HIST 101 San Diego State University Civil War, Slavery & Christianity Questions Select six questions–three from each group. These questions cover the read

HIST 101 San Diego State University Civil War, Slavery & Christianity Questions Select six questions–three from each group. These questions cover the reading material of the assigned chapter/s. You must substantially address each selected question in a minimum of 250-300 words. Substantial means that you use the evidence presented in the chapter reading (do NOT cut and paste) and demonstrate that you have thought through the question and reflect that thought in your response.

Preview the sample responses.

Clearly identify at the top of the response which question you are addressing.

No late work will be accepted. All submissions must include reference citations to be considered for grading purposes.

Reflection Questions:

Group A:

What justifications were on offer for the dislocation of native and other long-settled peoples in areas within or adjacent to US borders during the 1830s and 1840s?

What were the effects on various sectors of the increasing urbanization and industrialization in the 1830s and 1840s in the US?

How did the rise of ‘free labor’ and slavery both stabilize and unsettle the US in the 1830s and 1840s?

How did race, region, and class influence changes in masculinity and femininity in the mid 19th-century?

Group B:

Why did so many people turn to evangelical Christianity in the 1830s and 1840s?

How did the various reform movements of the Jacksonian Era intersect with one another?

How did Black Southerners conceptualize and experience evangelical Christianity? Contrast this with other groups.

Did the literature of Hawthorne, Melville, Thoreau, Emerson, Whitman, and Dickenson create a more insular or more open US?