What arguments did "Black Founders" make in favor of abolition, African American citizenship, and a just republic?
How did race enter into arguments between Federalists and Jeffersonians? What was the relationship between cotton, Cherokee removal, and white supremacy?
What is the connection between "Jacksonian democracy" and "white supremacy" as articulated in this class?
Document Based Question: This section of the test will be written in a "blue book". You can purchase one in the university bookstore or from the History department office in Rhode Hall 330. (50 points) You will have to write on one of the following:
Chapter 5 Using the documents provided and your knowledge of the period, analyze the degree to which the American Revolutionry War was a -Counter-Revolution." the intent of which was to maintain ownership of property in slaves and the right to profit from them.
Chapter 6 Using the evidence in the documents provided and your knowledge of United States history, evaluate William Lloyd Garrison's contention that the United States Constitution represented a "Covenant with Death and an Agreement with Hell?"