History Essay

PART 1: Identify as many on the following IDs indicating their significance and historical context that are relevant to the question you choose and insert them into your essay in Part 2.

1. Manifest Destiny
2. Kansas-Nebraska Act
3. Emancipation Proclamation
4. Copperheads
5. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
6. Harpers Ferry
7. Dred Scott
8. The Gettysburg Address

PART 2: Choose one and write a five-page essay to answer.

1. Describe the growth of the US from 1800 to 1850 and how the relationship between North, West, and the South changed. Describe the significance and impact of the following upon the North and South (and African Americans when relevant): the Fugitive Slave Act, Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scot Decision and John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry. Describe the formation and composition of the Republican Party and developments in the Democratic Party during the elections of 1856 and 1860. How did people in the North and South perceive these elections? (Use Faragher Ch. 15 Slide)

2. Describe the North and South’s efforts to mobilize for the Civil War and the advantages and problems each side faced. How did Lincoln and the various factions of Republicans feel about emancipation and African Americans? What role did African Americans, the Copperheads, and General Grant and Sherman play in the Civil War? What is the significance of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address? (Use Faragher Ch. 16 Slide)