American History Homework Nine Answers - Student 35

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Nick DeJ

1. I believe that the 2008 presidential election is most similar to the 1960 presidential election. John F. Kennedy was the first (and to date, only) Catholic to be elected president. Barack Obama is the first African American to be elected president. Both of these elections are very historic.

Good analysis, though I'm not sure the significance of either event is clear. Perhaps we have to wait and see if there is a big influence of this milestone.

2. Imperialism is when a large country exerts authority over a smaller country. In my opinion imperialism has been given a bad rap. First of all, many people associate imperialism with America. They forget about British imperialism, Soviet imperialism, etc. Secondly, many people believe that when a country goes into a smaller country, the people of that smaller country are always oppressed. Lastly, many people believe that the larger country is enforcing the policy of imperialism only to gain from it. They never believe that the larger country might actually want to help the smaller country, which they often do. Many people do not know that President Theodore Roosevelt added a corollary (an addition) to the Monroe Doctrine. In it he stated that the United States, because it was a “civilized nation,” had the right to stop “chronic wrongdoing” throughout the Western Hemisphere.

Excellent! Will use portion as a model answer.

3. The progressive movement was started by Robert Lafollette. The progressive movement was not affiliated with any political party. People in the progressive movement wanted “better” government. Many of the goals set forth by the progressive movement were commendable. They wanted laws against “sweatshops”, they wanted the privilege to vote for all women, and they wanted direct elections for Senators. Many of their goals were accomplished. While I do not agree with everything the progressives stood for, I think their intensions were good.

Superb. Note spellling: "intentions", not "intensions".

4. This cartoon shows President McKinley holding a boy who looks like a savage. The boy represents the Philippines. The “globe headed man” in the back represents the world, watching the president. At the time this cartoon appeared in the newspaper, McKinley had three choices: keep the Philippines as an American territory, give the Philippines back to Spain (throw the boy off the cliff) or declare independence for the Philippines. The cartoonist’s point of view shows that he wanted to keep the Philippines as a territory of America.

Good analysis.

Perfect work! Score: 40/40. Congratulations!--Aschlafly 22:34, 15 November 2008 (EST)