History 407/607: Final Exam Review
(The Final Examination will be held in class on: Thursday, May 20th from
1:00pm-3:00pm)
Possible
Identification:
(60 pts: Four IDs
appear on exam, you answer two, 30 pts each)
Gentry Turnaround Gospel
of Moneyed Men
Independence Betrayed Defending
Democracy
Rings of Protection “Barrier
Against Democracy”
Ratification Madison’s
Reversal
Founders and Christianity Federalist
Revolution
Republican Motherhood Indians and the Revolutionary War
Plan of Civilization Cornplanter and Handsome Lake
Shawnee Prophet Tecumseh’s
Last Stand
Gradual Emancipation Black
Life in the Free North
Slavery and the Constitution “Necessary
Evil”
Rise of the
Artisan Republic Bastard
Workshop
Journeymen’s Strikes Making an American Culture
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