American History Test assignment help

First give a basic encyclopedic definition that answers who, what, where, and (roughly) when. Then explain why the term is important in one to two paragraphs, which should include: • how it arose • what it brought about • its broader historical legacies • how it reflects the major concept(s) of a weekly class unit. This is the most critical component of your answer Each term should take five to ten minutes.

1) “Carpetbagger”

2) “Copperhead”

3) Freedmen’s Bureau

4) John Brown

5) Vicksburg

6) Wade-Davis Bill

7) William Tecumseh Sherman

8) Wilmot Proviso

For full credit, address every element of the prompt and explain and support each point with examples and details drawn from your textbook, primary sources, and/or lecture notes (there is no need to cite, however). Demonstrate your understanding, and do not list bullet points without explanation. In terms of length, write about four to five paragraphs’ worth of content—although the essay’s structure is up to you. Each essay should take twenty to twenty-five minutes.

1) The notion of so-called “Manifest Destiny” characterized much of American political discourse during the 1840s.

A) Describe why many Americans moved west during that period.

B) Explain the major ideological components of “Manifest Destiny” and the historical phenomena encouraging such sentiments.

C) List and discuss the major U.S. territorial acquisitions during the 1840s and note how each could reflect belief in this “Manifest Destiny.”

2) The United States increasingly divided along sectional lines after the territorial expansion of the 1840s.

A) Discuss the events leading into the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, and the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision of 1857.

B) Explain how each of those touchstones exacerbated tensions between North and South.

3) Many historians call the Civil War one of the first “modern” wars in World History, in part because of how the Union and Confederate governments mobilized resources.

A) How did the Union government obtain the soldiers and supplies needed to sustain the successful war effort?

B) Why did Confederate efforts at mobilization prove less effective?

C) What were the long-term effects of such mobilization and “total war” combat on the North (and eventually U.S.)?

4) After the Civil War, the (re)United States plunged into the difficult period of Reconstruction.

A) What did Radical Republicans hope to accomplish through their distinctive vision of Reconstruction?

B) What events and developments conspired to defeat this Republican program for the postwar ex-Confederacy?

 

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