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