Pick one of the prompts below. In a minimum of three parag…
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Pick оne оf the prоmpts below. In а minimum of three pаrаgraphs, write an essay response. In your response, begin with (#) to determine which prompt you are using. Example: (2) Four score and seven years ago... 1. Some women worked in the mills, relishing the freedom and independence they felt away from the farm for the first time, while others developed a cult of domesticity, thinking themselves free to not have to work outside the home. Compare the meaning of freedom for these two groups of women. Think back to previous chapters and compare the role of women during the market revolution with the “republican motherhood” role of women during the American Revolution. 2. The Marquis de Lafayette, who fought for American independence and revisited the United States fifty years later, wrote, “I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America if I could have conceived that thereby I was founding a land of slavery.” What might Lafayette have seen in 1824 America that would impel him to make such a statement? How had slavery evolved? Was it expanding? How entrenched in American life was it at this time? 3. Explain how the religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening popularized the outlook known as perfectionism, which held that both individuals and society at large were capable of indefinite improvement. How did this idea of perfectionism relate to the various reform movements that arose in the antebellum period? 4. Thinking back to previous chapters, analyze America’s policies toward Native Americans from the Washington administration through the removal of Native Americans from the southeastern states in the 1830s and early 1840s. What ideas and policies remained the same? Which changed? Why? 5. Compare the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution. Which document did a better job of protecting liberties? Running a government? Explain your answer with specific examples.