1) In what ways and to what extent did the Jacksonian approach to Native American issues represent a continuation of a long-standing attitude toward the American Indian?
2) Was expansion across North America an “inevitable” development? How was the idea of Manifest Destiny used to justify expansionism?
3) Did the result of the Civil War justify its cost? Does the answer to that question depend in part on whether you are a Northerner or Southerner, black or white?