[Solved] US History

Assignment Prompt & Instructions

The purposes of each case study assignment include the following: – To hone your abilities to research using scholarly sources – To advance critical thinking and writing skills – To compile a response to the prompts provided – To explore a historical topic and make connections to change over time #### Instructions **Pick one (1) of the following topics.** Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic. Use at least one (1) documented example of the corresponding primary source in your writing. **Option 1: The American System, Transportation, and Communication** Read the following primary source: – In [Defense of the American System, 1832](https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/AmericanSystem.pdf) Then, address the following: – Describe the idea of Henry Clay's "American System." – Based on Clay's economic vision of America, analyze how the American System would build the American market and economy? – Analyze the role of mechanization and communication in the American System. **Option 2: The Indian Removal Act of 1830** Read the following primary source: – [Transcript of President Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress 'On Indian Removal' (1830)](https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=25&page=transcript) Then, address the following: – Evaluate the rationale that President Jackson used in the removal of the Native Americans from east of the Mississippi River. Did the removal have the intended impact? – Identify the responsibilities given to the President under the Indian Removal Act of 1830. – Compare Jackson's actions toward Native Americans in the context of his First Inaugural Address with the path of events during the Trail of Tears. – Determine if the removal of the Native Americans from east of the Mississippi River violate the principles found in the Declaration of Independence? **Option 3: The Abolitionist Movement** Read the following primary source: – [Declaration of Sentiments of American Anti-Slavery Society (1833)](https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.11801100/?st=gallery) (Click on arrows to view all images of the document. Click on plus and minus signs to enlarge or reduce size of images.) Then, address the following: – Assess if abolitionists were responsible reformers or irresponsible agitators? – Explain how abolitionists upheld the Declaration of Independence as the foundation of antislavery and abolitionist thought. – Assess the effect of the Gag Rule on the Abolitionist Movement. – Analyze how the women's rights movement would gain momentum from the antislavery movement. #### Requirements – Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page or references page) – 1-inch margins – Double spaced – 12-point Times New Roman font – Title page – References page – In-text citations that correspond with your end references