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1. For the four million once-enslaved blacks, one critical question surfaced after the Civil War: how free is free? The answer to that question would profoundly affect race relations and the nation for the next century. For black southerners between the Civil War and the 1930s, how did the experience of "freedom" fall short of their hopes? Be sure to include examples from class materials in your answer.

2. How did the realities of industrialization compare to the myth of the American Dream--that is, the myth that any individual, with hard work, can rise from poverty? In your answer, consider the experiences of any three of the following groups in American society between the Civil War and the 1930s. Be sure to include examples from class materials in your answer.

Industrial workers

farmers

black southerners

"new immigrants" (Chinese, Eastern/Southern Europe, Mexican, etc.)

"Robber Barons"

middle class white progressive women

Native Americans living on the Plains

3. When the United States acquired its first overseas territories with the Spanish-American War of 1898, this was seen by many observers as a radical break from America's past as a nation founded on principles of independence and self-governance. Was 1898 a major turning point? In your answer, consider the similarities or differences between American expansion westward into the Great Plains and the expansion it undertook in 1898. Possible areas of comparison might include ideology (the ideas or beliefs that propelled expansion), government policy and its impact, and forms of resistance. Be sure to include examples from class materials in your answer.