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Essay Instructions: Slavery and the civil war in the United States. If you have any questions email me at

Essay Instructions: Slavery,Freedom, and the crisis of the Union 1840-1877

Democracy in America: The Whigs and Democrats

Many Americans in the first half of the nineteenth century saw a powerful federal government as a threat to individual liberty and supported the sovereignty of state and local government. Others, however, believed that a powerful federal government could enhance American freedom. These two views helped shape the development of national political parties after 1800 and would play an important role in creating sectional conflict prior to the Civil War.

Question: Respond to the following:

? Considering economic policies and the balance of power between national and local government, how did Whigs and Democrats differ in their definitions of American freedom and its relationship to government authority? Use two examples from both the Democrats and Whigs to support your claims.

Give me Liberty - Eric Foner - wwnorton.com/studyspace

Essay Instructions: Slavery existed throughout the eighteenth-century British
colonial world, but it played different roles at different times in different places. Using Equiano's The Interesting Narrative and the experiences he relates in many different places as a primary source, but supplementing it with material from lectures and other readings, write an essay answering the following question: how importantwere the variations in slavery among different British societies from the perspective of the enslaved? Does the course of slavery in the United States following the American Revolution affect your answer (use Freehlings essay)?
(use MLA format)

Sources:
Olaudah Equiano "The Interesting Narrative and other writings"

Freehling "Founding Fathers" essay
(found at www.JSTOR.org)

Daniel K. Richter "Facing East from Indian Country"

Essay Instructions: American History:


Project Requirements

Focus on a question you want answered for example:

QUESTION:
A Pictorial and Narrative View of Slavery in the United States: How and Why it Happened from Colonial Times through the end of the American Civil War


INTRODUCTION: This section of the paper should be no longer than 2 pages, setting up what your focus will be, and why you regard the subject worthy of investigation. Consider clearly the ways in which it impacted American Society and culture during the time period.


BODY: This paper will be a visual and narrative presentation with 5 pictures interspersed throughout the essay along with narrative/writings.
Acknowledge under each picture its source.

CONCLUSION: about ½ page summarizing the paper

SOURCES: Utilize a minimum of 8 scholarly sources

Bibliography must be included

Use Turabian for citations and bibliography