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Homework Five Answers - Student 25 (view source)
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Johnny W.
1. Identify two of the most important outcomes of the Mexican war.
The two most important outcomes of the Mexican war, were:
a) The annexation of Texas.
b) The acquisition of the land that would become New Mexico and Colorado.
2. During the time period covered by this lecture, a political party became very strong and then
disappeared. Identify it, and explain why it disappeared.
The political party that became very strong and then disappeared in this time period, were the
Whigs, which were formed against Jacksonian politics. The reason that they disappeared was that
they collapsed through disagreement on the slavery issue.
5. Lincoln thought Harriet Beecher Stowe caused the Civil War. What do you think?
I do not think that Harriet Beecher Stowe caused the Civil War, however, “Uncle Tom's Cabin” did have
an enormous impact on the public's opinion. But I do not think that she caused the Civil War.
6. Explain the cartoon, and what you think the cartoonist's view was. The woman's quote
begins, “You have been a bad boy, Steve, ever since you had anything to do with that Nebraska bill...”
This cartoon shows America (the woman), and Stephen Douglas (the boy being beaten).
Douglas is being beaten because of his urging of the Senate to pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act. I think that
the cartoonist was an abolitionist, and disagrees with the Kansas-Nebraska act.
7. “Remember the Alamo!” Why?
In the Mexican War, the war cry “Remember the Alamo” was shouted because one-hundred
sixty-five people who had taken refuge in a Catholic mission were massacred by a couple thousand
Mexicans (Note: Most of the people who were killed were probably settlers from the U.S.A. Davey
Crockett was one).
8. The biggest question in all American history is this: Was it possible to avoid the Civil war? If
so then how?
No, I do not think it was possible to avoid the Civil War. The mind set of those who
were pro-slavery, and those who were anti-slavery were so different. Slavery could not have been
ended unless:
a) God intervened to make it happen peacefully, or
b) There was a war.
H2. Hamilton v. Burr, Lincoln v. Douglas, Jefferson v. Adams- great rivalries in American
history. What do they have in common? Discuss.
Hamilton v. Burr, Lincoln v. Douglas, Jefferson v. Adams are all examples of two opposites
running against each other. Hamilton was a well dressed, nice, friendly man, whilst Burr (being a
military man) did not dress as nicely, was a conniving, war prone man. Lincoln was a six foot some
giant, was thin, and an abolitionist, while Douglas, on the other hand, was a short, chubby man, who was
pro-slavery. Jefferson was an anti-federalist, a highly wealthy business man, and the writer of the
Declaration of Independence. He also wrote a bill that established Religious freedom in 1777. Adams
was a federalist, farmer, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
H3. The South thought that it could win the Civil war. Why did it think that? Do you agree that
the South could have won?
The South thought that it could win the Civil War because of its
strong economy. They thought the North was unwilling to fight, and they thought that Britain and/or
France would help them. The South also had brilliant generals (e.g. Robert E. Lee), and it controlled
the Mississippi River mouth. I do think that the South could have won if they had the border states,
and/or the help of Great Britain or France.
H5. Compare or contrast the Dred Scott decision with Roe v. Wade.
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that blacks were basically not human but
property, which took away their rights, likewise in Roe v. Wade the Supreme Court took away the rights
of the unborn.