BRAINLIEST if you can answer at least one of them! EXTRA POINTS IF YOU WANT JUST SEND A COMMENT SAYING! Write a short essay answering the following questions:

1. Who were the federalists? What was their core argument? Who were the anti-federalists? What was their core argument? What was the significance of their debate and how did the outcome shape American history?

2. Historians refer to Thomas Jefferson as “one of those dead white guys who should not be forgotten.” In the following essay, explain why the Federalists worried when Jefferson was elected president. Then describe the events that took place during Jefferson’s first administration that laid those worries to rest.

3. Historians generally call the War of 1812 “the Forgotten War.” In the following essay, discuss how American got into the War of 1812, describe how it played out, explain why America considered it a victory even after the British burned Washington DC, discuss the importance of Francis Scott Keys and why his famous song is so important, and finally, explain why the War of 1812 should not be forgotten.

4. With out a doubt the presidency of Andrew Jackson directly shaped the lives of most Americans. In the following essay, describe how Jackson’s presidency affected you if you were a Northern abolitionist, a Cherokee Indian from Georgia, and a planter from South Carolina.

5. Should Westward Expansion be defended as Manifest Destiny or criticized as an American Conquest? Or, is it somewhere in between? Explain your answer.

6. Historians have identified several key events that pushed the North and the South into Civil War. In the following essay, list those events and explain why they collectively led Americans to fight fellow Americans.

7. The Civil War had arguably the largest impact of any event in our nation’s past. However, the war affected America’s diverse peoples in different ways. In the following essay describe how Abraham Lincoln and African American soldiers shaped the outcome of the war.