Essay Questions -
Which groups in America and abroad were most affected by the continental and overseas geographic expansion of the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? Why? How so?
Were the experiences of immigrant groups from the 1850s to the end of the twentieth century more similar to or different from each other? Why? How well did the United States receive immigrants during this century and a half?
What were the most important experiences for African Americans from the time of the Civil War to the time of the Civil Rights Movement? Was the Civil Rights Movement a Second Reconstruction?
Total 1600 words for each essay. You can select one or more.