book: American History – Connecting to the Past, Volume 1: to 1865, Fifteenth E

book:
American History – Connecting to the Past, Volume 1: to 1865, Fifteenth Edition by Alan Brinkley. McGraw Hill: New York, 2014. ISBN 9780077776756 (note: the fourteenth edition is, also acceptable
assignment:
Give a detailed answer for two of the following essay questions (30 points for each question.)
# 1 – Who were some of the important women involved in the struggle for women’s rights in America between 1789 and 1877 and what actions did they take to obtain better rights? (Brinkley chap. 12 & 14)
# 2 – How did Bleeding Kansas increase friction between the northern and southern states in the 1850s? (Brinkley chap. 13)
# 3 – Explain the significant results that came out of the Dred Scott Case. (Brinkley chap. 13 & research)
# 4 – What was President Lincoln telling the country and the world when he gave the Gettysburg Address? (Brinkley chap. 14 & research)
Your essay will follow these guidelines:
Choose and answer two questions in two separate essays
Convey at least six specific facts surrounding the topic
Include the year of pertinent events
Write in a manner to be understood with proper and coherent sentences
Avoid mistruths (miscues will discount your facts)
Answer the question with between 250 and 500 words
Give credit to your sources, but do not include a Works Cited page on the exam