What effects did political parties have on the events of the 1790s? This idea is addressed.

What effects did political parties have on the events of the 1790s? When answering this question, select a specific event that you think best displays the effects of the rise of political parties and use this to illustrate your point.

This job assesses if the Constitution was a courageous move or seen as the work of a small group of men who wanted to put in place a government that better served their interests?

This inquiry is briefly debated: While we see how well - for the most part - the Constitution has worked over the last 200 years, do you think that most of the people of the period saw it as a courageous move? Or could it be seen as the work of a small group of men who wanted to put in place a government that better served their interests?

Effects of the War of 1812 are listed.

Do you think that the War of 1812 finally resolved the issues left over from the American Revolution? What did this war mean for the American people as a whole?

The Rise of Capitalism in America is traced.

The role industrialization and the impact factories had on capitalism is investigated. How do our modern day conceptions of what a factory is or what industrialization is affect our interpretation of historical industrialization? Did the coming of factories represent progress? Is progress always necessarily positive?

Basic questions about America's immigration history are posed.

The United States has always been viewed as a nation of immigrants. In the early to mid 19th century, how did Americans respond to the changing demographics caused by immigration? How did this vary by location and what effects did the immigrants have on labor markets and city life? One of the reform movements that gained prominence in the early to mid 19th century was prison reform. What issues did their proponents attack?