Short Answer Questions
For this exam, you will compose answers for TWO of the following three questions (so: A&B; B&C; or A&C), and including at least the minimum length response to each of the 4 numbers after the respective Topic. I am not looking for a specific three concepts for each answer, so you should have some flexibility in each, but ensure that you can explain/elaborate why these are clearly among the most significant/important/relevant concepts. You MUST utilize assigned readings and/or lectures for these answers, and regardless of source, you must include citations when providing specific knowledge, or unique language, within your answer. Remember that AI generators are essentially “plagiarism machines”, so you are strongly encouraged to focus on ideas and topics drawn from course materials. Failure to provide citations and/or quotation marks for ideas or language adopted from un-credited authors/sources will cause this exam to be graded as a “0”, reducing your overall score in the course by a letter-grade. So, don’t do that!
Important: when submitting this assignment, send it to me as a file, or include it into the text box – do not submit as a google doc (&etc.) or something that I have to leave Canvas to read – because I can’t/won’t.
Please quote from the textbook and attached notes only.
Please put quotation marks around all quotations.
Please be sure to cite at least one textbook or notebook in each response. Also, please be sure to include one citation per topic from both the textbook and the notes.
Please refer to the sample answers attached below.
https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/1-introduction
Note attached to the file.
Topic A) Discuss three issues that were central to the division of America’s first two political parties (the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans). (2-3 sentences per answer/number)
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What positive developments do you believe came from the division of American politics into rival parties in the 1790’s-1800’s, if any? (3-5 sentence response)
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Topic B) Discuss three ways in which the “West” and/or the “Frontier” shaped/effected American and society and culture from 1783 to 1840. (2-3 sentences per answer/number)
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Which particular event or issue do you feel best exemplifies the importance of the West/Frontier in this period? (3-5 sentence response)
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Topic C) Discuss two ways (EACH) for why Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson were both seen as a “champion of the common man” during their respective presidencies. (2-3 sentences per answer/number)
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Which do you feel was more deserving of this title, and why? (3-5 sentence response)
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