Category: American history

Instructions:
The exam consists of one essay. It’s cumulative, which means it covers the entire course.
The essay answer should be 1000 words or longer. In the essay, you will be expected to refer to at least FIVE primary source readings assigned for the class (i.e., the original documents from the eras we’ve studied. NOTE: The textbook, Module/Unit slides, and any modern summaries/explanation pieces do NOT count as primary sources).
You should limit your time on the exam to TWO HOURS or less, all in one sitting. This is honor system-enforced!
Please make sure that your answers are well-organized, address all aspects of the prompts, and exhibit good grammar and spelling.  Perfection is not expected, as this is a timed test, but do make an effort to create essays that are legible and easy to read. Please use a readable font and double-space (skip lines)!
If you use direct quotations, limit them to two lines or less each.
You may use your course textbook, the primary source texts/your study questions, and class lectures to help you with the test (basically, anything I’ve assigned to you or provided). You may not use any other sources. 
Do not use AI or cheat sites.
You may not work with other students on this exam. There is to be NO exam-related interaction of any kind with others at any time during the time that the exam is active. 
Prompt:
Liberty is a commonly cited American value. How was the concept of liberty defined, debated, and achieved in the United States from the colonial era through Reconstruction? How did the concept evolve, and how did various American constituencies perceive it? Don’t forget to discuss the concept re:
Religious and ethnic minority groups —-
Policy debates throughout US history from the colonial era through the 1870s
Independence and Constitutional debates —
Political parties and activist movements.
Sources:
http://digitalhistory.hsp.org/pafrm/doc/declaration-congress-held-new-york-october-7-1765
https://corematerials.homestead.com/30_Letter_XII_legal_disabilities_grimke.pdf
https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/walker/walker.html
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N00397.0001.001/1:1?rgn=div1;view=fulltext
https://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/doc?id=L17760331aa
https://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/rbannis1/AIH19th/female.html
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/murray/equality/equality.html
http://www.civ.strangegirl.com/federalistpapers.html
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/5us137
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/washing.asp
https://books.google.com/books?id=kxcOAAAAIAAJ&q=political+parties#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/ajveto01.asp
https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2946
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/anthony/anthonyaddress.html
THOSE ARE JUST SOME SOURCES YOU CAN USE BUT YOU DON’T NEED TO SE ALL OF THEM BUT 
AT LEAST 5 OF THEM BECAUSE 5 SOURCES ARE REQUIRED.. 
if something doesnt work or you need more explaining or anything just let me know. 
please do your best, thank you!

at least 5 paragraph
Write a well-organized essay, a minimum of 700 words (but not limited to), including supporting details from the documents/textbook/other sources in which you analyze and discuss the material that has been assigned by addressing the following question:
Identify and discuss the factors leading to the Age of European Exploration and Conquest during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and discuss how any two of the following nations: Portuguese, Spanish, English, or French- differed in terms of their motivations for exploration and their settlement patterns.

Imagine you are in the 1960s — you can pick the year and setting, but you’re going to be exactly as you are now… your age, sex/gender, ethnicity/race, etc. Do you think you would have joined a protest movement? Which one and why? What would have driven you in that direction? Or what would have prevented you? List a couple of accomplishments of any of the rights revolutions or social movements in the sixties, picking those that you think had the largest impact.
The perspective you are going to give is from a 19-year-old black woman. The movement she is going to join is the civil rights movement.
An article talking about the sixties:

27. The Sixties

(Feel free to reference other articles talking about the civil rights movement.)

