Exam Unit 4 Instruction
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Unit 4 Exam Instructions
Unit 4 – Chapters 13-16 - Exam Instructions
General instructions:
Type your responses in one word document, and upload your document to the link below titled “Unit 4 Exam.”
Essay: 50 points.
Choose
ONE
of the following essay topics to write about. Your essay should be 4-5 paragraphs in length. You need to include an introduction and conclusion. You may use information from the textbook and the lecture note ONLY. DO NOT use outside sources. Plagiarism will NOT be tolerated.
1.
Discuss the American movement to annex Texas between 1820-1845. Why did it take so long for annexation to succeed?
2.
Discuss the Dred Scott case and how effective it was in settling the conflict over slavery.
3.
Discuss the California gold rush and the mining frontier. How did these pioneers treat Mexicans and Indians as they settled in the West?
4.
Describe domestic politics during the Civil War, both northern and southern. What problems did Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis face? How did they deal with these problems?
5.
Account for the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, showing how it was both shrewd military and diplomatic strategy and an effort for humanitarian reform.
6.
Describe the reign of white terror during Reconstruction and how Congress reacted to the violence.
7.
Describe the plans for Reconstruction offered by Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Congress. What was the goal of each plan? How did each plan propose to accomplish its goal?
8.
What problems did blacks in the South face after emancipation? What attempts did the government make to solve these problems?
Identifications: 25 points
Choose
FIVE
of the following topics to identify/define. Each identification should be a short paragraph and should include the following: who, what, when, where, and
significance. These should written in full sentences, NOT in bullet form. You may use information from the textbook and the lecture note ONLY. DO NOT use outside sources. Plagiarism will NOT be tolerated.
Free-Soil Party Bleeding Kansas
Compromise of 1850 Lincoln-Douglas debates (1858)
Fugitive Slave Act (1850) Homestead Act
Emancipation Proclamation Copperhead Democrats
Oregon Fever “March to the Sea”
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 13
th
Amendment
Radical Republicans sharecropping
Freedman’s Bureau 15
th
Amendment
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