UNITED STATES HISTORY
Fall
2002
Mid-term
Examination
I Choose
one (75%):
Please
note: Before starting to
write, you must read the question carefully and understand what is being
asked. A good essay will make 1) an
interesting thematic argument, 2) bolstered by extensive facts,
and 3) conclude with a compelling summation.
A. Describe
the differences between the “southern” United States and the
“northern” United States in 1800. How were those
differences politically expressed.
B. How
did Thomas Paine use religion to bolster his argument In Common Sense. Why were religious arguments so powerful
to Americans in 1776.
C. How
was the world that Martha Ballard inhabited, as described in a Midwife’s
Tale, “pre-modern?”
How was it “modern?”.
II Identify and give Significance
of Five of the following (25%):
a.
William Penn f.
Sicle-cell Anemia
b. Prince Phillip’s War g.
First United States Bank
c. Boston Tea Party h. Lord Cornwallis
d.
Battle of New Orleans I.
“The 3/5s Clause”
e.
Salem Witch Trials j.
Christopher Columbus
UNITED
STATES HISTORY
Fall
2001
Mid-term
Examination
I Choose
one (75%):
Please
note: Before starting to
write, you must read the question carefully and understand what is being
asked. A good essay will make 1) an
interesting thematic argument, 2) bolstered by extensive facts,
and 3) conclude with a compelling summation.
A. The
American Revolution created a “new” nation. To what extent was the American Republic
“new” and to what extent was it an affirmation of ideas derived
from Europe? Draw on lectures,
text, and assigned readings for your essay.
B. Write
a history of the Eastern North American Indians from the beginning of British
and French colonization through the War of 1812. Draw on lectures, text, and assigned
readings for your essay.
C. To
what extent did public events shape British North Americans’ private
lives? Your essay should include references to the Salem Witch Trials, A
Midwife’s Tale, and the Great Awakening.
II Identify and give Significance
of Five of the following (25%):
a.
John Rolfe f.
Gullah
b. Yamasee War g. Funding and Assumption
c. Sons of Liberty h. John Adams
d.
Treaty of Ghent I.
“The Elastic Clause”
e.
Social Covenant j.
Civic Humanism
UNITED
STATES HISTORY
Fall
l993
Mid-term
Examination
I Choose
one (75%):
Please note: Before starting to write, you must
read the question carefully and understand what is being asked. A good essay will make 1) an interesting
thematic argument, 2) bolstered by extensive facts, and 3) conclude with
a compelling summation.
a. "The American Revolution was the culmination of the
Colonial Experience. By 1750 British North Americans had
become Americans. The American
Revolution simply confirmed the changes that had occurred in the previous 150
years." Respond critically to
this quote. For
your essay draw on the text book, lectures, and Paine's Common Sense.
b. Compare and contrast the lives of
colonial Native American women with those of colonial Anglo-American women. Besides your text readings, draw on the
material contained in Axtell's Indian Peoples of Eastern North America
and Ulrich's A Midwife's Tale.
c. "Americans
are both an idealistic and a profoundly practical people." Evaluate this statement with regard to
the American Revolution, the Federal Constitution, and the Republican
administrations of Jefferson and Madison.
Draw on lectures, textbook, and supplementary readings in Paine and
Ulrich.
II Identify and give Significance
of Five of the following (25%):
a.
Treaty of Ghent f.
Powhaton
b.
Great Awakening g.
Ann Hutchinson
c.
Boston Tea Party h.
William Penn
d.
Sickle-cell Anemia i. Social Covenant
e.
Bacon's Rebellion j.
Salutary Neglect
UNITED
STATES HISTORY
Fall
l994
Mid-term
Examination
I Essay: Choose one
(50%).
A
good essay will make 1) an interesting thematic argument, 2) bolstered by
extensive facts, and 3) conclude with a compelling summation. Your essay, even (a), should draw on
1) readings, 2) the text book, 3) lectures, and 4) discussions.
a.
Choose a theme and write a unified essay that draws on all
three collateral readings---Columbus, Four Voyages, Ulrich, A
Mid-Wife's Tale, and Paine, Common
Sense. You may discuss the books in any terms
that you like, but use them as historical
documents that provide
insight into the American past.
b.
Write an essay that explains why in 1776 British North Americans resorted to
revolution. Why did they feel
independence was necessary? Why did
they believe
revolution was justified? What made them see themselves
as "Americans?" NOTE
CAREFULLY: Your essay should
begin in 1607 and should not discuss any events after
1776. It is about the origins
of the Revolution,
not the events of the Revolution.
c.
How did the "colonial experience" of British North Americans shape the Federal Constitution of
1787? Address such issues as the colonial
origins of the idea
of a written constitution, states rights, popular
sovereignty, and individual rights.
II Identify and give significance of five
of the following (50%):
a.
Civic Humanism
b.
Strict Construction
c. Prince Philip's War
d.
"Revolution of 1800"
e.
Sentinel Theory
f.
Glorious Revolution
g.
Sickle-Cell Anemia
h.
Salem Witch Trials
i.
"Rotten Boroughs"
j.
Delancy v. Livingston
UNITED
STATES HISTORY
Fall
l994
Mid-term
Examination
I Essay: Choose one
(50%).
A
good essay will make 1) an interesting thematic argument, 2) bolstered by
extensive facts, and 3) conclude with a compelling summation. Your essay should draw on 1) the
text book, 2) lectures, and 3) discussions.
a.
Explain why Eastern Native Americans fared worse in their
confrontation with the British North Amreican colonies than in
their confrontations with Spanish and
French North American colonies.
