What were the major Native American cultures that flourished in North America on the eve of Columbus’s arrival?

Short answer Answer each question. 2-3 short paragraphs per question 1. What were the major Native American cultures that flourished in North America on the eve of Columbus’s arrival? What were the similarities and differences among them? 2. How did Spain create its empire in the Caribbean and in Central and South America? What were the costs, benefits, and changes wrought by Spanish conquest and colonization? 3. What was the British southern strategy from 1778 to 1781? How did it play out? What were the terms of the peace? 4. How was the U.S. Constitution debated and created? What compromises were made? What was the Constitution’s position on slavery? What were the differences between the Federalists and the Antifederalists? How was the the U.S. Constitution ratified? 5. What was Thomas Jefferson’s vision for the United States? How can the election of 1800 be considered a “revolution?” Identify the challenges and opportunities that Thomas Jefferson faced once in office. 6. What were the political changes that led to the second party system? How did they play out? What were the different political agendas of the Democrats, the Whigs, and Andrew Jackson? 7. What were the issues that surrounded the debate on the annexation of Texas and Oregon? How did the United States provoke war with Mexico? What happened in the war and what were the consequences of the war? 8. How did slavery, a plantation-based economy, and biracialism distinguish the antebellum South from the North? How was the plantation physically organized? What were the roles of the plantation master and mistress? Describe the lives led by slaves in the Old South and the elements that contributed to a semi-autonomous slave culture. 9. Why was the question of extending slavery to federal territories the focus of constitutional debate from 1846 to 1860? Define the Wilmot Proviso, including who supported and opposed it, and why. What was the Compromise of 1850? How did Kansas get the name “Bleeding Kansas?” Explain the Dred Scott decision and how it shaped the perceptions of the North. Who was John Brown and what role did he play? 10. How did the Civil War transform from a war to save the Union into a war to end slavery? How did the war affect Union and Confederate societies and economies? How did African Americans and women take part in the war effort?