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AP U.S. History
ESSAY TOPICS FOR UNIT 8.1and 8.2 EXAMS
Be prepared to discuss and analyze each of the following:
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Compare and contrast northern and southern antebellum societies.
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The "three" Souths: Border South, Middle South, Lower South
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Slavery
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Abolitionism: people, ideas, and impact on northern and southern
thought (including Southern apologists)
Discuss how each of the following was significant in bringing
about conflict between the North and South (be able to analyze relative
importance):
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Missouri statehood (and Compromise of
1820)
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Nullification Crisis of 1832
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Abolitionism
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Wilmot Proviso
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California statehood (and Compromise of
1850)
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Fugitive Slave Law
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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"Bloody Kansas"
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Dred Scott decision
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John Brown at Harper’s Ferry
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Election of 1860
Discuss how Constitutional issues created conflict
between the North and South between 1800 and 1860 (or between 1860 and
1877 for Unit 8.2)
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Supreme Court cases
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Laws passed by Congress
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Presidential enforcement of Congressional laws and judicial
decisions.
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State defiance of federal laws, Court decisions, or the Constitution
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Discuss how political issues during the 1840s and 1950s influenced
the American party system (Democrats, Whigs, Liberty Party, Free Soilers,
Republicans)
To what extent did the Civil War change American society?
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Politically
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Economically
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Socially
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Constitutionally
To what extent was Lincoln justified in bending the Constitution
during the Civil War?
To what extent was Reconstruction successful in achieving
the goals of the Republicans?
African Americans in American society between 1877 and
1919
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