From the following list, you are to clearly and succinctly write an in-depth, thoughtful essay (on average, 5-6+ pages) clearly answering all of the questions, and discussing all of the points in one of the following prompts. Be certain to answer and discuss all aspects of and questions in your selected prompt. Be certain to discuss relevant issues and terms, addressing key points, dates, and/or people involved within the topic; specifically addressing issues of context and significance.  
Discuss the rise and events of the Cold War in the 1940s and 1950s-the early 1990s. What were the major disagreements, and issues that separated the United States and the Soviet Union? Where did the “Cold War” boil over into a “hot war”? How and why did the United States try to counter the spread of communism? Lastly, orthodox historians place blame for the Cold War on the Soviet Union, while revisionist historians attribute its creation to the rise of American imperialism. Who is at “fault” for starting the Cold War? Is it that simple? Can we clearly blame one side or the other for the start of the Cold War? Be sure to discuss specific examples and cite specific events.

i have attached the question as a fileI have added the link to the source
https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/murray/equality/equality.html
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=2&smtID=2
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=3&smtid=2

The Impact of Reconstruction 1865-1877
Since Reconstruction is often a period in American history that gets skipped or quickly covered, this Discussion is asking you to choose one (or more) of the following topics (listed below) from Chapter 16 and discuss the origin and purpose of these individuals, groups, laws, events/programs, etc. and their impact on Americans and the recovering nation.Your response should be at least 300 words long , include two direct quotes from the text (with page #).  Required Text
The American Promise. Roark – Johnson – Cohen -Stage –  Hartmann. Volume 1. Value Edition. 7th Ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s. 2017. Boston, New York.
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The Presidency of Andrew Johnson                Radical Republicans and Their Agenda
The Freedman’s Bureau               Origins and Agenda of the KKK             The Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1875
The 14th Amendment                   The Military Reconstruction Act            The Impeachment of President Johnson
The 15th Amendment                          Black Codes                        Sharecropping 1865-1877
“Redeemers”                        The Presidential Election of 1876                 “Corrupt Bargain” – Compromise of 1877                       

A research essay on Elvis presleys life, his impact on music culture and how he fell into decline due to drugs

Choose a topic from the Era of 1600-1900 regarding Women’s history and write 5-7 Pages on the topic.
Please follow chicago manual of style.
Cover Page and Bibliography do NOT count in the page count 
I chose to do it on the women’s suffrage movement. 

Section 1 Introduction – Historical Context: (200 minimum word count):
Using the linked readings below, and outside sources when needed, give an introduction and provide context for your essay. Give some background on the United States foundation and formation and how it was possible that women and black Americans had so few rights leading up to the Civil War.  
Be sure to include a thesis statement that responds to the essay question above and provides the reader with your paper’s main idea/argument that you will address.  
This thesis must respond to and tie back to the Prompt Essay question. 
