PART 1: In one paragraph, please explain what grade you believe you have earned for class participation.
PART 2: Please answer only one of the following essay questions. Be sure to support your arguments with appropriate evidence from the readings. Your essay should be 3 to 4 pages in length (a maximum of 5 pages is permitted). 12-point font and double-spaced format is required. Please consult the Writing Guide on HuskyCT. Footnote references must be in The Chicago Manual of Style format. Additional sources other than those assigned for the course are prohibited.
1. Historian Barbara Jean Fields argues that as a result of the United States Constitution of 1787, which failed to abolish slavery, the Civil War was inevitable. In contrast, writer Shelby Foote contends that the Civil War occurred because Americans failed to do what they do best compromise. In your opinion was the Civil War inevitable? Defend your position with evidence and specific references to the events and issues that led up to the war.
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2. How did the market revolution help link the country together, while simultaneously increasing the nations sectional differences?
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3. Would George Washington, who died in 1799, have recognized the United States of 1865? Defend your position with specifics.
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4. Compare and contrast the ideologies and visions of the Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans. How did these ideologies inform social, economic, and political developments in the United States from the 1790s through 1815? Did either of these visions for Americas development predominate during this period?
