American History Homework Six Answers - Student Seventeen

JonathanL 10/23/08 Week six homework

1. 1) the main goal was to keep the Union together, ending, or keeping slavery was a direct function of that. I disagree with Lincoln, he tried to appease both sides, similar to when someone is going into cardiac arrest, you probably tell the family that the victim is doing fine, while really they are dying. My point is that this war was going to happen regardless, by letting it fester, or trying to keep everyone happy, was not the brightest move, especially since slavery was a make or break issue for the southern economy. In the end you have to do the right thing. However sometimes the right thing and the hard thing are the same thing.

Correct. Your last sentence is superb and I'll use it for the model answer.

1. 2) The purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were to insure that Afro-Americans, or any race, were treated equally, but mainly African Americans. The 13th amendment abolished slavery, the 14th gave all races equal rights, and the 15th amendment gave all races the right to vote.

Correct again!

1. 3) My favorite military hero of the Civil War was “Stonewall” Jackson. Quite terrible that I do not know his real first name. Reason I am so fond of him is due to his tenacious military tactics. All the generals of the South were quite competent, though Stonewall was on a different level. From what I read he would march right out there with his troops on the front line. Naturally this inspired the troops, to see that their general was not a pushover who was not afraid to fight. Quite ironic that Mr. Jackson did not perish on the frontlines, but was instead killed by his own men late at night in the midst of darkness. The real mystery is was this “friendly fire” killing a true mistake, or perhaps did these men conspire against Jackson out of jealousy, or were they spies for the Union? All to say this death of such a great general seems odd at the least, perhaps suspicious.

Superb answer! But "friendly fire" happens more often than one might think. Jackson's real first name was Thomas

1. 4) I would not have, perhaps I would allowed Southern states back into Congress without the degree of difficulty that they faced. Remember that a good percentage of northerners agreed that the South was not a separate country, just a portion of the country in rebellion. They would be fools then to say that southern states were not allowed in Congress because they were a separate country. I disagree with slavery, as the Bible says all men are created equal, but I agree much more strongly with the views of the South as a whole, seeing that our country is becoming socialist. We need God’s help.

Good analysis.

1. 5) I see that the only trait that was acquired as a result of home schooling was his ability to be self motivated. This trait encompasses many others, as Mr. Lincoln was a true man, not afraid to do the dirty work, and this trait allowed him to persevere through even the hardest of his times. Foremost to all though was his honesty and open-mindedness, as he EARNED the nickname “Honest Abe.” And as for the open mind portion, he came to Christ because of this; you do not here of many stubborn people coming to Christ, however you do hear much about people being stubborn in their defending of God, as they are now being stubborn for the right reasons. But you will never argue a soul to God, so too stubborn is not very good.

Superb about self-motivation, will use in model.

1. 6) This cartoon I have no clue about, but I remember that somewhere in the Bible Abraham had a dream from God, could be some correlation. But if I had to take a stab at it, I would have to say that Abraham Lincoln is in a disguise of some sort, and is being chased away by “Columbia,” or the representation of America, or at least that is what I think that is. Then to the far right you see a man casually strolling into the White House as Columbia and Lincoln are distracted. Perhaps that man is a future president or leader “sneaking” into office.

Close, but could have used more of the details, such as the military uniform of the entering person (McClellan). (Minus 1). See model answers.

1. 7) During this time period, shortly after the first transcontinental railroad was finished, by the Chinese, it became very easy for the Chinese to travel from coast to coast to work. Especially in California, workers went on strike because the Chinese would work more for less. So as far eastward as Massachusetts owners of various production plants would import Chinese from the west coast, or vise versa, to fill the open jobs that were left by the striking workers. In the illustration there is a poster on the wall saying “Importation of Chinese Barbarians will be stopped by the BALLOT of BULL ET.” I take it that they were going to resort to force if whatever ballot they were referring to, probably some vote to see who wanted the Chinese here, did not pass. This cause, although not just, was not helped when in 1868 the Burlingame Treaty was signed between the United States and China, permitting unrestricted immigration by Chinese to U.S.

Good analysis, but note that strikes were not because the Chinse would work more for less. Strikes were to raise wages, and the Chinese were then use to "break" a strike and keep the factory open.

H1) The answer to this question will always be, or mostly be, decided based upon what line of work you are in. Personally deflation would be better for my family, because my father’s work does not depend on repaying a lone to someone. However my father’s parents, my grandparents, would benefit much more from inflation, because they are farmers. The reason that they would benefit more from inflation is because when a farmer borrows X amount of money from the bank, and inflation occurs, there money, at least on the outside, increases. Now when they go back to pay their original lone, they still only have to pay back the original amount that they borrowed. And when inflation occurs, they have more money, but still have to pay back their loan at the original low price. The exact opposite occurs with deflation. When deflation occurs, the value of the dollar rises because there is less of it, but regardless of this there is LESS TOTAL MONEY being passed around. But the farmers still have to pay their original loan back, regardless of the dollar worth, and when the dollar is deflated, it is significantly harder for farmers to pay back their borrowed money. Now if I did not confuse enough with this answer, in short the opposite of what happens with inflation and deflation with farmers is true for investors, they do better when the dollar is deflated. Oh yeah, I did not answer the question fully. Deflation is more by “hard money,” or every dollar or U.S. currency form is backed by gold, the international plum line of currency. This way you cannot just print more money, as is what happened during Lincoln’s tenure, you have to have every cent of money backed by gold, that is why when people create large sums of counterfeit money, inflation occurs, because that fake money is not backed by gold, and thus brings the value of the dollar down.

Excellent answer! Work on spelling, however: loan and their money.

H2) Free enterprise after the Civil War was a great thing, it allowed the United States to regroup about 10x faster than other countries. Say Barack Obama was president then, and Mr. Obama, being a socialist, would have probably not allowed free enterprise, which in turn would have caused our country to probably not have fully recovered from the Civil War to this day. ( that is only a slight exaggeration )

Terrific answer.

H5) If Abraham Lincoln was a term in the dictionary, it would simply say : honest, hardworking, man, one of few persons in American History to walk closer with God while he had been given earthly power.

Antonyms: see “Barack Obama”

Superb!

Terrific work. Score: 99/100. Well done!--Aschlafly 18:56, 25 October 2008 (EDT)