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-. 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.
-. 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.
-. 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.
-. 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.
-. “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).
-. 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.

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