The purposes of each case study assignment include the following:

• To hone your abilities to research using scholarly sources
• To advance critical thinking and writing skills
• To compile a response to the prompts provided
• To explore a historical topic and make connections to change over time

Instructions

Pick one (1) of the following topics. Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic. Use at least one (1) documented example of the corresponding primary source in your writing.

Option 1: The American System, Transportation, and Communication
Read the following primary source:

• In Defense of the American System, 1832

Then, address the following:

• Describe the idea of Henry Clay's "American System."
• Based on Clay's economic vision of America, analyze how the American System would build the American market and economy?
• Analyze the role of mechanization and communication in the American System.

Option 2: The Indian Removal Act of 1830
Read the following primary source:

• Transcript of President Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress 'On Indian Removal' (1830)

Then, address the following:

• Evaluate the rationale that President Jackson used in the removal of the Native Americans from east of the Mississippi River. Did the removal have the intended impact?
• Identify the responsibilities given to the President under the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
• Compare Jackson's actions toward Native Americans in the context of his First Inaugural Address with the path of events during the Trail of Tears.
• Determine if the removal of the Native Americans from east of the Mississippi River violate the principles found in the Declaration of Independence?

Option 3: The Abolitionist Movement
Read the following primary source:

• Declaration of Sentiments of American Anti-Slavery Society (1833) (Click on arrows to view all images of the document. Click on plus and minus signs to enlarge or reduce size of images.)

Then, address the following:

• Assess if abolitionists were responsible reformers or irresponsible agitators?
• Explain how abolitionists upheld the Declaration of Independence as the foundation of antislavery and abolitionist thought.
• Assess the effect of the Gag Rule on the Abolitionist Movement.
• Analyze how the women's rights movement would gain momentum from the antislavery movement.

Requirements

• Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page or references page)
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Title page
• References page
• In-text citations that correspond with your end references