Section 2: Provide a Summary and Analysis for the 19th Century Abolition Movement that includes the following: (Minimum Word Count 250) 
Describe the historical circumstances surrounding the abolition movement including key people and events.
Discuss the arguments, strategies, and goals the abolitionists used in their struggle to end slavery? Were these effective? Why or Why not?
Required Readings: Include frequent references and examples from readings:
Pdf Reading Age of ReformLinks to an external site.(see sections that review and discuss slavery, abolition, abolitionists, citizenship, among others).
Primary Source Sets: Links to an external site.Choose at least one primary source to use in your essay. Describe/explain the source and use it to support claims in your essay. 
Links to an external site.Primary Source: F. Douglass to his former owner: “I love you but hate slavery”. Links to an external site.Describe/explain the source and use it to support claims in your essay. 
You may supplement the REQUIRED readings with other sources as long as they are referenced and cited.
Section 3: Provide a Summary and Analysis for the 19th Century Women’s Movements that includes the following: (Minimum Word Count 250)
Describe the historical circumstances surrounding the 19th century Women’s Movement including key people and events.
Discuss the arguments, strategies, and goals the suffragists used in their struggle to gain the vote? Were these effective? Why or Why not?
Required Readings: Include frequent references and examples from readings:
Pdf Reading Age of ReformLinks to an external site. (see sections that review and discuss feminism, women, freedom, the abolitionist schism among others.)
Primary Source Sets:Links to an external site. Choose at least one primary source to use in your essay. Describe/explain the source and use it to support claims in your essay. 
Links to an external site.Primary Source: The Declaration of Sentiments 1848. Links to an external site.Describe/explain the source and use it to support claims in your essay.
You may supplement these REQUIRED readings with other sources as long as they are referenced and cited.
Section 4:  Trace and Connect to Today (Minimum Word Count 250)
Choose one of the movements (either women’s rights or abolition/civil rights).
Trace, describe, and explain the movement’s continuation beyond the 19th century origins through the 20th century and 21st century today. Include a review of key events, arguments, strategies, and goals.
Make a connection to our lives today by using a specific current event, legislation, speech, media event etc. This is similar to how you connected a current event to our discussions. 
This section will need research beyond our Course Readings. 
Section 5: Conclusion and Reflection (Minimum Word Count 200)
Discuss the impact of the either the Abolition Movement or Early Women’s Movement on the United States and/or on American society then and now. Include a reflection and discussion that answers if the arguments, strategies, and goals of the movement (your movement focus in section 4) made progress forward, backwards, or is the movement’s progress both forward and backwards. Recap with evidence from the paper.
See attached links below
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pnf11UYEnS-Eyk-LABnCphsXx2JKdAVR/view?pli=1
https://www.docsteach.org/documents?filter_searchterm=abolition&searchType=all&filterEras=&filterDocTypes=&sortby=relevance&filter_order=&filter_order_Dir=&rt=fKF7VfEREp5m
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/i-love-you-hate-slavery-frederick-douglass-his-former
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pnf11UYEnS-Eyk-LABnCphsXx2JKdAVR/view
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/women-of-the-antebellum-reform-movement#tabs
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/senecafalls.asp

