Answer all five question groups: i’m setting no word limit but try to be as thorough as you can:
America’s first great depression: tell me how martin van buren, william henry harrison and john tyler all failed as presidents. How did the depression of 1837 impact the nation? What did the whig party stand for, who led and supported it and why wasn’t it successful? How did texas become an important issue?
The us-mexican war: what made the election of 1844 so critical in history? What different destinies did henry clay and james k polk offer america? How did polk’s election and the annexation of texas trigger crisis with mexico? How did war break out between the united states and mexico? Why did many democrats support and whigs oppose the war? How did zachary taylor and winfield scott defeat the mexican army? What were the results of the treaty of guadalupe-hidalgo? Tell me how zachary taylor was elected president.
Road to disunion:tell me how the admission of california triggered the crisis of disunion? Tell me how zachary taylor’s death and clay’s compromise of 1850 postponed the civil war. How did the fugitive slave law and uncle tom’s cabin inflame northern opinion and destroy the whig party? Tell me how franklin pierce destroyed the missouri compromise and led to fighting in kansas. Tell me how the dred scott decision, john brown and the election of 1860 severed the last links between north and south. How, despite their failed leadership, did fillmore, pierce and buchanan actually buy time to save the union?
Civil war:tell me how the confederacy embodied small government and white supremacy. What was lincoln’s attitude towards slavery and secession in 1861. Describe union and confederate strategies. How did the war by 1863 become ‘a new birth of freedom”? Why were antietam, vicksburg and gettysburg important turning points? How did grant, sherman and the 1864 election finally assure union victory?
Reconstruction:tell me how lincoln passed the thirteenth amendment ending slavery. What were lincoln’s plans for reconciling north and south? How did andrew johnson try to turn the clock back to 1860? Tell me how thaddeus stevens and the republicans in congress forced radical reconstruction upon the south. What did the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments involve? Why is general grant no longer looked upon as a failed president? How did the south eventually defeat reconstruction?
Use the lecture notes and then add material from u.s.history you don’t need to use footnotes or endnotes, just cite the material within your answer like this: [page xx]. You do not have to cite material from the lectures or videos.you can use other textbooks [printed, not web]as well so long as they are college level and you cite them by author and page. Give me a sources cited page at the end.
Do not:use web sources, especially wikipedia, history.com, quizlet,etc.
Do not cut and paste from the web or even from the lecture notes. This includes paraphrasing where you copy but change a few words here and there. Use the ideas but put them in your own words.do not copy or paraphrase from each other but do your own work.assignments suspected of plagiarism will be run through turnitin by the instructor.