Which group fared the
best and why?
b.
Write an essay that explains why in 1776 British North Americans resorted to
revolution. Why did they feel
independence was necessary? Why did
they believe
revolution was justified? What made them see themselves
as "Americans?" NOTE
CAREFULLY: Your essay should
begin in 1607 and should not discuss any events after
1776. It is about the origins
of the Revolution,
not the events of the Revolution.
c.
How did the "colonial experience" of British North Americans shape the Federal Constitution of
1787? Address such issues as the colonial
origins of the idea
of a written constitution, states rights, popular
sovereignty, and individual rights.
II Identify and give significance of five
of the following (50%):
a.
Civic Humanism
b.
Strict Construction
c. Prince Philip's War
d.
"Revolution of 1800"
e.
Sentinel Theory
f.
Glorious Revolution
g.
Sickle-Cell Anemia
h.
Salem Witch Trials
i.
"Rotten Boroughs"
j.
Delancy v. Livingston
UNITED
STATES HISTORY
Fall
l993
Mid-term
Examination
I Choose
one (75%):
a. Like
most important events, the American Revolution and its constitutional
settlement broke with the past even as they maintained important
continuities. Which do you think
was the most important? Write an
essay that either underlines the radical aspects of the American
Revolution or write an essay that identifies the Revolution's
conservative character. Whichever
you choose, in addition, explain what historical forces caused the
radicalism of the new nation or what historical forces caused its conservatism.
Draw on text readings, lectures,
and Paine's Common Sense.
b. Compare and contrast the lives of
colonial Native American women with those of colonial Anglo-American
women. Besides your text readings,
draw on the material contained in Axtell's Indian Peoples of Eastern North
America and Ulrich's A Midwife's Tale.
c. In
his l835 classic, Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville argued
that politics in
II Identify and Give Significance of Five
of the following (25%):
a.
Hartford Convention g.
Powhaton
b.
Elastic Clause h.
Jonathan Edwards
c.
Rice i. Ann Hutchinson
d.
Indenture j.
Funding and Assumption
e.
1763 k.
Coercive Acts
f.
Bacon's Rebellion l.
William Penn
UNITED
STATES HISTORY
Fall
l999
Mid-term
Examination
I Choose
one (75%):
Please
note: Before starting to
write, you must read the question carefully and understand what is being
asked. A good essay will make 1) an
interesting thematic argument, 2) bolstered by extensive facts,
and 3) conclude with a compelling summation.
A. Drawing
on Columbus, The Four Voyages, write an essay that identifies the impact
on his voyage of civic humanism, navigational innovations, the international market
economy, and religion.
B. Write
an essay that explains Paine’s Common Sense in terms of the
historical change that had occurred in the British North American colonies
between 1607 and 1776.
C. In
1800, which political party, the Federalist or the Republican, sought to
conserve the American past? Which
sought to transform American life?
II Identify and give Significance
of Five of the following (25%):
a.
1619 f.
Indenture
b.
Proclamation Line of 1763 g.
Funding and Assumption
c.
Intolerable Acts h.
John Adams
d.
James Gambier
e.
Prince Philip’s War j.
Kanawake
UNITED
STATES HISTORY
Fall
l998
Mid-term
Examination
I Choose
one (75%):
Please
note: Before starting to
write, you must read the question carefully and understand what is being
asked. A good essay will make 1) an
interesting thematic argument, 2) bolstered by extensive facts, and 3)
conclude with a compelling summation.
A. Write
an essay that identifies the various influences of the four regions of British
America--New England, the Middle Colonies, the Plantation Tidewater, and the
Back Country.
B. In
1787, when Americans wrote their federal constitution, they drew on a variety
of influences, some borrowed from Europe, some acquired in America. Write an essay that
explains the historical roots of 1) a written constitution, 2) states rights, and 3) and the
separation of church and state.
Your essay should draw on lectures, discussions, text reading, and
Paine’s Common Sense.
C. Draw
on Rowland’s Sovereignty and Goodness of God and Ulrich’s A
Midwife’s Tale to write an essay that portrays the life and status of
free, white women in British Colonial America.
II Identify and give Significance
of Five of the following (25%):
a.
Battle of New Orleans f.
Metacom
b.
Great Awakening g.
Ephraim Ballard
c.
Lord Cornwallis h.
Election of 1800
d.
Carolina Rice I.
Martin Luther
e.
Bacon's Rebellion j.
“Rotten Boroughs”
UNITED
STATES HISTORY
Fall
l997
Mid-term
Examination
I Choose
one (75%):
Carefully read
questions to understand what is being asked. A good essay will make 1) a thematic
argument, 2) bolstered by extensive facts, and 3) conclude with an
insightful summation.
a. How did religion
shape American culture in the colonial era?
Your essay should include New
England Puritans, Mary
Rowlandson’s The Sovereignty and
Goodness of God; the Great
Awakening, and
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense.
b. Evaluate how war
influenced early American history by
examining Prince Philip’s War, the Seven Years War, the
American Revolution, and the War of 1812.
c. When Europeans
colonized the "New World" they brought with
them a variety of ideas and attitudes that, not only affected the societies
they founded, but their response to the native
populations. Drawing on
lectures, text, and Columbus's
Four Voyages, write an
essay that addresses how European
culture shaped American history.
II Identify and give Significance
of Five of the following (25%):
a.
The Intolerable Acts f.
Powhaton
b.
Jay Treaty g.
c.
Boston Tea Party h.
Sentinel Theory
d.
Gullah i. John Adams
e.
James Gambier
k. Jonathan Edwards