History 342: Final Exam Study Guide
(The Final Examination will be held in class)
Friday, December 14th
from 1:00pm-3:00pm)
Possible
Identification:
(50 pts: Four IDs
appear on exam, you answer two, 25 pts each)
Gentry Turnaround |
Gospel of Moneyed Men |
Independence Betrayed |
Defending Democracy |
Rings of Protection |
Articles of Confederation |
Why the Founders Feared Democracy |
“Barrier Against Democracy” |
Ratification |
Madison’s Reversal |
The Founders and Christianity |
Federalist Revolution |
Jefferson’s Nightmare |
Revolution of 1800 |
Republican Motherhood |
Revolution for Northern Slaves? |
Revolution for Southern Slaves? |
Indians and the Revolutionary War |
Cornplanter and
Handsome Lake |
Making an American Culture |
The Birth of American History |
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One of the following essay questions will appear on the exam (no
choice)
1) In 1991, the
Pulitzer Prize in history went to a book arguing that the American Revolution
was a victory for democracy and for the average person. According to this author, the Revolution
earns distinction for having made “the interests and prosperity of ordinary
Americans – their pursuits of happiness – the goal of society and
government.” Do you agree or disagree with this assessment of the Revolution?
(Whatever side you argue, you must include consideration of the other position:
if you’re going to argue that the Revolution was a victory for the average
person, your answer also needs to consider the Revolution’s limits; if you’re
going to argue that the Revolution wasn’t a victory for ordinary folk, your
answer also needs to consider the ways in which ordinary people
benefited). USE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES TO
MAKE YOUR CASE. The more SPECIFIC examples that you include and the
WIDER VARIETY of “ordinary Americans” your analysis takes into
consideration, the better your grade will be).
2) As we have seen this semester, the Revolution ended in
complicated ways, with not everyone getting what they wanted from the settlement
after the war. Some people did quite well and saw their power and wealth grow;
others experienced a mix of benefits and losses; still other groups saw
themselves in steep decline. Why do you think the Revolution ended the way it
did? Why did some people end up better off and others with little to show? Use
specific examples from lectures and readings to answer the question. (This
question is asking your opinion, but I want you to justify your response using
specific examples of what happened during the 1780s-1810s that led you to draw
your conclusions. The more SPECIFIC
examples that you include, the better your grade will be).
3) An outbreak of food poisoning has hospitalized the
entire social studies department at the high school in your neighborhood. The principal has called on college students
to serve as temporary replacements. You
have volunteered to teach the unit called “The Founding of the New Nation: the
American Revolution in the years following the War for