Part A (minimum 150 words)
Question 1: What factors during the Era of Good Feelings facilitated the movement west?
Part B (minimum of 150 words for EACH question)
Question 1: Besides the Missouri Compromise, what were some of the causes of sectionalism in this early period?
Question 2: What were the different proposals and political maneuvers that eventually led to the Missouri Compromise? What was the final outcome?
Part C (minimum of 150 words for EACH question)
Question 1: Analyze the attached painting from Asher Durand and answer the following questions. (picture 1)
Discuss how an American might have interpreted Durand's "Progress" in the 1850s, and then how you interpret it today. What might such a comparison reveal about the nature of progress in America?
Question 2: Read the attached excerpt from "The Irish in America" and answer the following questions. (The Irish in America)
How does the author dismiss the drunken stereotype of the Irish?
How was Maguire's book a commentary on American culture in general as well as on the Irish element within it in particular?