REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more
than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no
more than a 10% match to any one individual source can
be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources,
even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided
when you submit your task that can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your
submission because it provides detailed criteria that will
be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below
may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The
rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant
portions of the course.
A. Explain (suggested length of 2-3 paragraphs) the
reasons for the rise of partisan politics in the Early
Republic (i.e., major conflicts and concerns,
development of the First Party System).
B. Discuss the development of the Second Party System
(suggested length of 2-3 paragraphs) by doing the
following:
1. Compare the platforms of the Whig and Democratic
parties.
Note: You may include both similarities and
differences of the two parties.
2. Describe the leaders and constituents that defined
each party.
3. Explain how the Second Party System contributed
to increased democratization of American
B. Discuss the development of the Second Party System
(suggested length of 2-3 paragraphs) by doing the
following:
1. Compare the platforms of the Whig and Democratic
parties.
Note: You may include both similarities and
differences of the two parties.
2. Describe the leaders and constituents that defined
each party.
3. Explain how the Second Party System contributed
to increased democratization of American
politics.
C. Discuss the major movements and events that led to
the Civil War (suggested length of 2-3 paragraphs)
by doing the following:
1. Explain the pro-slavery and abolitionist arguments
of the antebellum period.
2. Describe the role of westward expansion in
increasing sectional tensions.
3. Evaluate how three major events (e.g., significant
legislation, territorial conflicts, court cases,
political debates) contributed to the outbreak of
the Civil War.
D. Provide acknowledgement of source information,
using in-text citations and references, for quoted,
paraphrased, or summarized content.
1. Include the following information when providing
source references:
• author
• date
• title
• location of information (e.g., publisher, journal,
