MIDTERM ESSAYS                       HONORS AMERICAN HISTORY

Mr. Freer                                         CBC IA, IIA, IIC, IIIA, VIA

Your midterm exam consists of 80 points of objective questions and 20 points of essays for the sum total of 100 points. 

Select ONE from this list.  10 points.

                  1.   Identify three significant events that occurred in 1619 in the Virginia Colony, and describe why each is of lasting importance.

                  2.   Describe the relative advantages and disadvantages for BOTH America and England during the American Revolution.

                  3.   Summarize the critical differences between the Federalists and the Republicans.

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I will select one from this list.  10 points.

                  4.   How did the framers of the Compromise of 1850 attempt to settle the slavery issue?  Explain the most important provisions of the Compromise and the effect those provisions had on the North and the South.

                  5.   Compare the points of view and advantages of the North and the South in the Civil War.

                  6.   What might be the reasons that Southern whites were able to reestablish racial supremacy in the years during and after Reconstruction?