his assignment is an Informative presentation. It needs to educate the audience on a particular topic. Your job is to inform, educate, and inspire. Choose an interesting and relevant topic. It should be current, but not tied only to today’s events.

You must record your presentation and post it to Blackboard.

It is important to keep in mind that production value does not matter for this recorded assignment. Few students have access to a recording studio, so do not worry about your setting and production quality. Your video must be viewable and must have adequate sound, but it does not have to be studio-quality. You might record your presentation more than once, but do not re-record it to fix minor production issues.

Evaluate the ways in which the United States was transformed by the War of 1812, which ended in 1815. Your answer should draw upon material from the era spanning the presidencies of Jefferson through Jackson, and should look at economic, political, social and cultural changes that accelerated after 1815. Were these changes all positive? Why or why not?

Describe the proslavery view of white Southerners in the years after 1815. What were the most important causes or origins of this view, and how did proslavery ideology impact the politics and society of the slave states? Your answer should also analyze how pro-slavery Southerners were challenged by slaves, free African-Americans or others in the U.S. at the time. What were the results?