1. Was there another way??? Could Civil War have been avoided?2. Discuss the impact of Reconstruction on southern society. What traditions and institutions were destroyed by the conflict and what was the new order of the south?
3. What (if any) problems could arise with Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase? 4. Compare and contrast how slavery brought the North and South closer together and how it drove the two regions apart. How did the cotton trade enhance rather than diminish the differences between northern capitalism and southern slavery?5. evaluate the role of slavery in the founding of the Constitution, make sure to discuss why slavery was allowed in the founding of a new nation. You may also use sources other than the lecture and reading (American Yawp) but be sure to give the citation in your post.6. Why do we have little information about the Hemmings family prior to 1998?
7. Was George Washington too optimistic in his warnings of bi-partisanship and avoiding foreign entanglements? Why or why not?
