Part I: You will be given three of these questions and asked to answer one. A 3-4 page answer will probably suffice. You may make notes on the back of this sheet (300 word limit; no written-out answers), but you may NOT bring a textbook. Turn this sheet in with the exam. (50%)
 

1. What assumptions did Lewis and Clark begin their expedition with? Which of these assumptions were confirmed by the expedition? Which did they have to alter because of the expedition? In what ways did these assumptions govern future American expansion?
 

2. Define the policies and attributes of Democratic President Andrew Jackson that gave rise to the opposition Whig Party? Why did the Whigs oppose each?
 

3. In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, what were the areas of fundamental agreement between the two? In what ways did they disagree? 
 

4. What methods did slaves use to cope with their enslavement? What did they gain from these methods?
 

5. In what ways was temperance the paradigmatic reform of ante-bellum society?
 

6. Why was the Kansas Nebraska Bill far more disruptive than the "Compromise" of 1850?
 

7. What factors were decisive in the Northern victory in the Civil War?
 

8. Both Federalist and Republican Party leaders sought to create an " Empire of Liberty." How did they define such an empire and what steps did they take to achieve it?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Part II: Document Interpretation - you must use Discovering the American Past for this part. This section is open book (DAP only). You may make any notes in the book you wish but you may not write out an answer. Your answer should be based on and supported by references to the documents themselves, not the introductory and concluding materials. You may select either of the two following questions:
 

1. Chapter 6: Cherokee Removal. Compare and contrast the ideas of Jefferson and Jackson on the Cherokee Indians (Sources 1-2). In what ways do they differ? What assumptions do they share? Do they point to different solutions to the "Cherokee problem"? In what ways do the opinions of the Cherokees themselves (Sources 3-4) and the "friends of the Indians" (Sources 5-6) mirror the views of Jefferson? of Jackson? Would Jefferson, if he had been President in 1830, have offered the Cherokees different choices than Jackson? Does this suggest to you that there was alternative to removal in the 1830s? If so, what? If not, why not?
 

2. Chapter 10: The Price for Victory. Compare the Union and Confederate thinking on the decision to employ African American troops in the Civil War. What assumptions were shared by whites in both regions about using African American troops? Why, given these shared assumptions, did the North decide to use African American troops and the South delay a decision until the war was virtually over?