1301 Study Guide for Final
Fall 2011
Dr. Brunet
You have an hour and twenty minutes for this exam, so WATCH YOUR TIME. You should spend
roughly 40 minutes on your essay and 40 minutes on your short answers.
Part I. Short Answer Exercises. 60pts. total
The following FIVE terms will be on your exam. You will choose THREE and write a short answer
for each term. Remember these are not essays, so keep them concise and to the point. You
should define each term, put them in their historical context AND give the reason WHY they
were historically important. In other words, answer the basic “who, what, where, when, why”.
Your answers should average at least two paragraphs but not more than a page in length. Each
answer is worth 20 points.
Era of Good Feeling
American Foreign Policy 1801-1840
Hamilton’s Economic Plan for the U.S.
American System
Creating the National Government
Part II. Essay. 40pts. total
The following essays will be on the exam. You will choose ONE and write a complete essay
which will include an introduction, your points of discussion and a conclusion.
Trace the development of British policy towards its American Colonies between 1763-1775. What
sort of opposition (both legal and popular) did the colonists offer to this new policy, and why did this
opposition eventually lead to a full-blown revolution? Finally, in your opinion, was the American
Revolution a conservative or a liberal revolution? Explain your answer.
Trace the growth of sectionalism in the United States from the Compromise of 1850 to the election
of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Although the debate was over the spread of slavery, what were the real
issues that caused the split between the North and the South? Could a compromise have been
reached in January of 1861? Explain.
What was Manifest Destiny? How did the United States justify expansionism? In your opinion was
Manifest Destiny accomplished peacefully or otherwise? What were the results of Manifest Destiny
and how did it lead to sectionalism?