My friend has a test tomorrow and is cramming for it. She is a single mom and has no use for smart remarks such as "read a book" or "should have studied sooner". She keeps up with as much as she can. She needs to learn the material. If you wish to be help, we'd both appreciate it. If not, thats ok too, just please spare yourself the time of writing something funny because it probably isn't all that funny. Here is a potential essay question on the test. If you are taking, or just took an American History class, here is a chance to reinforce the material and help someone out without cheating.

How the Federalists and anti-Federalists of 1800 became the Democrats and Whigs of 1840

• How these parties then became the Democrats and Republicans of 1860 (“the third party system”)

• What role sectional issues, including the prospect of a Civil War, played in this transformation.

Assess how the beliefs of the parties did or did not change as a result.