In 1861 South Carolina plantation owner Thomas Drayton told his brother in a letter that the Confederacy stood for “home & liberty.” Yet Drayton clearly meant the “liberty” to […]
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US History
Choose one of the following essay prompts for your midterm assessment. • Choice #1: Compare and contrast Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence with Thomas Paine’s pamphlet “Common Sense.” Which […]
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WWI was the war to “end all wars.” Clearly not! Identify at least 2 major issues in this war. Why did you choose them, and why are they important? Has […]
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How did individual state constitutions contribute to the U.S. Constitution? What are the Bill of Rights?
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The Comanche Nation, according to Pekka Hamalainen, was an expansionist, imperialist power in the late 1700s. What does she mean by this, and how big of a threat do you […]