Key things I’m looking for in your Paper:
5 separate sections. If you use multiple paragraphs for each section, either briefly label each section or have very clear topic sentences so I can follow. 
A clear thesis placed near the end of the introduction. A strong thesis will state your claim and response to the Topic question. You will refer back to this claim in each section of the paper. 
Clear Structure: As your paragraphs begin to emerge from the process of working the evidence, unify each paragraph with a topic sentence, and arrange them in a sequence that builds toward your strongest claims. Use topic sentences and transitions that guide me through each paragraph.
Single or 1.5 space; 11 or 12 point common font – Times New Roman, Arial, Verdana. 
Offer an analysis of the topic question with evidence including summary, explanations and examples from the film clips provided.
Attribution and Citation: There must be some form of academic citation and formatting – APA, MLA, or Chicago. I will not pick this apart as long as attempt is made.
Film clips must be at least informally cited with an abbreviated title and time – ex. (Becoming; 13:45).
If an outside source is used to supplement the films or other sections be sure to provide that citation. 
All outside sources must be cited with hyperlinks for my review.
Provide a sources cited page at the end. 
Background – Women’s Rights Movement Emerges from the Abolitionist Movement
While individuals expressed their dissatisfaction with the social role of women during the early years of the United States, a more widespread effort in support of women’s rights began to emerge in the 1830s. Women and men joined the antislavery movement in order to free enslaved Africans. While men led antislavery organizations and lectured, women were not allowed to hold these positions. When women defied these rules and spoke out against slavery in public, they were mocked. In the late 1830s, abolitionists (who called for an immediate end to slavery rather than a gradual one) began to advocate for women’s rights as well. Women gained experience as leaders, organizers, writers, and lecturers as part of this radical wing of the movement. The discrimination they continued to face eventually prompted them to band together to promote a new, separate women’s rights movement.
Directions
You are required to read and reference the primary sources and Pdf readings linked below in this assignment to prepare and write a paper addressing the prompt question below. Use the questions and outline below to guide your thinking and writing: 
Prompt Question: Throughout United States history, movements have sought to bring about economic, political, and social change. These movements have had a significant impact on the United States and on American society then and now. Two profound movements that began in antebellum (pre-Civil War) America include the abolitionist movement and the early 19th century woman’s movement.
Discuss, describe and analyze the abolitionist movement and the early 19th century woman’s movement. Then trace one of the movements beyond its 19th century origin through today, analyzing the impact of movement on the American society then and now. Include a reflection and analysis that answers if the arguments, strategies, and goals of one of the movements (your movement focus in section 4) made progress forward, backwards, or is the movement’s progress both a forward and backward motion.
Section 1 Introduction – Historical Context: (200 minimum word count):
Using the linked readings below, and outside sources when needed, give an introduction and provide context for your essay. Give some background on the United States foundation and formation and how it was possible that women and black Americans had so few rights leading up to the Civil War.  
Be sure to include a thesis statement that responds to the essay question above and provides the reader with your paper’s main idea/argument that you will address.  
This thesis must respond to and tie back to the Prompt Essay question. 
Section 2: Provide a Summary and Analysis for the 19th Century Abolition Movement that includes the following: (Minimum Word Count 250) 
Describe the historical circumstances surrounding the abolition movement including key people and events.
Discuss the arguments, strategies, and goals the abolitionists used in their struggle to end slavery? Were these effective? Why or Why not?
Required Readings: Include frequent references and examples from readings:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pnf11UYEnS-Eyk-LABnCphsXx2JKdAVR/view          (see sections that review and discuss slavery, abolition, abolitionists, citizenship, among others).
https://www.docsteach.org/documents?filter_searchterm=abolition&searchType=all&filterEras=&filterDocTypes=&sortby=relevance&filter_order=&filter_order_Dir=&rt=fKF7VfEREp5m . Choose at least one primary source to use in your essay. Describe/explain the source and use it to support claims in your essay. 
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/i-love-you-hate-slavery-frederick-douglass-his-former : F. Douglass to his former owner: “I love you but hate slavery”. Links to an external site.Describe/explain the source and use it to support claims in your essay. 
You may supplement the REQUIRED readings with other sources as long as they are referenced and cited.
Section 3: Provide a Summary and Analysis for the 19th Century Women’s Movements that includes the following: (Minimum Word Count 250)
Describe the historical circumstances surrounding the 19th century Women’s Movement including key people and events.
Discuss the arguments, strategies, and goals the suffragists used in their struggle to gain the vote? Were these effective? Why or Why not?
Required Readings: Include frequent references and examples from readings:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pnf11UYEnS-Eyk-LABnCphsXx2JKdAVR/view . (see sections that review and discuss feminism, women, freedom, the abolitionist schism among others.)
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/women-of-the-antebellum-reform-movement#tabs . Choose at least one primary source to use in your essay. Describe/explain the source and use it to support claims in your essay. 
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/senecafalls.asp : The Declaration of Sentiments 1848. Links to an external site.Describe/explain the source and use it to support claims in your essay.
You may supplement these REQUIRED readings with other sources as long as they are referenced and cited.
Section 4:  Trace and Connect to Today (Minimum Word Count 250)
Choose one of the movements (either women’s rights or abolition/civil rights).
Trace, describe, and explain the movement’s continuation beyond the 19th century origins through the 20th century and 21st century today. Include a review of key events, arguments, strategies, and goals.
Make a connection to our lives today by using a specific current event, legislation, speech, media event etc. This is similar to how you connected a current event to our discussions. 
This section will need research beyond our Course Readings. 
Section 5: Conclusion and Reflection (Minimum Word Count 200)
Discuss the impact of the either the Abolition Movement or Early Women’s Movement on the United States and/or on American society then and now. Include a reflection and discussion that answers if the arguments, strategies, and goals of the movement (your movement focus in section 4) made progress forward, backwards, or is the movement’s progress both forward and backwards. Recap with evidence from the paper. 
Sources Cited Page