Learning Module 2 – Exam Study Guide
History 101 / Fall
2009[1]
General Information:
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This exam will be
on October 15. My policy is no make-up
exams.
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There are two
sections to the exam: An exam essay (30 pts) and an objective test (50 pts)
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Bring a scantron
(50 questions) for the objective section and a # 2 pencil for the objective section
of the exam.
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Use these
guidelines for submission of the exam essay:
o
This is a “take-home”
exam question. This means that you write
the essay before October 15 and submit it at the time of class.
o
You can also email
the exam essay, but you must (1) submit the essay on or before 6 pm on October
15 and (2) include your full name and class in the subject box of the email.
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Recommendations for
Success:
o
A “practice quiz”
is included in this study guide. It would be wise to complete this quiz to test
your knowledge of the information from the textbook.
o
For the exam
essay you should consider (1) organizing your thoughts and outline the
information that you use for the exam essay, (2) contact Susan Oliver (soliver@cerritos.edu) if you are not
clear about the exam question and/or the information, and (3) working on the
ideas, outline and writing of the exam essay NOW, not on October 14. In addition pay careful attention to the list
of sources to use for the exam essay.
Exam Essay Study Guide
· The exam essay is due at the time of the exam or by 6 pm on October 15 if sent by email
· Typed essays are preferred, but if you decide to handwrite the essay be sure to (1) use black or blue ink and (2) make it legible to read: legible (careful handwriting) and large enough to be easily read.
· To answer the exam question completely, your essay should range between 500 – 700 words (2 – 4 pages, typed, double spaced).
Exam
Question: Slavery: The Cause of the Civil War
Overview: The central cause of the Civil War was the
existence of slavery in a nation founded on the principles of natural rights,
equality of all citizens, and each person’s liberty and/or freedom. In this exam essay, you are to evaluate why
slavery become central issue an escalating debate from 1830 to 1860.
Exam Question: Evaluate
the ways that (1) the actions of the abolitionist movement and (2) territorial
expansion made the existence of slavery the central topic of debate between
slaveholding states and non-slaveholding states between 1830 and 1860.
Historical Context: Slavery and Cotton: Refer to these
pages to gain background information about the significance of cotton to the economy,
which, in turn, expanded the need for slave labor.
1.
Chapter 9: The
Cotton Kingdom; The Unfree westward Movement.
2.
Chapter 11:
Cotton is King; The Second Middle Passage; Slavery and the Nation; The Southern
Economy (p. 378-382)
3.
The Impact of the
Louisiana Purchase: See TalonNet/Lessons/The Louisiana Purchase
4.
Slavery as a
Political Problem: Lecture on Causes of the Civil War. Issue: need to keep a balance
between slave and free states in the US Congress. For an understanding of the process of
territorial expansion see Chapter 13, pp. 441 – 453.
Abolitionist Movement and its Impact on the Issue of
Slavery
·
Chapter 11: The proslavery
argument, slavery and civilization,
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Chapter 12: The
Crusade Against Slavery. Focus on pages 422 – 427.
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Activity One:
Justifying Slavery; Justifying Freedom.
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Information from
PowerPoint: Causes of the Civil War
Territorial Expansion:
Chapter 13:
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Douglas and
Popular Sovereignty (pp. 458 – 459)
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A Dose of Arsenic
(pp. 453 – 460)
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Lincoln and
Slavery (466 – 467)
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Lincoln – Douglas
Debates (Voices of Freedom)
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Significance of
Lincoln’s victory in 1860 in terms of slavery in the western territories.
Recommended Organization of Essay:
Introduction:
Restatement of the question, brief overview of the contents of the essay;
thesis statement.
Historical Background: Cotton and Slavery
Body Paragraphs – most of the essay should be devoted
to these sections
Section one: Militant Abolitionist Movement.
·
Describe the change
in the abolitionist movement after 1830 (Garrison, etc.)
·
Describe militant
abolitionist movement’s decision to wage a moral argument about the existence
of slavery.
·
The Southern
response to the abolitionist movement’s approach: Proslavery argument (use
Fitzhugh). Provide an overview of the
various approaches used in the proslavery argument and then focus on Fitzhugh’s
approach.
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The ideas
expressed by Frederick Douglass (Activity 1)
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Significance of
the militant abolitionist movement to making slavery the central cause of the
Civil War.
Section Two: Territorial Expansion:
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The political
problem of territory and slavery: See Causes of the Civil War
Chapter 13:
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The meaning and
impact of manifest destiny
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The impact of the
Mexican American War on the issue of slavery, e.g. more territory = increased
stakes in the debate between the southern and northern states.
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The compromise of
1850 – its key provisions and its significance (last compromise on slavery).
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Define popular sovereignty
and consider its impact on the debate, e.g. its appeal to southern
slave-holding states.
·
Lincoln-Douglas
Debates (1858); Activity 2
Conclusion:
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A summary of the
impact of the abolitionist movement and territorial expansion on making the
existence of slavery the central cause of the Civil War.
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An opportunity to
offer your personal opinion about this historical time.
Exam Study Guide: Objective Section
Information:
Assigned Pages in
the Textbook
Chapter 9:
1.
Transportation
revolution – especially the Erie Canal and Railroads
2.
Factory System:
focus, workers
3.
Eli Whitney /
cotton gin
4.
Impact of
cotton/international trade
Chapter 11:
1.
Slave owners /
200 or more
2.
free blacks in
the south
3.
Second middle
passage
4.
Slave family
Chapter 12: Crusade Against Slavery to end of chapter
1.
Women’s Rights
Convention / Seneca Fall
2.
Attitude of F.
Douglass/woman’s rights
3.
Comparison of
early abolitionist movement and the one that emerged in the late 1820s/1830s
4.
Attitude and role
of William Lloyd Garrison
Chapter 13:
1.
Fruits of
Manifest Destiny – Focus on the process of territorial expansions and the concept
of Manifest Destiny
2.
Kansas Nebraska
Act/Bleeding Kansas
3.
Dred Scott
Decision
4.
Issue of Popular
Sovereignty
5.
Wilmot Proviso
6.
Emergence/Election
of Lincoln
The Impending Crisis
Chapter 14: All
1.
Advantages /
disadvantages of North and the confederacy
2.
Technology and
war; in battles and medical treatment
3.
Lincoln as
wartime president: issue of constitutional powers, process of supporting
abolition and issues the Emancipation Proclamation
4.
Locations of
major battles – first two years; after 1863
5.
Contents and
impact of Emancipation Proclamation
6.
Cotton Diplomacy
– strategy for the confederacy
7.
The War: Black
soldiers in Union Army
8.
Use of black
troops, Sherman’s actions.
9.
Civil War /
definition of freedom
10. Lincoln and reconstruction.