Constitutional Period
Describe the deficiencies in the Articles of Confederation.
To what extent were the problems in the Articles of Confederation addressed by the Constitution?
What led to the U.S. Constitution being created?
How does the Constitution protect against both tyranny of the masses and tyranny of an individual?
Some historians have referred to the Constitution as a bundle of compromises. Do you believe this to be true?
Was the Constitution a conservative document designed to protect the money interests?
War of 1812
How effectively did U.S. foreign policy from 1789-1811 address the challenges posed by the European powers?
What caused the War of 1812?
What were the short term and long term effects of the War of 1812?
To what extent should the U.S. view the War of 1812 as a success?
One historian commented that the war of 1812 was the wrong war, fought at the wrong time, against the wrong enemy. To what extent do you agree with this statement?
To what extent did the war of 1812 create a new era of Nationalism in America?
Mexican-American War
What caused the Mexican-American War?
To what extent was the United States the aggressor in the Mexican-American War?
What were the political, military, and philosophical arguments against the Mexican-American War?
What were the benefits and costs of the Mexican-American War both immediately and in the future?
Should Polk be considered a great President?
Was the Mexican-American war inevitable?
43 comments:
Hey Mr. O,
On the first War of 1812 question, do you mean like the Embargo Act and the Nonintercourse Act when you say foreign policy?
Mr. O,
How important is the Thornton Affair? I know it's a lesser known battle, yet it is one that happened two days before Congress declared war. Is detail to a larger point?
- Hannah
Mariah,
That is correct. Also look at any treaties, battles, military decisions that are made by the first three administrations.
Hannah,
The Thornton affair is a minor detail that might be useful as supporting detail.
will we get a question from all three areas to chose from
What is the chance one of the 6 questions you posted will be our question? should we just study these questions really hard or look at anything else in particular?
Shawn and Katherine,
You will get a question from two of the three areas. As for whether the questions will be identical, I won't promise that. However, if you study these quesitons, you should have a solid understanding of the major concepts from the unit.
Go 49ers!
This is Jamie C. What is a better way to prepare and study for this test... to study all my notes and packets, or to prepare points for each question that we might not even have? or do both and spend hours doing it?
Hello Sir,
It has come the attention of Caleb Joseph Allen-Schmid, Leif Hemming Castren, Melissa Ingrid Perrone, and Brett Campbell Harrison that the idea of the constitution protecting against the tyranny of the masses is a nebulous affair. The constitution is definitely a panoply of compromises that obviously protects the rights of the individual and against the tyranny of the individual i.e. a president, but not that of the general populous. please expand on this inquiry as soon as possible.
The Mysterious Menagerie of,
Caleb Joseph Allen-Schmid, Leif Hemming Castren, Melissa Ingrid Perrone, and Brett Campbell Harrison
would bringing cake tomorrow make the test less mean?
Jamie,
I am sure that you didn't start studying tonight. So my suggestion is always to learn the details and then place the details into an organizational structure that answers the individual questions. Indeed, it will probably take even more time than reading a twenty-one page paper.
21 PAGES!!! Ha!
By the way... thank you for the tip, i am going down into bed to just read and study till when i feel i am confident i could answer any of the two questions i get tomorrow. I guess i will possibly see you tomorrow or not.
Menagerie (Brett),
This is actually a relatively easy question to answer.
Pt 1: Protecting against the masses
Senate terms, electoral college, lifetime appointments to the supreme court, age restrictions for the Senate, and a difficult, but not impossible, amendment process.
Pt 2: Protecting against tyranny of an individual-Look at the checks and balances on each branch, Federalism, Bill of Rights.
Hope this helps.
Katherine,
Although letting them eat cake is always a fine idea. You might be better off studying rather than baking.
Does spelling count on this test? because in my lecture notes I have attempted at spelling a lot of things i heard you say and I don't know if I spelled them right. So if I spell whatever it is on the test wrong, but you can still understand what it is, is that okay? for example is it Freemont or Fremont (with a little accento over the "e")?
