APU HIST101 WEEK 4 AND WEEK 5 FORUM

WEEK 4

Please choose one of the following questions to answer:

1. How did the Louisiana Purchase transform America’s understanding of itself?

2. Could the War of 1812 be considered America’s second war for independence? Explain.

3. How did republican ideas shape marital relations and expectations?

4. Why did Jackson support Indian Removal? Did Removal help to
preserve, or to destroy, Native American culture? Explain your answer.

5. In what
ways did the emerging industrial economy conflict with artisan
republicanism? How did wage laborers respond to the new economy?WEEK 5Please respond to one of the following initial questions;

1. What were the main beliefs of transcendentalism, and how did American writers incorporate them into their work?

2. How did black social thought change over the first half of the
nineteenth century? What role did black activists play in the abolition
movement?

3. How do you explain the appearance of the women’s rights movement?
What were its goals and why did they arouse intense opposition?

4. By 1860, what different groups made up the South’s increasingly
complex society? How did these groups interact in the political arena?

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