Homework Four Answers - Student Sixteen

1\. The tariffs protected the North’s manufacturing economy, which is why the North supported them. The south was against them because other nations imposed retaliatory tariffs.

Excellent.

2\. As secession is not outlawed by the Constitution and the Tenth Amendment says “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively”. Such facts imply that it is constitutional. The Sixth Article of the Constitution states that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land and therefore it is illegal for a state to nullify a law.

Excellent again.

3\. Thomas Jefferson was by far the most conservative president after George Washington. The only time Jefferson overstepped his authority was in the Louisiana Purchase and even then he made it right by doing it in treaty form.

I'm skeptical. James Monroe never overstepped his authority as president, and I'm sure that merely abiding by the Constitution is enough to qualify someone as the "most conservative president." Also, Jefferson imposed the Embargo Act in 1807, which forbade all exports by the United States in a misguided attempt to hurt England. That doesn't sound conservative!

4\. The War of 1812 was in a sense necessary to establish America as a strong and capable nation. The war defined American borders, proved that the America armed forces were capable of beating a European power, and laid the foundation for the Monroe Doctrine. If America had not fought the British then they would of fought the British later

Terrific answer.

5\. Why America did not get involved with the Haitian revolution, contrary to the common perception it was not the fear of the French that stopped America from getting involved because America had just beaten the French in the French Naval War. While the South’s fear of slave uprising was a factor the greatest one by far is George Washington’s Farewell Address because it warns against getting involved in foreign conflicts.

Very interesting argument. You may be right. But ordinarily Washington's Farewell Address is applied to foreign conflicts in Europe and Asia, not the Caribbean. It didn't keep the U.S. from getting involved later in the Spanish-American War in Cuba, for example!

8\. The most surprising is that Washington State was jointly governed by America and Britain

Right.

H1. Paying less then three cents an acre and securing the Mississippi river was well worth the $15 million. As for the constitutionality of the purchase it was done in treaty form so it had to pass congress.

That "three cents an acre" needs to be adjusted for inflation to understand its price tag today.

H3. Is it wrong for a politician to cut a deal with another politician like the "corrupt bargain" between Adams and Clay? Seeing that the Constitution does not block deals it is legal. Such a deal is very much in the spirit of the free market and therefore it isn’t wrong to make.

OK. You state your clear position and support it with strong logic.

H4. Andrew Jackson was the first president to be elected who was the “average man”. He also established the power of the presidency. I would of voted for him because America needed a hard-line president at the time to keep the Union together. Had there not been an Andrew Jackson the Civil War would have been deadlier and more divisive

Excellent, but this does not explain how Jackson established the modern presidency (e.g., spoils system, executive orders, elevating the power of the presidency). See model answers when available. (Minus 1)

AnthonyF

Grade: 89/90. Among the very best answers in the class. Terrific work.--Andy Schlafly 00:12, 7 March 2011 (EST)