1. What were the causes of the War of 1812? What were some of the main advantages for the U.S. at the start of the war? What about disadvantages? Describe how successful was the U.S. on the battlefield, and provide evidence to support this. How did the war end? Did anybody “win?” What was the significance of the war?
2. The issue of the strength of the central government is key to understanding early America. Explain how the new nation initially felt about a strong central government, using examples and evidence to support your essay. Focus on the Articles of Confederation, the first government established in the U.S. How did the Articles reflect the American position on government strength? Describe the many problems with the Articles and why it was eventually abandoned in favor of the Constitution.
3. Analyze why and how slavery became the centerpiece of Southern society and the “Cotton Kingdom.” How was slavery codified by white southerners in the decades after Bacon’s Rebellion? Most importantly, explain how slavery evolved from a “necessary evil” to a “positive good.” What economic changes ultimately entrenched slavery as the cornerstone of Southern society? Why did the vast majority of Southerners support slavery, even if they didn’t own slaves? Was slavery actually profitable for the South?
giving up anything ethically noteworthy, we should, ethically, to do it’ (Singer 231). He accepts that what is good, is to forfeit everything to which we have earned until we are at a state of utility that is level to that of those people who are experiencing starvation. He guarantees ‘that we should give until we arrive at the degree of minor utility ‘ that is the level at which, by giving more, I would cause as a lot of enduring to myself or my wards as I would calm by my gift.This would mean, obviously, that one would diminish oneself to approach the material conditions of a Bengali evacuee’ (Singer 241). By doing this, Americans would diminish themselves to a degree of minor utility at the same time making one lessen their degree of bliss too. For Singer, so as to have an equivalent dissemination of satisfaction for all people far and wide, the well off should forfeit the assets they have to a point where they live at a proportion level practically identical to the those that they are helping.
America is a country populated with materialistic individuals; surrendering every single superfluous thing, for example, costly autos, garments, and so forth would solicit to surrender separated from themselves as it has become a method for characterizing oneself here in the states. In all honesty, in spite of the fact that it is comprehended what exists in different pieces of the world, individuals would want to spend their ‘hard earned’ cash on these extravagance things than to surrender it for with an end goal to ease starvation. Regardless of whether – ‘We would not be relinquishing anything huge if we somehow managed to keep on wearing old garments, and offer cash to starvation help.’ (236). This utilitarian point of view can unquestionably appear to be foolish to a few notwithstanding, that doesn’t derive the contention which asserts that the utilization of our riches on superfluous things as opposed to utilizing the methods we need to help in the anticipation of death brought about by starvation, is improper. ‘In any case, when all contemplations of this sort have been considered, the end remains: we should forestall as a lot of enduring as we can without yielding something different of practically identical good significance’ (Singer 238).