John Kincheloe

There are two exams for this course. The Midterm Exam deals with material from the first half of the course and the Final Exam deals with material from the second half. Each exam will feature a 20 item Map section, a Chronology section, and 1 essay.

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1 - Map Section: (20%)

You will be given 2 lists of 10 locations from the following list and asked to place them on a blank maps of North America [link] and the Atlantic [link.]

Map items for midterm exam

Cahokia	St. Augustine	New Amsterdam	New Orleans	New Haven
Jamestown	Tenochtitlan	Chaco Canyon	Lisbon	Paris
London	Canary Islands	Plymouth	Ft. Orange	Savannah River
Delaware River	Hudson River	Bunker Hill	Boston	Haiti
Jamaica	Philadelphia	Boston	Charleston	Newport
Salem	Chesapeake Bay	Williamsburg	Yorktown	Atlantic Ocean
Hartford	Long Island	Sea Islands

Map items for final exam

Sutter’s Mill	Rio Grande River	Mississippi River	Potomac River	Annapolis
Tennessee River	Gulf of Mexico	Geneva	Istanbul	Philadelphia
Tippecanoe	Lowell	Erie Canal	St. Louis	Savannah
Lake Michigan	Merrimack River	Santa Fe	Knoxville	Rochester
Albany	Vicksburg	Gettysburg	Chicago	Cumberland
Concord	Chattanooga	Columbia River	New Echota	Richmond
Pittsburgh	Newark	Nantucket

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II - Chronology: (10%)

--Drawn from historical events and people covered in lecture. (Review of Lecture Notes on the syllabus may be helpful.)---

-matching = You will be given a list of people, events, etc. to be matched to its associated Culture/Region. (Context)

-timeline = You will be given a list of events or people to be put in order of when they happened. (Causation)

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III – Essay: (70%)

You will be given 1 out of the following list of essays and asked to answer it as an argumentative essay.

-You must incorporate the required number of primary sources chosen from those listed/linked in the course schedule.
-Citations are not required, but documents and quotes must be clearly attributed, and must have notations in the margin.

-Plagiarism policy applies...this must be a product of your own efforts.

Midterm Exam essay questions:

What was the importance of Native Americans to the European settlement of the new world and the colonial formation of the United States? Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic.

What is the role of diversity in the history of pre-Revolutionary America? Defend your argument fully using multiple different groups in multiple time periods. Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic.

There are many causes that led up to the colonial revolt that became the American Revolution. Which was the most influential cause of dissatisfaction? Why this one as opposed to others? Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic.

It has been argued that the motivating factor of North American Colonial settlement was the pursuit of profit. Do you agree with this? Why or why not? Address multiple colonies. Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic.

Final Exam essay questions:

Slavery was a political issue within America from the founding of the Unites States. Why was it such a hotly debated issue? Address the Early Republic, Market Revolution, and Civil War Eras? Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic.

Which of the following themes do you think is the most useful for understanding the first 90 years of the United States: Political Conflict, Expansionism, or Economic Sectionalism? Why? Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic.

As the United States entered an age of rapid transportation and production, the northern and southern states increasingly based their economies on different types of production. Were these divergent directions a hindrance or a benefit to a rapidly growing country? Why? Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic.

It has been argued that the history of the early development of the United States was the struggle between competing visions of America’s economic future. What were these competing visions? Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic.

JOHN C. KINCHELOE Northern Virginia Community College