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STUDY
GUIDE FOR SECOND EXAM
THE
FORGING OF AN AMERICAN NATION, 1783-1865
HI224
EASTERN NAZARENE
COLLEGE
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syllabus
The second exam will consist of thirty to forty
multiple choice questions (25% of test grade), five short answer questions
(25%), and one long essay (50%). Be prepared to answer questions
on any of the material covered in class: the readings from Out of Many,
the Way We Lived, the supplimentary texts, articles, as well as lecture
content and film clips.
ESSAY QUESTION
You will receive one of three questions below on the essay section.
You will not know which one of the three will be on the exam, so study
for all of them. Some pointers: answer the question as directly and
clearly as possible. Be sure to address all the components of the
question. Remember to integrate the relevant reading and lecture
material to support your argument. Always avoid vague generalizations.
Refer to specific events, policies, groups, ideas and individuals in your
answers. You must bring blank line paper on which to write your answers.
Do not make any markings, outlines, or notes on your essay answer sheets
prior to the exam.
1. Write an essay on the South’s increasing dependence on slavery
in the years leading up to the Civil War. How and why did this lead
to a wider division between the North and the South?
2. Discuss the role of the new immigrants in America from the late 1840s
to the Civil War. What forces drove these new arrivals to the U.
S.? How were they received by American-born citizens? How did
such immigrants influence politics and society?
3. Why did the North win the Civil War? Describe the major strengths
of the Union and compare those to the relative weaknesses of the Confederacy.
TERMS AND NAMES
If you are familiar with the terms and names below, it should help
you considerably on the exam. Remember, it is best to know the “who,”
“what,” “where,” “when,” and “why” of these. The “why” or the significance
of any term or name is most important.
Cotton Gin
De Bow’s Review
The Cavalier Myth
Yeomen Farmers
Nat Turner
The proslavery argument
Putting-Out System
Samuel Slater
Lowell
Know-Nothings
The Republic of Texas
Manifest Destiny
Stephen F. Austin
Free-Soilers
Southern Honor
The Oneida Community
“Cult of Domesticity”
Seneca Falls Convention
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American Society for the Promotion of Temperance
American Colonization Society
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Sojourner Truth
Fugitive Slave Act
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott
Bleeding Kansas
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Republican Party
Harper’s Ferry
States’ Rights
Secession
Fort Sumter
Jefferson Davis
New York Draft Riots
Emancipation
William T. Sherman
Appomattox
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