1) What strategies did slaves employ to resist, revolt, and sustain their own independent communities and cultures? How did slaves use white southerners own philosophiespaternalism and Christianity, for exampleto their advantage in these efforts? OR 2) In what ways did the Second Great Awakening and transcendentalism reflect and react to the changes in antebellum American thought and culture? OR 3) Was it possible to save American democracy in 1860? What steps might have been taken to maintain unity? Why do you think these steps were not taken? OR 4) What role did women and African Americans play in the Civil War? OR 5) Consider the problem of terrorism during Radical Reconstruction. If you had been an adviser to President Grant, how would you propose to deal with the problem? INSTRUCTIONS DO NOT copy and paste ANY of your essay from ANY print or Internet source. This is academic plagiarism and will result in an automatic zero for the Exam. Minimum of 2 credible, scholarly sources. Please make use of your textbook. DO Not use .com, .net. or .orgs Do Not use Wikipedia Do not use an encyclopedia as one of your major sources. These are compilations, not a scholarly source. You can use .edu and .gov I strongly encourage you to use EbscoHost. Heres the link: EbscoHost
