to which the Declaration
of Independence marked a turning point in American history, analyzing what
changed and what stayed the same from the period immediately before the
declaration to the period immediately following it.
- Evaluate the impact of religious, democratic, and
intellectual movements on American reform during the mid-nineteenth
century.
- “The Civil War was a turning point in the lives of
African-Americans.” Agree, disagree, or modify this statement.
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