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BEN P -- In what ways and to what extent was the industrial development from 1800 to 1860 a factor in the relationship between the northern and the southern states?

IAN B -- 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?

ALLISON M -- Explain the causes and consequences of TWO of the following population movements in the United States during the period 1945 - 1985.
 * Suburbanization
 * The growth of the Sun Belt
 * Immigration to the United States

ISAAC M -- Analyze the ways in which technology, government policy and economic conditions changed American agriculture in the period 1865-1900. In your answer be sure to evaluate the farmers’ response to the change.

ALEX W -- Analyze the impact of he market revolution (1815-1860) on the economies of TWO of the following regions.
 * The Northwest
 * The Midwest
 * The South