Mr. O,
I am confused about what you mean when asking what the "philosophical" arguments against the Mexican-American War were.
Mr.O, I'm sorry this my seem stupid, but it's confusing me. Did Polk or Tyler annex Texas?
As lng as the speling isues aren't to atrowcius or commenplace, Aye won't tayk pointts off of yur grad. Agin, Mr. O'Donnnelll thinx hes funy! By the way, it is Fremont.
Emily,
Look at your notes from Thoreau and Lincoln during the simulation. Thoreau argues against war, while Lincoln opposes the spread of slavery.
Rachel,
Tyler annexed Texas after Polk was elected, but before Polk was inaugurated. He argued that he was following the will of the American people, as expressed by their choice of Polk over Clay.
Okay, so you would consider slavery a philosophical argument, instead of a political? Or are Thoreau's arguments more philosophical?
Thankk you SO much!
Emily,
I think, in this case, you could make the argument that Lincoln was philosophically opposed to the spread of slavery to the West. The other philosophy that runs counter to this approach is Sullivan's Manifest Destiny philosophy.
Okay, that makes things a lot clearer. Thanks so much!
To ease everyone's high tensions, we have written a nature influenced haiku.
Another Haiku (Refer to Founder's day project for number one
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Thank you.
The mysterious menagerie
Mr. O,
On the Question "was the constitution a conservative document designed to protect money interests?", I and some other are rather confused on where you should attack it. Would you talk about how it benefited the rich and ignored the others???or...
HA! thats my new favorite haiku
I still don't understand the question asking "was the constitution a conservative document..." Could you rephrase it? Are you talking about if whether or not the Constitution addressed the fact that the poor people were getting poorer and the rich getting richer? But then I don't see how that has anything to do with it being a "conservative" document.
Brett,
I trust that your essay will be better than your haiku. NO, that is not a challenge to write more haikus
Ok these are the last ones I swear
You must understand
those haikus were not just me
Leif,Caleb, and Mel
To take your challenge
our essays will be haikus
thanks for the idea
goodnight and goodluck
the mysterious menagerie
Connor and Cristine,
I will deal with your questions together. The argument that the Constitution was a fundamentally conservative document is first made by the progressive historians. They were arguing that the Constitution was designed to "conserve" or save the interests of the wealthy plantation owners and urban merchants/bankers. Your answer should address whether you believe the Constitution was a fulfillment of the Revolution or whether it was a reaction to the the Articles and an attempt to protect against the masses. If you believe the latter, it is a conservative document. Hope this helps.
This is the most intense test studying thing i have ever done. Thank you for the experience. And i think it is cool how Brett has the time to write a Haiku, where i hardly have the time breath.
It would be so sad
Using haiku to grade test
F’s would here abound
what's the difference between the question about the deficiencies of the Articles of Confed, and the question "what led to the Constitution being created"?
Hey, haikuing is fun!
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Cristine,
It depends on your interpretation of what caused the Constitution. If you believe the Constitution was created as a reaction to the Articles then much of the evidence would be the same. However, you can make an argument that Hamilton's personal vision of the nation led to the Constitutional assembly and that he was only using the problems in the Articles as an excuse to implement ideas that he already believed in. Also, with the Constitution you can drop back to address the British system of government which wouldn't come up in an Articles of Confederation failures topic.
mr. O,
could you please clarify what you mean by "philisophical arguments" because based on the previous comments im not sure if you mean the moral side of philosophy?or...
It is ten o’clock
Time for me to go to bed
Good luck my students
could i mention shay's rebellion as part of the cause? or would that be more appropriate when explaining how the Constitution was a bundle of compromises. so then i could say they were afraid of tyranny of the masses like Shay's rebellion.
Dallas,
Look at Thoreau and Lincoln's arguments on slavery. You should have these notes from the simulation.
Cristine,
I think you were on the right track with Shays' rebellion and the problems with the Articles of Confederation.
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