Semester 1 Oral Finals

Question 0

C1, Nature, Info

Answer 0

SL - witches, unpredictable, wildlife
C- witchcraft, separation,
N - redefining oneself, “in the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough…”

Question 1

C1, Nature

Answer 1

Nature is seen by civilization as dark and eval in The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible, but Nature shows an opposing idea.

Question 2

C2, S Chara

Answer 2

As FD retells his life, he intertwines the “overseers” as secondary characters to depict the inhumane treatment of slaves.

Question 3

C2, S Chara, Info

Answer 3

Plummer, Severe, Gore, Covey
P- drunk
S- blood-stained backs
G- Demby
C- Breaker, intentional

Question 4

C3, Places

Answer 4

In his autobiography, Frederick Douglass contrasts the slaves on the plantations with the slaves in Baltimore to represent the two juxtapositions on the humanity of blacks.

Question 5

C3, Places, Info

Answer 5

Plantations - Animals. Men, horse. Women, cow. Children pigs

Balt.- servants, integrity measured by kindness, roam

Question 6

C4, Moral

Answer 6

For an individual to develop and improve moral standards, he/she must experience certain situation(s) that reveals a harder truth previously unknown.

Question 7

C4, Info

Answer 7

FD - Harsh treatment of slaves
Huck - tied, gold, letter, quote,
“Huck! You’re the best friend old Jim’s got!”

Question 8

C6, Religion

Answer 8

While Christianity is not questioned generally, the way the Southerners treat and react to Christianity is flawed, according to Mark twain and Frederick Douglass.

Question 9

C6, Religion, info

Answer 9

SL- Puritan hypocrisy of Dimmesdale, Gods law

FD- devout Covey, Thomas Auld

Question 10

C7, Knowledge

Answer 10

The readings of Frederick Douglass and the adventures of Huckleberry Finn both show formal education is not completely necessary to succeed.

Question 11

C7, Knowledge, info

Answer 11

FD- Drive to learn, key to freedom

HF- Tom, street smarts

Question 12

P1, A of C

Answer 12

The restrictive foundation of the Articles of Confederation prohibited the federal government from dutifully protecting the people from chaos and corruption.

Question 13

P1, A of C, info

Answer 13

Weak, huge debts, state power
Separation of power, (Three branches), checks and balances, federalism (nation and state)
FEAR

Question 14

P2, benefit

Answer 14

While the constitution was meant to benefit all American citizens, the government established under the Constitution only benefited a few

Question 15

P2, benefit, info

Answer 15

Voting rights, framers
Regardless of race, 1870
Women, 1920
NA, 1924

Question 16

P3, Define

Answer 16

The key elements of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights have defined who Americans are since it’s inception.

Question 17

P3, define, info

Answer 17

DC – AMARE, but blacks?
C- basic rights
BR- updated freedoms, amendments relevant

Question 18

P4, NA

Answer 18

Prior to white settlement, Native Americans lived in a community based cultural system built upon tradition, religion, and cultural significance.

Question 19

P4, NA, info

Answer 19

Trading routes,
Reservation Era, Yes, 300 reservations
Allotment and Assimilation Era, Yes, own plots
Indian Reorganization Era, Reversed Allotments

Question 20

P5, MD

Answer 20

While manifest destiny generally affected the Americans for the better, it also greatly affected Native Americans in a negative way

Question 21

P5, MD, info

Answer 21

God Given right, RR, treatment of NA, Turner’s Frontier = freed from European mindset

Question 22

P6, House Divided

Answer 22

The circumstances and regional politics defined this divide since the United States birth, yet no major violence between the regional divided existed

Question 23

P6, Divided, info

Answer 23

“A house divided cannot stand”, loyalists in south, south needed cheap labor,

Question 24

P7, AME

Answer 24

The leading catalysts of the war included the abolitionist movement, for the violence that sparked; manifest destiny, due to its varying importance; the American economy, for the stark separation of industrial focus.

Question 25

P7, AME, info

Answer 25

AM- violence between the two
MD- importance
EV- ag vs. ind

Question 26

P8, ind vs. group

Answer 26

The course of civilization is primarily driven by great individuals, idealists, and philosophers who strive to transcend and revolutionize the world as we know.

Question 27

P8, ind. vs group, info

Answer 27

John Winthrop - City upon a hill
G-Wash - king, nah
A-Linc - compromise

Question 28

P9, Identity

Answer 28

The founding fathers created the United States are three simple, the revolutionary principles: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The United States government should solely protect these principles; due to greed and a vision, these principles are not always ensured.

Question 29

P9, Identity, info

Answer 29

Life - 17th amendment
Liberty - Boston Tea Party
Happiness - Manifest Destiny