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[[American History Lecture Five|Lecture]] - [[American_History_Homework_Five|Questions]] - [[American History Homework Five Answers|Student Answers]]

[[American History Lecture Five|Lecture]] - [[American History Homework Five|Questions]] - [[American History Homework Five Answers|Student Answers]]

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== Honors Questions ==

== Honors Questions ==

H1. Discuss any of the issues or mysteries relating to this lecture (1840-1860).

H1. Discuss any of the issues or mysteries relating to this lecture (1840–1860).

:Why is the Whig party called “Whigs” The direct influence is the group in the Revolutionary War known as the Whigs. The name was chosen to give the Whig party an image of fighting against tyranny, and to be more popular by identifying themselves with the revolutionaries. However, the “Whigs” in the revolutionary War got their name from the religious group in England in the 1680s s when a group of Protestants opposed King James II, and they in turn took their name from a Presbytiryan group in Scotland, “The Whigamores”.  (Joseph)

:Why is the Whig party called “Whigs” The direct influence is the group in the Revolutionary War known as the Whigs. The name was chosen to give the Whig party an image of fighting against tyranny, and to be more popular by identifying themselves with the revolutionaries. However, the “Whigs” in the revolutionary War got their name from the religious group in England in the 1680s s when a group of Protestants opposed King James II, and they in turn took their name from a Presbytiryan group in Scotland, “The Whigamores”.  (Joseph)