Thesis Statement Practice
Write the best thesis statement to the following questions:
Example - choose one
1.
Explain the ways that participation in political campaigns and elections in
the United States changed between 1815 and 1840, and analyze forces and
events that led to these changes.
a. The most significant consequence of the War of 1812 was the end of
the Federalist Party after the Hartford Convention in 1815. This
marks the termination of the first party system which was Federalists
v. Democratic-Republicans. Beginning a new era of American history,
“Era of Good Feelings,” The ways of political campaigns and elections
are therefore changed throughout the presidential elections between
1850 and 1840, particularly in 1824, 1828, 1832 and 1840.
b. In 1812, under President Madison from democrats, the nation fought
against the British in the War of 1812. Considering itself winning,
Americans began showing less and less support to the Federalists
who stood against the war. Hence, in the election of 1816, Federalists
could no longer compete with the Democrats’ candidate, James
Monroe marking the final failure of this party founded by Hamilton
and Adams, yet starting the Era of Good Feelings.
c. The number of voter participation was increasing; there were more
debate and more people could join the elections including workers
and the treatment of voters was well. These three points can explain
the ways that participation in political campaigns and elections in the
United States changed between 1815 and 1840.
Use a separate sheet of paper to write a good thesis statement to the
following questions:
2. In the post–Civil War United States, corporations grew significantly in
number, size, and influence. Analyze the impact of big business on the
economy and politics and the responses of Americans to these changes.
Confine your answer to the period 1870 to 1900.
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Thesis Statement Practice
3. Analyze the causes of growing opposition to slavery in the United States
from 1776 to 1852. In your response, consider both underlying forces and
specific events that contributed to the growing opposition.
4. In what ways did African Americans shape the course and consequences of
the Civil War?
Confine your answer to the years from 1861 to 1870.
5. Compare and contrast the experience of slaves on tobacco plantations in the
early seventeenth-century Chesapeake region with that of slaves on
nineteenth-century cotton plantations in the Deep South. What forces
transformed the institution of slavery from the early seventeenth century to
the nineteenth century?
6. Compare the experiences of TWO of the following groups of immigrants
during the period 1830-1860.
English
Irish
German
7. Analyze the reasons for the Anti-Federalists’ opposition to ratifying the
Constitution.
8. Analyze the social, political, and economic forces of the 1840s and early
1850s that led to the emergence of the Republican Party.
AP United States History
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