The Decision to Secede

Do you think the South's decision to secede from the Union was the correct call?  If they had not left the Union, how else could they have tried to keep their lifestyle?

Manifest Destiny

What are some ways that the United States still tries to expand democracy in today's world?

Reformers

Would you rather have been an abolitionist or a suffragist?  Pick one and only one and tell me why you would have been more likely to help them for their cause?  An abolitionist was someone would wanted to do away with slavery and a suffragist was someone who wanted equal rights for women. 

Westward Expansion

You are headed west during the period of Western Expansion.  You are either going to California to mine for gold, Oregon to be in logging, or to the Great Plains to become a farmer.  You need to tell me which one you picked, as well as, telling me about your journey moving west and what your life is like now you are settled and starting over.

War for California?

Do you think we should have gone to war with Mexico inorder to gain the California territory?  Why?