- What were some of the key issues of contention between the Founders of the United States? Explain the relationship between the Constitution and the Hill of Rights. !low were these issues tested in the Early Republic?
- Explain the concept of 'Manifest Destiny ' and how it affected the territorial expansion of the United States.
- Explain how the issue of national expansion in the territories continuously complicated the national question on the future of slavery in the United States.
- What were the primary causes of the American Civil War? Was the American Civil War, and the subsequent Reconstruction, 'successful'? Why or why not?