Thomas Jefferson's Letter To John Holmes: Links To An External Site
Part I
Points Possible: 80
Of the following three questions, answer two of your choice.
1. Consider Thomas Jefferson 's letter to John Holmes (Links to an external site.). Write an essay, addressing points a, b, and c, below, in which you make specific references to the letter and to the relevant material in your textbook. Also indicate that you know the key points of the Compromise. It will help you to study the map of the Missouri Compromise (Links to an external site.).
a. What exactly was the "marked principle" that Jefferson referred to?
b. Did he think that the Missouri Compromise resolved the controversy surrounding Missouri 's admission to the Union? Why or why not?
c. How did the Compromise influence the way the political system functioned?
2. Spend some time studying your textbook reading, the etching of Christian Motherhood (Links to an external site.), Notices and Advertisements from the New York Evening Post …show more content…
Now compare the diary entry of the young woman in "b" with that of the ideal middle-class woman in "a." What are the characteristics, qualities, and elements of their diaries that are similar? What sets the two women apart? Do you think that it would be practically or theoretically possible for these women to work together in a common cause? Explain and support your opinion with evidence from your sources.
3. Trace a cotton bale 's progress from its point of origen to E. & G. Rogers & Co. Lot on 90 Pine Street in New York, a cotton mill mentioned in the Notices and Advertisements from the New York Evening Post (Links to an external site.). Use your textbook and the Exploration and Settlement, 1820–1835 (Links to an external site.), map to help you answer the questions. (Scroll up and down and left and right to see all of the map.)
Answer "a" through "g" in one or two sentences. In response to question "h," write a minimum of three well-formed paragraphs.
a. Where did the cotton bale come from?
b. How long had cotton been a major crop
Points Possible: 80
Of the following three questions, answer two of your choice.
1. Consider Thomas Jefferson 's letter to John Holmes (Links to an external site.). Write an essay, addressing points a, b, and c, below, in which you make specific references to the letter and to the relevant material in your textbook. Also indicate that you know the key points of the Compromise. It will help you to study the map of the Missouri Compromise (Links to an external site.).
a. What exactly was the "marked principle" that Jefferson referred to?
b. Did he think that the Missouri Compromise resolved the controversy surrounding Missouri 's admission to the Union? Why or why not?
c. How did the Compromise influence the way the political system functioned?
2. Spend some time studying your textbook reading, the etching of Christian Motherhood (Links to an external site.), Notices and Advertisements from the New York Evening Post …show more content…
Now compare the diary entry of the young woman in "b" with that of the ideal middle-class woman in "a." What are the characteristics, qualities, and elements of their diaries that are similar? What sets the two women apart? Do you think that it would be practically or theoretically possible for these women to work together in a common cause? Explain and support your opinion with evidence from your sources.
3. Trace a cotton bale 's progress from its point of origen to E. & G. Rogers & Co. Lot on 90 Pine Street in New York, a cotton mill mentioned in the Notices and Advertisements from the New York Evening Post (Links to an external site.). Use your textbook and the Exploration and Settlement, 1820–1835 (Links to an external site.), map to help you answer the questions. (Scroll up and down and left and right to see all of the map.)
Answer "a" through "g" in one or two sentences. In response to question "h," write a minimum of three well-formed paragraphs.
a. Where did the cotton bale come from?
b. How long had cotton been a major crop