Assignment: US HISTORY ESSAY
ESSAY I PROMPTS
1. Compare and contrast the colonies of Virginia and Massachusetts Bay. Within your essay, explain the reasons why colonists emigrated to those two colonies, their economies, systems of government, and labor. Please provide specific examples to support your answer.
2. Discuss the aftermath of the French and Indian War. Within your response, explain the problems that Britain faced after the war, how Britain attempted to resolve those problems, and the reaction in the colonies.
3. Discuss the American Revolution. Within your essay, compare the relative strengths and weaknesses of both Britain and the United States. Also, explore this nuanced question: Did the United States win the war, or did Britain lose it? Support your answer with specific examples.
EXAM II PROMPTS
1. Discuss and analyze how the United States earned the respect of Britain, France, and Spain from 1789 to 1815. Your essay must include specific examples from the presidencies of George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison.
2. Discuss and analyze the economic plans of Alexander Hamilton during George Washington's presidency as an example of the increased power of the government under the Constitution. What were the major economic problems facing the United States and how did Hamilton propose solving them? Were Hamilton's policies effective at solving the economic issues of the country without making the government tyrannical?
3. Discuss and analyze the rise of the Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party from 1789 to 1815. On which issues did they agree? On which issues did they disagree? Did the first parties subvert the founding principles of the United States, or did the parties help make the United States work?
ESSAY III PROMPTS
1. Discuss and analyze the realities of life among the planter elite, "plain folk," and the slaves in the Antebellum South. How was slavery tied to the economy of the South, the North, and the United States as a whole in the antebellum era?
2. Examine the sectional debate over slavery from the Era of Good Feelings until the 1850s. Within your argument, explain how anti-slavery and abolitionist arguments differed from pro-slavery arguments and how those arguments changed over time. Your essay must also examine how the United States attempted to resolve the sectional dispute over slavery.
3. Discuss the United States during the Reconstruction era. Your essay must include an analysis of Presidential Reconstruction, Congressional Reconstruction, and "Redemption." What were the major problems facing the United States during Reconstruction and how were they addressed?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.