Which of the following issues do you feel were most central to provoking civil war: the debate over slavery, the debate over states’ rights, or the growing economic and social differences between North and South? Defend your position by discussing specific events from the 1850s.

Essay Questions

Essay Question 1: Explain the impact of the market economy on nineteenth-century America.

Essay Question 2: How did the institution of slavery change after the American Revolution? Describe both the lives of slaves and the ways that slaves resisted slavery.

Essay Question 3: Which of the following issues do you feel were most central to provoking civil war: the debate over slavery, the debate over states’ rights, or the growing economic and social differences between North and South? Defend your position by discussing specific events from the 1850s.