Three of the following questions will be on the exam and you will choose one of them. Be prepared to write a well-organized essay answering it. Remember that you need to include a thesis in your introductory paragraph and use the body of the essay to provide evidence supporting that thesis

Section I - War of Independence to the Civil War

1. Did the Constitution advance or set back the principles of the Revolution? Defend your answer by showing clearly the changes in political philosophy that the Constitution demonstrated.

2. What were the political beliefs of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton? Did, and if so how, their debate over the nature of the union continue to the Civil War?

3. Explain the interconnection between the Market Revolution, the 2nd Great Awakening and the Reform Movements of the pre-Civil War Era.

4. Explain Manifest Destiny. How and why did the United States expand from coast to coast prior to the Civil War?

5. How did sectional lines harden between the Mexican-American War and 1860? What events pitted the sections against each other and how did each interpret them? How did Lincoln's election catapult the nation into civil war?

Section II - Comprehensive

Section II will be composed of true/false and multiple choice questions.