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Your Final Exam Part 2 (free response essay) will be on Thursday, 5/5/11. It will consist of one essay question from the following list of six . . . do some research for each one and a little planning ahead of time . . . once again, feel free to consult the deity of your choice for assistance!
Potential Essay Questions for Semester 2 Final Day 2
Look back over your materials; get some specific facts that you might use for each of these questions, and plan an answer and scratch outline for each. On test day, TWO of these SIX essay questions will be selected randomly; you will then pick ONE of the TWO for your essay.1) In what ways did the ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political, economic, and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s?
2) Analyze the political, diplomatic, and military reasons for the United States victory in the Revolutionary War. Confine your answer to the period 1775-1783.
3) Analyze the ways in which controversy over the extension of slavery into western territories contributed to the coming of the Civil War. Confine your answer to the period 1845-1861.
4) Analyze the ways in which technology, government policy, and economic conditions changed American agriculture in the period 1865-1900.
5) Analyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era reforms from the 1880s through 1920. Focus your essay on TWO of the following:
Politics
Social conditions
Labor and working conditions
6) Explain the causes and consequences of TWO of the following population movements in the United States during the period 1945-1985.
Suburbanization
The growth of the Sun Belt
Immigration to the United States
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