Choose six of the following questions and write an essay explaining how and why the United States grew or changed in regards to those topics. Include at least one paragraph for each.

1. How did the US Foreign Policy Change during the first five presidencies?

2. What changes did Tecumseh want for American Indians? How successful was Tecumseh?

3. What changed in the United States as a result of the War of 1812? What did not change?

4. Andrew Jackson was not like any of the Presidents before him. What changes in the U.S. were represented in his Presidency?

5. What changes did the Cherokee Nation make as an effort to keep their land? What happened to the Cherokee people?

6. How did the United States add land from 1800-1853? Name 3 parcels of land and tell how each became part of the U.S.

7. Why did people move to the American West? Tell about 3 groups of people who went to the West. Include their motives, hardships and legacies.

8. Why did people want to do good during the Second Great Awakening? What reform did they work on?

9. How was the South and North different in the years before the Civil War?