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:The recent election between Barack Obama and John McCain is, in my opinion, most similar to the election of 1932 between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover.  I know we haven’t learned about this one yet, but I think it fits very well.  This election was during the Depression, and the economy was bad, and FDR was elected a lot in part because he promised to fix the economy.  Our economy is doing bad now as well, and Obama promised to fix it.  As you’ve said, when the economy is bad, the incumbent usually isn’t reelected, and that is the case in 1932.  Now, McCain wasn’t the incumbent, but he was associated a lot with Bush, and that might be a reason for why he wasn’t elected.  (Sarah W.)

:The recent election between Barack Obama and John McCain is, in my opinion, most similar to the election of 1932 between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover.  I know we haven’t learned about this one yet, but I think it fits very well.  This election was during the Depression, and the economy was bad, and FDR was elected a lot in part because he promised to fix the economy.  Our economy is doing bad now as well, and Obama promised to fix it.  As you’ve said, when the economy is bad, the incumbent usually isn’t reelected, and that is the case in 1932.  Now, McCain wasn’t the incumbent, but he was associated a lot with Bush, and that might be a reason for why he wasn’t elected.  (Sarah W.)

2.  Imperialism: a good or bad thing?

2.  Imperialism: a good or bad thing?

:The man in this cartoon is President McKinley, and the child is a Filipino boy, presumably representing the Filipino people as a whole. This cartoon was draw after the fighting in the Philippians between the Unites States and Spain (during the Spanish-American War of the early 20th century) had ceased and President McKinley had to decide whether to keep the Philippians as a US territory or to return them to Spain. Like most all of the media at this time, this cartoonist supported keeping the Philippians as a US territory. This is demonstrated in that Spain is portrayed as in the same “direction” as a cliff. This was meant to communicate that McKinley giving the Philippians to Spain would be like him throwing them off a cliff. This reflected the popular view that the Spanish would mistreat the Filipinos. The world was watching to see what McKinley would decide in this matter as Spain and America were both world powers, so hence the man with a globe as a head looking on in the background.  (Rachel N.)

:The man in this cartoon is President McKinley, and the child is a Filipino boy, presumably representing the Filipino people as a whole. This cartoon was draw after the fighting in the Philippians between the Unites States and Spain (during the Spanish-American War of the early 20th century) had ceased and President McKinley had to decide whether to keep the Philippians as a US territory or to return them to Spain. Like most all of the media at this time, this cartoonist supported keeping the Philippians as a US territory. This is demonstrated in that Spain is portrayed as in the same “direction” as a cliff. This was meant to communicate that McKinley giving the Philippians to Spain would be like him throwing them off a cliff. This reflected the popular view that the Spanish would mistreat the Filipinos. The world was watching to see what McKinley would decide in this matter as Spain and America were both world powers, so hence the man with a globe as a head looking on in the background.  (Rachel N.)

== Honors (pick 2 out of 3) ==

== Honors (pick 2 out of 3) ==