US History winter final essay questions
Please prepare the following questions for your exam. You are expected to
answer fully in 1-2 paragraphs in complete sentences.
1. Why did conflict break out between New England colonists and
American Indians in the 1600s and 1700s, and what consequences
resulted?
2. How were the Middle Colonies similar to and different from the New
England and the Southern Colonies?
3. Compare the views of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
expressed at the Constitutional Convention.
4. Describe how the Federalists addressed the main objections mounted by
the Antifederalists.
5. Compare the advantages enjoyed by the Confederacy at the beginning
of the Civil War to the advantages enjoyed by the Union.
6. Explain the factors that caused President Lincoln to issue the
Emancipation Proclamation.
7. What were some of the main problems that Reconstruction sought to
address?
8. How does our book about Harriet Tubman describe slave life? How did
her life change after she escaped?
9. What are the different observations Northern officers made about the
African-Americans that were serving in the 54th Massachusetts? How
did they treat the men?
10.Analyze the principles of popular sovereignty, checks and balances,
limited government, separation of powers, representative government,
and federalism. Identify what each term means, and provide examples
of how each one works.