Describe the social economic and political forces of the


1) Choose one of the following people and document your experiences, in first person, as someone living in the 19th century:

  • A female pioneer on the Oregon Trail
  • A Mormon pioneer in Utah
  • A gold miner in California
  • A Shoshoni Indian in Wyoming when Europeans arrived
  • A White slave owner in Mexican Texas
  • A Mexican Tejano or Tejana in American Texas
  • A soldier at the Alamo during the battle
  • A Native American displaced into Oklahoma

Write a 350- to 700-word journal entry, either as a story or an explanation, that includes the following:

  • Describe the social, economic, and political forces of the times.
  • Describe the U.S. acquisition of the territory, where you live and discuss the effects of the acquisition on your life. (For example, if you chose to be a Mormon pioneer, discuss the United States' acquisition of the Utah territory, and discuss its effect on people living in the territory at the time.)

Cite your sources consistent with APA guidelines.

2) Choose one of the following movements of the early 19th century:

  • Transcendentalism
  • Utopianism
  • Second Great Awakening
  • Early feminism
  • Abolitionism

Write a 350-word essay in which you answer the following questions regarding the movement you chose:

  • What, if any, progress was been made by the movement?
  • Is there a modern equivalent of the movement? If so, describe the modern equivalent.
  • Are any of the early ideals still relevant? If so, how?

Format your essay consistent with APA guidelines.

3) Write a 350-word response to each of the following groups of questions:

  • What roles did Northern women play in the war effort on the Union side during the Civil War? What roles did Southern women play in the war effort on the Confederate side during the Civil War? How did the war affect each group?
  • What roles did Black slaves play in the Civil War? What roles did free Blacks play in the Civil War? How did the war affect each group?

Format your responses consistent with APA guidelines.

4) Write a 100- to 150-word response to each of the following questions:

  • Compare the number of free and slave-holding states and territories throughout the timeline. How did Congress deal with the issue of slavery as new states were admitted and new territories acquired? How did these actions affect the tensions between the North and the South?
  • What were some of the arguments centered on slavery and territorial expansion? How did the Compromise of 1850 fail to solve them?
  • Identify at least three key events that took place in the 1850s. How did each of the events lead the country toward civil war?

Cite your sources consistent with APA guidelines.

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