Changes

Be able to identify overall trends in our history.  One trend is ever-increasing federal power.  Another trend is inflation.  A third trend is increased democracy.  A fourth trend is increasing power in the world.  A fifth trend is the Supreme Court pushing us away from our religious roots.  In ''Engel v. Vitale'' (1962), the Supreme Court banned prayer in public schools.  Many consider this to be one of the Supreme Court's worst decisions ever.

Be able to identify overall trends in our history.  One trend is ever-increasing federal power.  Another trend is inflation.  A third trend is increased democracy.  A fourth trend is increasing power in the world.  A fifth trend is the Supreme Court pushing us away from our religious roots.  In ''Engel v. Vitale'' (1962), the Supreme Court banned prayer in public schools.  Many consider this to be one of the Supreme Court's worst decisions ever.

Also understand history as a struggle between two sides.  It is like two wrestlers combating each other on a mat.  The wrestlers rotate on the map as each one tries to gain an advantage on the other.  Same for the two political parties: they rotate their regional support over the years.  At the time of the Civil War, the Republican Party dominated in the North and the Democratic Party dominated in the South.  Now it is the opposite.

Also understand history as a struggle between two sides.  It is like two wrestlers combating each other on a mat.  The wrestlers rotate on the map as each one tries to gain an advantage over the other.  Same for the two political parties: they rotate their regional support over the years.  At the time of the Civil War, the Republican Party dominated in the North and the Democratic Party dominated in the South.  Now it is the opposite.

We have seen several important figures who were Quakers:  William Penn, Susan Anthony (who favored women's right to vote), Whittaker Chambers and Richard Nixon.  What was the Quaker religion really about?  It was Protestant against Protestantism.  Every Quaker is his own pastor; every Quaker is his own church using the Bible and his "inner light."  This led to a fierce independence in the character of Quakers, including a pacifism (opposition to war) by the Quakers in the eastern United States.

We have seen several important figures who were Quakers:  William Penn, Susan Anthony (who favored women's right to vote), Whittaker Chambers and Richard Nixon.  What was the Quaker religion really about?  It was Protestant against Protestantism.  Every Quaker is his own pastor; every Quaker is his own church using the Bible and his "inner light."  This led to a fierce independence in the character of Quakers, including a pacifism (opposition to war) by the Quakers in the eastern United States.