Mid-Term Exam Preparation - Mr. E's Forum: 2006-2007

Date: Jan 19, 2007

RE: Mid-Term Exam Preparation

Date: Jan 19, 2007

Good job, Sarah! She's opened the door, people! C'mon. Let's bring out some facts and also some perspectives. What do you *really* think about some of the people, events and issues we've studied?

Date: Jan 19, 2007

How many of you remember the definitions of some of these terms? Let me know which ones you would like explained in greater detail, ok?

1st amendment

2nd amendment3rd amendment4th amendment5th amendment6th amendment7th amendment8th amendment9th amendment10th amendmentVirginia/Kentucky Res.Whiskey RebellionAcadiansCajunNew FranceTreaty of UtrechtAlbany CongressBattle of QuebecPhillis WheatleyPontiacCalvinismQuakersPuritansMayflowerChecks and balancesAnarchyNorthwest ordinanceAnti-federalistsCommittee of Corresp.Sons of LibertyQuartering ActAlexander HamiltonConcordBreeds HillRepublicanismFederalismDaniel ShaysFederationConfederationJudiciary Act of 1789Declaration of Independ.PrivateeringLoyalistsIntolerable actsDeclaratory ActStamp ActHessiansTreaty of ParisDutchIrishKing Williams WarQueen Anne’s WarEnglish Civil WarAdmiralty CourtsBoston MassacreBoston Tea PartyFreemenConversionNavigation lawsFundamental ordersFrench RevolutionElectoral CollegeBill of RightsLand ordinanceGeorge WashingtonGen. BraddockGeorge WhitefieldJohn Peter ZengerGlorious revolutionMayflower compactBacon’s rebellionLeisler’s rebellionGreat AwakeningCatabwa nationFrench and Indian WarSmallpoxGreat compromiseNew Jersey PlanVirginia PlanArticles of ConfederationHuguenotsIroquoisFur tradeJesuitsInternal/external tax.Natural rightsJohn LockeThomas HobbesJames MadisonAbigail AdamsSovereigntyState’s rightsJames WolfeRegulator MovementOld and new lightsTriangular tradeJohn CalvinAnne HutchinsonRoger WilliamsHenry Hudson

Date: Jan 19, 2007

OK. So I don't really know how to post correctly, but besides creating the longest word in the English language, I think it's mostly understandable, right? Here's some more:

John Winthrop

King PhillipJohn CottonSir Edmund AndrosKing Georges WarProclamation of 1763John Han****Charles TownshendLord NorthLord RockinghamGeorge GrenvilleCrispus AtticksMassachusetts Bay Co.Jonathan EdwardsBen FranklinSamuel de ChamplainMobocracyShays RebellionNeutrality proclamationJay’s treaty with EnglandMollasses ActImmigrant groupsScots-IrishGermansNathaniel BaconMiddle passagePuritan migrationHalf-Way covenantNathaniel GreeneHoratio GatesBenedict ArnoldMercantilismNew England conf.Dominion of NEDutch west India Co.Protestant ReformationPatrick HenryThomas JeffersonNon-importationVirtual representationPeter StuyvesantThomas HookerWilliam PennWilliam BerkeleyPrimogenitureConsent of the governedAlien and sedition actsBank of the USRepublicanism1st Continental Congress2nd Continental CongressLexingtonRobert de la SalleWilliam PittAntione CadillacPaxton BoysSamuel Adams John AdamsWilliam HoweGeorge Rogers ClarkSaratogaGeorge IIIBoycottCharles CornwallisSlave codesProtestant ethicPilgrimsSeparatistsSugar ActStamp ActPatriots/WhigsQuebec ActThomas PaineCommon SenseNo taxation w/o Rep.YorktownWar with FranceCitizen GenetTallyrandNapoleonWilliam BradfordThe ‘elect’FranchisePredestinationXYZ affairWashington’s FarewellHamiton’s national bankState constitutions

Date: Jan 19, 2007

By the way, I'd have to say some of the most important places in American history (colonialism through reconstruction) are 1) Lexington green (for starting the trouble) in MA, 2) Seneca Falls (for the convention) in NY, 3) Ft. Laramie (for signing bogus treaties) in WY, 4) New Orleans (for the Battle of) in LA, 5) The Alamo (for dying) in TX, 6) Washington DC (for being the only place to keep the slave trade alive...jerks) in DC, 7) Springfield (for Daniel Shays's rebellion) in MA, 8) Philly (for writing and talking a lot in a really, really, really hot summer) in PA, 9) Saratoga (for the battle) in NY and 10) Harper's Ferry (for John Browns most successful failure) in VA.

Any thoughts? Other lists?

