Overview
General instructions:
It is meant to be like a classroom test.
You should give yourself around 2 hours to complete the exam.
This entire exam should be written in your own words. You can use your sources for the course to STUDY, but you should NOT reference them directly or indirectly as you write. This may lead to plagiarism and if ANYTHING comes up in Turnitin as such, your exam will be disqualified from grading, NO EXCEPTIONS.
- You WILL NOT CITE ANY SOURCES OR USE ANY QUOTATIONS on this exam. Use your readings and the other information I have provided for study and preparation but I am looking for information you have learned and remembered, analyzed using independent thought, written in your own words.
This exam is meant to approximate or 'mimic' an in-class exam.
You will provide supporting details in your body paragraphs by studying your sources and giving examples as you remember and understand them. You must have 3-4 specific examples from the readings/lectures in each of your body paragraphs. The examples you choose must be terms specifically defined in your own words and then discussed in relation to other information that you have learned in the course.
- If you have a similarity score higher than 5 % YOUR EXAM WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
DO NOT wait until the last second to submit your exam. If something goes wrong you will have no recourse. I will NOT accept any papers submitted after the deadline UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
- If you are having any problems submitting, or are concerned you might, take the precaution to email me the document BEFORE the 9:00 pm deadline.
Specific Grading Rubric Guidelines:
10 points-Introduction and one sentence thesis statement
- Clear, complex and well written thesis statement, including three elements/examples to be discussed in the body paragraphs, in a full paragraph introduction of your paper.
Avoid casual/informal, colloquial, or overly figurative hyperbolic language.
- 15 points-Topic Sentences
Each topic sentence must relate directly if not literally repeat a thesis element.
- 15 points-Paper Length
15 points for 1200 words or more
12 points 1000 words
9 points 800 words
6 points 600 words
3 points for 400 words
30 points-Amount of specific examples
Each body paragraph must have a minimum of four examples based on terms from each unit that support your argument or thesis. Make sure to fully explain and define all terms used.
10 points-Content/Style/Effort
Clear, complex and complete sentences using formal academic language used to support a well thought out thesis.
Avoid casual/informal, colloquial, or overly figurative hyperbolic language.
10 points-Grammar/Sentence Structure/Font/Spacing
All thoughts should be constructed in comprehensible language in 12 point font, double spaced.
10 points-Conclusion and Restated Thesis
Clear restatement of thesis concluding your paper in a thoughtful, paragraph long summation of your argument.
Your answer should be about 1200 words and take around 2 hours to complete.
Essay Question:
In a well-organized, five paragraph essay, explain and evaluate what you believe to be the most impactful long term influences on, immediate causes of and actual events of the American Civil War. (Use these three specific categories as your thesis.)
In your body paragraphs make sure to use as evidence specific events, people, ideas, court cases, cultural trends, literature and/or laws, that you believe most influenced the war.
ANSWER THE ESSAY USING A STANDARD FIVE PARAGRAPH FORMAT, INCLUDING AN INTRODUCTION WITH A CLEAR THESIS STATEMENT (THE QUESTION CATEGORIES RESTATED), TOPIC SENTENCES FOR EACH BODY PARAGRAPH AND A CONCLUSION RESTATING YOUR THESIS.
Make sure to discuss at least four terms/specific examples/details (see suggestions below) in each of your body paragraphs.
Your thesis should look something like this:
My essay will discuss the most important long term influences leading us to Civil war, the immediate, 'last straw' causes, and lastly the most crucial aspects of the war itself.
Terms for this exam:
UNIT-MODULE 9 CHAPTER 12 AND 13
MANIFEST DESTINY AND THE SECTIONAL CRISIS
MANIFEST DESTINY
CITY ON A HILL
TEXAS REVOLUTION
ALAMO
MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
JAMES K. POLK
SANTA ANNA
GOLD RUSH
FORTY-NINERS
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
UNCLE TOMS CABIN
FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT
MINSTRELSY
BLACKFACE
NEW YORK DRAFT RIOTS
POPULAR SOVERIEGNTY
FREE SOIL PARTY
COMPROMISE OF 1850
ZACHARY TAYLOR
STEPHEN A.DOUGLASS
FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT
THE KNOW-NOTHINGS
NATIVISM
KANSAS NEBRASKA ACT
BLEEDING KANSAS
LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION
JOHN BROWN
SACK OF LAWRENCE
POTTOWATOMIE MASSACRE
'THE CANING OF SUMNER'
THE DRED SCOTT CASE
LINCOLN AND DOUGLASS SENATORIAL DEBATES
'A HOUSE DIVIDED' SPEECH
HARPER'S FERRY
'JOHN BROWN'S BODY'
UNIT-MODULE 10 CHAPTER 14 AND 15
THE CIVIL WAR
ELECTION OF 1860
SECESSION
JEFFERSON DAVIS
WEST POINT
'CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
THE FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
AUTODIDACT
MARY TODD LINCOLN
FORT SUMTER
SUSPENDING THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
ANACONDA PLAN
ROBERT E. LEE
HOMESTEAD ACT
COPPERHEADS
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
54TH MASSACHUSETTS
HARRIET TUBMAN
DOROTHEA DIX
MINIE BALL
TELEGRAPH
FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN/FIRST MANASSAS
PGT BEAUREGARD
ANTIETAM
GREENBACKS
RADICAL REPUBLICANS
THADDEUS STEVENS
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT
APPOMATTOX
LINCOLN ASSASSINATION
JOHN WILKES BOOTH
FORD'S THEATER
SAMUEL MUDD
FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT
FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT
EXTRA CREDIT PARAGRAPH: 5 POINTS!
The entertainment of 'Minstrelsy' is controversial and unpleasant but had a great impact on American society in the past extending into the present. What to do you think is the long term societal impact of the use of 'blackface' in entertainment, on racism, and on African American people themselves?