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QUESTION 1.

As Eric Foner points out, "Not a single state that entered the Union after the original thirteen required ownership of property to vote" and "by 1860 all but one [state] had ended property requirements for voting." In the years from 1815-1840, we see ‘the common man' become increasingly central to national political affairs as the state and federal governments began to change the definitions of "who should be able to participate in American democracy." Write an essay that gives two examples from the primary sources in Voices of Freedom chapter 10 that examines different points of view regarding who American democracy should represent? Your "how-conclusion" should compare or contrast the authors, audiences, and the purposes of your two chosen documents.

QUESTION 2.

As Eric Foner points out, "despite the hope of some of the founders that slavery might die out, in fact the institution survived," and following the turn of the nineteenth century (1800s) the South's slave population grew to 4 million by 1860-one-third of the region's total population. During the Antebellum period, the issue of slavery often dominated political and social debates nationwide. Write an essay that gives two examples from the primary sources in Voices of Freedom chapter 11 that examines different points of view regarding the debate over slavery in the Antebellum United States, 1800-1860. Your "how-conclusion" should compare or contrast the authors, audiences, and the purposes of your two chosen documents.

QUESTION 3.

As Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in 1841, "In the history of the world the doctrine of reform has never such hope as the present hour." The great American poet was referring to the growth of different groups in the United States seeking social change through a variety of measures (including but not limited to temperance, abolition, woman suffrage, and the creation of utopian communities). Write an essay that discusses two examples from the primary sources in Voices of Freedom chapter 12 that represents different reform movements developing in the United States during this era. Your "how-conclusion" should compare or contrast the authors, audiences, and the purposes of your two chosen documents.

QUESTION 4.

By the mid-1850s, the tensions between the North and the South over which could gain control over national politics was a gathering tempest. Conflict between the two regional perspectives (North and South) became involved in most public debates including Manifest Destiny, the expansion of slavery, the rights of government, the discussion of civil rights, and the debate over states rights. Write an essay that gives two examples from the primary sources in Voices of Freedom chapter 13 that examines different issues in which there was a sectional conflict. Your "how-conclusion" should compare or contrast the authors, audiences, and the purposes of your two chosen documents.

QUESTION 5.

Being involved with war fundamentally changes a nation. So much so, that it penetrates a society's discussions and reactions to most political and social issues during that period. Write an essay that gives two examples from the primary sources in Voices of Freedom chapter 14 that explains how being involved in the Civil War impacted all aspects of Americans' lives. Your "how-conclusion" should compare or contrast the authors, audiences, and the purposes of your two chosen documents.