Date: Jan 21, 2007

Also, check out Mrs. Barao's class's work summarizing the main points in each chapter here: http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=103483&subForumID=335364&p=2

Date: Jan 21, 2007

OK. Yet another study challenge: Compare each (or maybe not some of them if they are inappropriate) emoticon below

and so with a person, event or issue in American history (that we've studied) and explain the connection.

Date: Jan 21, 2007

ok, so I have two questions:

Why did Texans rebel against Mexico?

and

Who were the copperheads?/What political parties ran in the Election of 1864?

...ok, 3 questions...

and as to Mr. E's above post:

Andrew Jackson: Many Rebuplicans (and others as well) feared that Jackson would abuse and strech the powers of the presidential office to the point of becoming a monarch. Among the major events involving these "streched powers" are the relocation of the Native Americans (in regards to foreign affairs), and the Nullification Crisis - which I don't know enough about either now that I think about it...

Date: Jan 22, 2007

So who can tell me what the dispute was between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson was?

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton both had two very different political parties which had different ideas on how the federal government should be run. Thomas Jefferson led the Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans and Alexander Hamilton led the Hamiltonian Federalists.

The Jeffersonians believed in a very strict interpretation of the Constitution. They also felt that there shouldn’t be a very strong federal government and there should be a weak military. The Hamiltonian Federalists believed in a very strong federal government with a large military. Federalists believed in a weak interpretation of the constitution. Therefore when Hamilton proposed his National Bank plan, which was never mentioned in the constitution, Thomas Jefferson greatly opposed the idea because it was not considered Constitutional.

One issue between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans is Washington's neutrality proclaimation. The democratic republicans favored honoring the Franco American Alliance. They were enraged by washingtons neutrality proclaimation, where as the pro-British Federalists were heartened.

(still more posts comming from me...)

Date: Jan 22, 2007

Alex Z. wrote:
ok, so I have two questions:

Why did Texans rebel against Mexico?

and

Who were the copperheads?/What political parties ran in the Election of 1864?

...ok, 3 questions...

and as to Mr. E's above post:

Andrew Jackson: Many Rebuplicans (and others as well) feared that Jackson would abuse and strech the powers of the presidential office to the point of becoming a monarch. Among the major events involving these "streched powers" are the relocation of the Native Americans (in regards to foreign affairs), and the Nullification Crisis - which I don't know enough about either now that I think about it...

Alex, traditionally, historians credit the rebellion in Texas in the early 1830's as the confluence of competing visions for the future. On the side of the Texans, they were pushing for cheap land, slavery, Anglo-American imperialism (manifest destiny mixed with racism), and geopolitical objectives (competing with England and France for the chance to beat up a weak Mexico first). On the side of the Mexicans, they were looking for a buffer zone between expansive Americans and their own country. Tejas was barren for many Mexicans who couldn't afford to settle in their north. The Mexicans also wanted to protect themselves against Protestantism and slavery, between which they couldn't decide which was more evil. The Americans were offense. The Mexicans were playing defense. Some Americans took advantage of it, but almost lost it all. Their own country (Andrew Jackson) didn't have their back. They gambled and lost politically but gambled and won (except for the Alamo and Goliad) militarily.

Copperheads were peace Democrats who wanted to make a deal with the Confederates to leave each other alone. They were most likely named for the snake as an insult. In the 1864 election, obviously, the south didn't vote. It was just the Republicans against the peace Democrats mainly.

Date: Jan 22, 2007

Who can shout out the most they know about sectionalism, hmm? C'mon. Don't be shy

Sectionalism is when sections of a country only focus on their region’s interests and not the country’s interests as a whole. Sectionalism comes with discrimination, in which one region believes its own lifestyle is better than another region’s lifestyle.

One example of sectionalism is the issue of nullification. When south Carolina disagreed with one of the federal laws because it benefited northern industry more than it did for southern agriculture, they began to nullify.

Another example of sectionalism includes state representation between slave states and free states. This was temporarily solved with the Missouri compromise.

Sectionalisms persisted all the way through the civil war. It is no coincidence that the north fought the south. Unfortunately sectionalism still exists today in the US. Before taking this course I felt more pride for New England, the region I was born in… rather than for my country as a whole. But after taking this course and analyzing all the factors which built this great country, I admire all of the regions.

(Does that make sense . I am not going to be worrying about my grammar and sentence structure tonight.) Still more posts coming…

Date: Jan 22, 2007

How about this one: does anyone remember what the switch-over to a market economy was all about?

I really don't know mr e. What was the switch-over? Is that when we started turning to industry in the north? Like witht he Lowell Mill girls and such?

Date: Jan 22, 2007

OK. Yet another study challenge: Compare each (or maybe not some of them if they are inappropriate) emoticon below and so with a person, event or issue in American history (that we've studied) and explain the connection.

