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Now ponder the following riddle about history:  Consider this sequence: 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, ??, ??, ??, ??.  What goes in the question marks?  The answer is below.<ref>Answer: 1, 1, 1, 1 – this sequence represents the number of terms that each president (including his vice president if he died) served, starting with George Washington.</ref>

Now ponder the following riddle about history:  Consider this sequence: 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, ??, ??, ??, ??.  What goes in the question marks?  The answer is below.<ref>Answer: 1, 1, 1, 1 – this sequence represents the number of terms that each president (including his vice president if he died) served, starting with George Washington.</ref>

Why are there so many 1's as we approach the Civil War?  Imagine riding the raging bull at the rodeo.  It's hard to stay on beyond a few seconds.  Before the Civil War, the United States was like the bull, and it was nearly impossible for a president to be reelected amid that turmoil.  No president could ride the raging bull of a divided country for more more than one term as the Civil War approached.   

Why are there so many 1's as we approach the Civil War?  Imagine riding the raging bull at the rodeo.  It's hard to stay on beyond a few seconds.  Before the Civil War, the United States was like the bull, and it was nearly impossible for a president to be reelected amid that turmoil.  No president could ride the raging bull of a divided country for more than one term as the Civil War approached.   

==Review==

==Review==

'''Debate:  Is it ever justified for a President to lie to Congress to accomplish a goal sought by Americans?'''

'''Debate:  Is it ever justified for a President to lie to Congress to accomplish a goal sought by Americans?'''

The U.S. Army pushed into Mexico to win this war.  In September 1847, the United States captured Mexico City.  Then Nicholas Trist, chief clerk of the Department of State and Polk's emissary to negotiate a peace treaty, began discussions with the Mexican Government just as Slidell had done the prior year.  President Polk grew angry with Trist, however, for offering terms of peace that Polk thought were too generous to Mexico.  Meanwhile, Trist had became a close friend of General Winfield Scott, who was a member of the opposite Whig Party and thought to be planning to run against Polk for the presidency. Worse, the war caused the Democrats (who wanted to expand slavery) to demand for complete annexation of Mexico.   

The U.S. Army pushed into Mexico to win this war.  In September 1847, the United States captured Mexico City.  Then Nicholas Trist, chief clerk of the Department of State and Polk's emissary to negotiate a peace treaty, began discussions with the Mexican Government just as Slidell had done the prior year.  President Polk grew angry with Trist, however, for offering terms of peace that Polk thought were too generous to Mexico.  Meanwhile, Trist had become a close friend of General Winfield Scott, who was a member of the opposite Whig Party and thought to be planning to run against Polk for the presidency. Worse, the war caused the Democrats (who wanted to expand slavery) to demand for complete annexation of Mexico.   

Polk essentially fired Trist in October, demanding that he return to Washington, D.C.  Trist ignored this "recall order" and entered into the  Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, signing it with Mexico in Mexico City on February 2, 1848.  This Treaty provided that:  

Polk essentially fired Trist in October, demanding that he return to Washington, D.C.  Trist ignored this "recall order" and entered into the  Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, signing it with Mexico in Mexico City on February 2, 1848.  This Treaty provided that: