Questions and Topics We Can Help You To Answer

1. What defined the development of the institution of slavery in American Civilization, 1619-1863?  How did the institution of slavery and the ideology of the American Revolution intersect during these years?
   
   2. Discuss the religious-political or economic-social roots of the US revolution. How did the establishment and development of the U.S. government contradict or agree with these orgins during the period from 1789 to 1861?
   
   3. During 1783-1859, what were the various cultural, economic, political, religious, and/or social tensions between the U.S. North and South which led to the American Civil War?
   
   4. How did Native American and U.S. relations intersect with the institution of slavery? How did international issues threaten US relaions with Native Americans and African Americans during the Antebellum Era?
   
   5. What is American Exceptionalism? How has American Exceptionalism influenced US domestic policies and US international policies (for example how has American Exceptionalism influenced westward expansion, US-Indian Relations, North-South relations, US-world relations, US democracy, etc.)?
   
   Your essay should provide an answer and evidence (at least 5 primary sources) to prove your answer (main idea or thesis) to the one of the questions above.
   
   The essay must be 1500 to 1800 words long (roughly 5-6 pages if you have 1” margins, 12 font, Times New Roman, and double-spaced). 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Essay Rubric
   
   1.    The essay does not state in the introduction the five or more primary documents the student will use to prove his thesis. -5pts.
   2.    The essay has no clear thesis statement in the introduction. -10pts.
   3.    The essay contains 5 or less spelling errors and/or grammatical mistakes. -5pts.
   4.    The essay contains 6 or more spelling errors and/or grammatical mistakes. -10pts.
   5.    The essay refers to less than five primary documents. -5pts
   6.    The essay refers to no primary documents. -10pts
   7.    The essay does not have a conclusion. -5pts
   8.    The essay does not have an introduction. -5pts
   9.    The essay is not divided into paragraphs (with specific main ideas that function as sub-main ideas of the thesis statement). -5pts
   10.    The essay does not have a title. -5pts
   11.    The essay does not have the appropriate style, font, and/or margins. -5pts
   12.    The essay is plagiarized. -100pts