1. What significance does wealth have in the American political imagination? In constructing your response, you must refer to Benjamin Franklin, Booker T. Washington, Helen Hunt Jackson, and Andrew Carnegie.

1. What significance does wealth have in the American political imagination? In constructing your response, you must refer to Benjamin Franklin, Booker T. Washington, Helen Hunt Jackson, and Andrew Carnegie.

2. Write a critical exposition of the concept of individualism in American political thought. Analyze the views expressed by Tocqueville, Thoreau, Turner, Carnegie, and Friedan on the matter.

3. Write a critical exposition of the most salient points in Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique. Does her argument remain significant today and why? Use examples we discussed in class to corroborate or challenge the points that Friedan makes.

4. Describe the complex role that the state has played in increasing or diminishing freedom in America? In constructing your response, you must make reference to Frederick Jackson Turner, Helen Jackson, Henry David Thoreau, and James Madison.

5. What role has violence played in shaping the American political imaginary? In constructing your response must refer to Paine, Turner, Thoreau, Jackson, Du Bois, and Friedan.

6. Present an analysis of the debate between W.E. Dubois and Booker T. Washington. Ultimately, whose perspective on emancipation do you find more persuasive? In your response, you must make reference to the historical circumstances we discussed in class.