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Lecture - Questions - Student Answers
American History Homework Six
Instructor: Andy Schlafly
Read the lecture first.
1. Was the main goal of the newly elected President Lincoln to end slavery, or save the Union?
2. Explain the purposes of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution.
3. Who was your favorite military figure from the Civil War, and why?
4. How would you have handled Reconstruction differently?
5. Do you think the Civil War could have been avoided?
6. Please interpret the cartoon at the right.
Honors Questions
These questions require answers that are a bit longer than the answers above. Answer three out of the following questions (in addition to the questions above):
H1. Which do you prefer, inflation or deflation? In your answer explain which is helped more by "hard money" (a gold standard for money).
H2. Free enterprise after the Civil War: a good or bad thing?
H3. Write about any issue or debate from 1860-1876.
H4. Interpret the cartoon on the right. The caption is, "The Chinese Question." Columbia says, "Hands off, gentlemen. America means fair play for all men."
H5. Your view of Abraham Lincoln, please.