1. Using and citing class readings, explain the origins of slavery in North America. How did it develop? Why did it develop as it did? What were the consequences of slavery? How did slavery end? What were the legacies of slavery? Begin your essay in 1619 and end it in 1877. Cite primary sources from the American Yawp Reader, as well as citing relevant material from Northup’s narrative and from the American Yawp textbook. 2. How did American ideas about war change between 1675 and 1877? What continuities do you see? How did wars reflect and alter American society and self-perceptions? Did the causes or consequences of American wars change over time? Discuss the causes, conduct, and consequences of three specific wars. Cite primary sources from the American Yawp Reader, as well as citing relevant material from course assignments, and from the American Yawp textbook.) 3. Congratulations on your unexpected new job. You have just won a position as Director of a new Museum of the United States. The new museum depicts U.S. history from 1600 to 1877. What will you include? How will you develop important themes of the era? What arguments or theses will the displays or areas in your museum suggest? What visual, aural, tactile, or documentary material will you incorporate to develop these theses? Include specific evidence or examples from course readings. Cite primary sources from the American Yawp Reader, as well as citing relevant material from course assignments and from the American Yawp textbook. 4. Discuss the role(s) that religion played in American society from the 1600s through 1877. Support your answer with evidence or examples from course readings. Cite primary sources from the American Yawp Reader, as well as citing relevant material from course assignments and from the American Yawp textbook. 5. How did the market revolution shape the development of the United States from the 1780s through the 1870s? Discuss economic development in each region of the nation, for example, the North, South, and West, as well as in the nation as a whole. Support your answer with evidence or examples from course readings. Cite primary sources from the American Yawp Reader, as well as citing relevant material from course assignments and from the American Yawp textbook. 6. Discuss relations between American Indians (Native Americans) and Americans of European descent from the 1600s through 1877. Cite primary sources from the American Yawp Reader, as well as citing relevant material from course assignments such as Deerfield, and from the American Yawp textbook. 7. How did technologies reflect and reshape the nation between 1700 and 1877? Discuss the causes and consequences of the changes that brought new technologies and discuss the specific implications and consequences of the changes that the new technologies wrought. Cite primary sources from the American Yawp Reader, as well as citing relevant material from course assignments and from the American Yawp textbook. 8. Congratulations! You have a new job as a History Tour Director. After five semesters of students staying at home, colleges have converted from stationary physical campuses to RTUs (Road Trip Universities). Your job is to plan a road trip for college history students that develops a thesis for a course covering the era from 1619 through 1877. Organize your RTU trip logically and thoughtfully. Don’t just summarize; explain why each site will engage students. For each place you visit, link a relevant primary source document from the American Yawp Reader. How will the sites and the primary source documents that you assign to students develop your course’s thesis or theses? For context(s), be sure to cite the American Yawp textbook and any other relevant course materials and assignments. You may also use refereed sources (sources that have been written, peer-reviewed and verified by scholars or experts) available on the TCC library website to find appropriate sources. On the TCC library homepage, click on the ″Libraries during COVID-19” link under the “Alerts and News” heading. On the following page, click on the link to the “Digital Resources Guide″ in the dark blue box on the left-side of the page. You may access the library homepage via the following link: ˂https://libguides.tcc.edu/LibraryPage˃. You may NOT use Wikipedia, nor any websites ending in .com or .net.
