Okay folks, so you have a study guide, and we've also looked at a number of practice questions. So what questions to do have this evening?
Just to reiterate the format tomorrow: 20 multiple choice questions that also feature a "rationale" component in which you have to find the most economical way of explaining how you arrived at your answer.
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I don't really have any questions, I just want some practice questions.
jeremy thinks same thing, he is here too
Okay Dylan and Jeremy, I have an idea . . .
Why don't you post a sample question, from the Faragher text or your review book (I know Dylan has the old Amsco Review book) and you can challenge some of your classmates to start our discussion.
what do we have to know about Lincoln at Gettysburg. Just basic ideas behind the address?
Silfer:
You need to know the basic philosophical issues at work behind Lincoln's basic remarks at Gettysburg.
You are also responsible for identifying the key goals that Garry Wills mentions that Lincoln had in crafting his remarks at Gettysburg,
president lincoln was reluctant to emancipate the slaves at the start of the civil war because
a.he feared freeing slaves would bring france and england into the war
b.congress was opposed to it
c.he knew that an aproclomation about slavery would further alieniate the south
d.he feared it would drive border states out of the union
e. he had always been opposed to the abolitionists in his party
Nice Broomfield & Broomfield, let's see if someone decides to take a stab at this (and resist the temptation to look up the answer in their review book!).
my review book does not have answers in it and they don't have my old review book so its cheater proof
c is the answer. b and e are incorrect because he was against slavery as was congress, or the majority. a is wrong because the foreign powers were not involved and d is wrong because he was not afraid of border states so much as the ones that wanted to secede.
Hello, I have a a few questions pertaining to James K. Polk. What is Polk's significance in the Mexican American War and what are the major factors that caused him to wage war? Also,would it be beneficial to study information on Van Buren, Pierce,and Taylor, the presidents not mentioned on the studyguide?
I am going with d because he wanted to keep the border states. a was not a worry for lincoln, for e he was never opposed to abolitionists, congress was not opposed to the emmancipation, and the south already had left
whats the right answer?
yeah it was between d and c for me
new question maybe?
Yeah, I'm with Alyssa. Are we going to be talking about "54o 40' or fight" either? That, to my understanding, is something important and I don't remember going over it in class. Is it going to be on the test?
Alysssa, thanks for joining us.
For the rest of you who just tore yourselves away from the Charlie Brown Xmas special, Alyssa asked a couple of good questions.
Please reference your notes concerning the Mexican American War.
Remember that Polk ran on the basic platform that the United States was properly destined for westward expansion. He even went so far to promote the idea of admitting Texas to the union of states, something Congress decided to fast track to steal his thunder.
Zach Taylor rides his popularity as the hero of the Mex-Am war to the White House, though he dies early in office.
Pierce has a fairly uneventful tenure in the White House; recent research suggests that Pierce was hamstrung by alcohol dependency and post-traumatic stress disorder (his son was killed in a train accident before Pierce's own eyes).
I think it is d because a is irrelevant and Britian liberated its slaves and opposed slavery and b and e are wrong because congress was not opposed to emancipation and Lincoln believed slavery was morally wrong and understood the abolitionists' motives. C and d are tricky, but I think the south and north had been seperated for awhile and Lincoln's main objective was to keep as much of the union as united as he could, thus trying not to upset border states.Also, how long should explainations be for the test?
Hi. Can we go over what exactly Tammany Hall politics are and their significance to history/this unit?
I know what I need review on...
who were the important reform movement leaders
As for the practice question, I believe that selection D is the best answer. I think that Alyssa's explanation is the most fitting for the exercise in class tomorrow.
The 54 40 or fight slogan was not something I emphasized in class, choosing to talk about the issue that became more pressing during Polk's administration, which was the Mex-Am War.
When we discussed Tammany style politics, we talked about how fraternal organizations, such as the St. Tammany society, eventually morphed into political/public service oriented organizations intent on gaining urban political power by granting favors, such as jobs or a handout when times were tough, Tammany style politics (a Christmas turkey this year, one that your family could ill afford in exchange for votes in next year's election) becomes one of the dominant forms of American urban politics during the second half of the 1800s.
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