American History Homework Three Answers - Student Three

KaraH -- In Progress

1. There were both Foreign Policy and Financial problems with the Articles of Confederation. Due to these flaws, the Articles only lasted for eight years before they were replaced with the Constitution.

2. The first Article was the Legislative Branch which established Congress. The second was the Executive Branch, and that established the Presidential powers. Finally, the third Article is the Judicial Branch which establishes the Supreme Court.

3. The fact that he stepped down from presidency for the better of the people impresses me. Very few people would do that, they would instead try to hold onto power as long as they possibly could.

4. The cotton gin was a machine that could do the work of 50 men in pulling the cotton off of the branches. It was so powerful that the South became the main source of cotton for the entire world, causing the South to think of itself as "invincible" by the time of the Civil War.

5. It looks as if this cartoon represents the Shays' Rebellion when there was a revolt involving farmers who were angry that they were told to pay their loans in gold or silver instead of the paper money that was used in every state besides Massachusetts. The artist of the cartoon was probably thinking that they needed a new form of government when he drew this since it looks as if all the other states represented by pillars are tied together and Massachusetts is breaking off and burning.

6. The Northwest Ordinance both set how a new state could be created peacefully and notified other countries that the Northwest was now owned by the United States and also would soon be settled.

7. John Adams not only had to deal with being the man who followed in George Washington's footsteps, but he also had to deal with the respect (or lack thereof) of the other countries. Thinking of where he came from, the Alien and Sedition Acts are understandable in a way. So the most remarkable thing Adams did was he stuck it out and had the ability and courage to try to gain America respect and integrity.

H1) Washington's Farewell Address would only be relevant in that it [i]should[/i] be used as an example today. Americans should follow Washington's example in putting others first (Washington stepping down for the better of the people) instead of focusing solely on themselves, stay out of conflicts in which they don't belong which could lead to division among the people, (then conflicts with Europe, now conflicts with the Middle East, where we may or may not belong) and make religion and morality the base of what they do ("Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports." -Farewell Speech). So few people follow that last statement that modern day America would possibly be a shock to Washington if he saw it today.

Because of this, I don't believe the speech is necessarily relevant to life today, but it should be taken into consideration by future presidents.

H3) I think Debtor's Prison is wrong in the fact that it isn't always the debtor's fault that he is in debt. Rarely, if ever, is the economy entirely fair. Because of that those who do the most work (laborers) normally end up with the least amounts of pay. Although it doesn't really take a degree for that kind of job, degrees cost money, money a lot of people don't have so a lot of the time the most brilliant people end up with a low paying job because they didn't have the money in the first place for a degree, and with the low pay they probably won't ever get that chance. That's the vicious cycle. Those with the higher paying jobs normally had more money before hand, that's how they could earn a degree to gain that high paying job.

Once one gets into the lower paying cycle, it's very difficult to get back out, that's why I say it's not always their fault.