: westward expansion. Everyone was so happy that they were able to migrate west and claim their own land

: The trail of tears. when jackson called for the Indian Removal Act, all 5 of the civilized tribes were forced to walk westward to oklahoma. hundreds died along the path of disease, starvation, the cold, etc. This migration was known as the trail of tears.... a very sad moment in American history that no one is proud of..... except for Jackson who was kind of crazy and hated Indians anyways. =P

: Abraham Lincoln's election in 1861. The south was outraged when Lincoln became president. Several states decided to secede. The civil war began when lincoln "renforced" fort sumpter.

: Jefferson's Embargo Act. When Thomas Jefferson, the American genius, made the US undergo an embargo act which stopped America from doing ALL trade with other countries... it basically paralized the economy. It was not the wisest move for Jefferson to make. The American economy went through a huge depression. However, the Embargo act did get the US to become more self sufficient later on.

Date: Jan 22, 2007

mre wrote:
Alex Z. wrote:
ok, so I have two questions:

Why did Texans rebel against Mexico?

and

Who were the copperheads?/What political parties ran in the Election of 1864?

...ok, 3 questions...

and as to Mr. E's above post:

Andrew Jackson: Many Rebuplicans (and others as well) feared that Jackson would abuse and strech the powers of the presidential office to the point of becoming a monarch. Among the major events involving these "streched powers" are the relocation of the Native Americans (in regards to foreign affairs), and the Nullification Crisis - which I don't know enough about either now that I think about it...
Alex, traditionally, historians credit the rebellion in Texas in the early 1830's as the confluence of competing visions for the future. On the side of the Texans, they were pushing for cheap land, slavery, Anglo-American imperialism (manifest destiny mixed with racism), and geopolitical objectives (competing with England and France for the chance to beat up a weak Mexico first). On the side of the Mexicans, they were looking for a buffer zone between expansive Americans and their own country. Tejas was barren for many Mexicans who couldn't afford to settle in their north. The Mexicans also wanted to protect themselves against Protestantism and slavery, between which they couldn't decide which was more evil. The Americans were offense. The Mexicans were playing defense. Some Americans took advantage of it, but almost lost it all. Their own country (Andrew Jackson) didn't have their back. They gambled and lost politically but gambled and won (except for the Alamo and Goliad) militarily.
Copperheads were peace Democrats who wanted to make a deal with the Confederates to leave each other alone. They were most likely named for the snake as an insult. In the 1864 election, obviously, the south didn't vote. It was just the Republicans against the peace Democrats mainly.

Thank you very much, Mr. E! That whole snake thing toally threw me off in regards to their stand on peace and war.

And I vote Katie the winner for Midterm Forum work.

but I think we should all

for finals/midterms

Date: Jan 22, 2007

How about this one: does anyone remember what the switch-over to a market economy was all about?

The switch-over to a market economy was when America started to rely on themselves as producers instead of foreign countries. The United States exported more products than they imported, which helped out their economy, and factories allowed the products to be produced in bulk, rather than the small amount that used to be produced in the home. New modes of transportation began to develop because of the switch-over as well. Railroads and steamboats are examples of this. However, there were some effects that weren't as good for the country, like the increase of sectionalism and the promotion of poor working conditions in the factories.

Umm, that's all I can remember as of now, but I need to go through all my tests now as I something, cuz I'm really hungry.

Date: Jan 22, 2007

Tanya wrote:
How about this one: does anyone remember what the switch-over to a market economy was all about?
The switch-over to a market economy was when America started to rely on themselves as producers instead of foreign countries. The United States exported more products than they imported, which helped out their economy, and factories allowed the products to be produced in bulk, rather than the small amount that used to be produced in the home. New modes of transportation began to develop because of the switch-over as well. Railroads and steamboats are examples of this. However, there were some effects that weren't as good for the country, like the increase of sectionalism and the promotion of poor working conditions in the factories.
Umm, that's all I can remember as of now, but I need to go through all my tests now as I something, cuz I'm really hungry.

Tanya, you're on the right track. Mix in a few names, dates, places, documents and maybe about 1/2 teaspoon of global economics and you've got something yummy.

Date: Jan 23, 2007

Well, the test is done and gone. Without giving too much away, I think its a safe call to say that we need to work more on the multiple choice section. The average score there was not too shiny. I'll post the test to the forum here tomorrow morning or afternoon, and we can go over the questions one at a time. I think that would definitely help. I've also thought about working collectively on multiple choice questions here on the forum as well. We'll return to that 105 question multiple choice review quiz (remember that one - chapters 1 through 21?) and work on those questions as a group on the forum. I'll think of a way of adding some extra points to your average for your work. Overall, the class average on the mid-term was 72%, which is not stellar, but not abysmal either. We'll work on it together, ok?

Date: Jan 23, 2007

Breaking Down the Mid Term Exam