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Please PIck 2 topics and write prefably 2 pages per topic.
Students can choose any two essay topics and
will write two, separate essays. Each essay is worth 40 points.

I expect that you will reference any and all sources available to you to answer the following questions; however, the
work and arguments you produce should BE YOUR OWN! You should plan to spend approximately two hours (try not to
spend more than that) actually writing the exam. The completed essays should be uploaded to Canvas.

Focus on the chapters in the textbook The American Yawp which cover The Reconstruction ? Chapter 15 through to the
New Era – Chapter 22. Please label your essays.

A. Reconstruction witnessed profound changes in the lives of southerners, black and white, rich and poor. Explain
the various ways that the lives of these groups were changed. How were the changes for better or worse?

B. The West meant different things to different groups of people. Explain the experiences of at least three distinct
groups of people in ?The West? between 1865 and 1914.

C. Explain the immigrant experience in the late 19th/early 20th century. Be sure to explore the changes in
immigration (?new? vs. ?old?) during this period. Explore the lives of working-class peoples both at home and in
the workplace.

D. What do historians mean by the term ?new? manifest destiny? Through specific historical examples illustrate
how and why this term came to define the late 19th and early 20th century United States.

E. What were the causes and the consequences of the Great War (First World War) for the United States? Include
in your answer a discussion of the war years at home in the United States.

F. Analyze the ways in which the following indicated the tension between conservative and liberal views in
American society during the 1920s: The Red Scare, Prohibition, The Scopes Trial, and flappers.

Textbook
The American Yawp: A Massively Collaborative Open U.S. History Textbook, Vol 2: After 1877 Edited by Joseph Locke & Ben Wright. (Free digital version available at http://www.americanyawp.com (Links to an external site.))
The American Yawp Reader: Vol 2 After 1877 Edited by Joseph Locke & Ben Wright. (Free digital version available at http://www.americanyawp.com/reader.html (Links to an external site.))
Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City. New York: Vintage Books, 2004. ISBN#978-0375725609. (There is a free e-book available at https://img.4plebs.org/boards/tg/image/1460/01/1460014686260.pdf (Links to an external site.))
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