Mrs. Rodriguez says... for 6th Period APUSHERs

The Civil War causes analysis is NOT due tomorrow!  We'll discuss it in class and it will likely be due while I'm out at the end of the week.

Thanks for being patient with my scatteredness today.

Mrs. Rodriguez says... historical elections and 2012!

In honor of election day...
Electoral Split Possible!

Compare this election to 1824, which we've already studied.

Perhaps do a bit of research to compare it to 1876 and 2000 (which we will study in the future)!

Happy Election Day!

Mrs. Rodriguez says... Post-Reconstructionist?

This is a bit premature--we won't talk about Reconstruction until just before the Winter Break... but this article was in the news TODAY and caught my attention.

I encourage you to read it and comment--I'll likely bring it up again when we get to Reconstruction!

CNN Article: Post Reconstructionist USA?

Mrs. Rodriguez says... Hint, Hint!

Big Questions to Consider:

--Was Andrew Jackson more an autocrat, or a democrat?
--How did ECONOMIC change (like the market revolution, new inventions, or early industrialization) lead to POLITICAL change?

Don't forget, when writing your essays:
1) ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION
2) Follow all facts with analysis
3) To count as analysis, it must link your fact to ALL PARTS OF YOUR ARGUMENT in the thesis.

For Example:
Thesis:
Despite at times exercising autocratic power, Andrew Jackson's presidency represented the peak of the celebration of the "common man" in government as his rhetoric always acknowledged the needs of so-called "average Americans."

Fact/Analysis:
Andrew Jackson chose to veto the re-authorization of the Second Bank of the US in 1832.  Despite the protests of Henry Clay, who insisted that Jackson was abusing the power of the Presidential veto in overriding Congress for purely political reasons, Jackson proclaimed that his actions were in the best interests of the common man, who would never benefit from the concentrated wealth that the Bank represented.  The fact that Jackson won the subsequent election of 1832 by a landslide re-affirms the idea that this was a time when the perceived interests of the average American would defeat even the powers of the nation's financial and political elites.

Mrs. Rodriguez says... More Detail on Nullification Crisis

Check the class webpage for a supplementary powerpoint (with more words than usual! : ) about the Nullification Crisis--including a super fun picture of John C. Calhoun!

Also, be sure that you can explain the significance of Daniel Webster (and the Webster-Hayne Debates) in relation to the Nullification Crisis.

Other key ideas? The Columbia Convention and the Force Act!

Bring question to class!

Mrs. Rodriguez says... Assignment for the Long Weekend!

No rotten tomatoes, please!

1st.  Finish your text review, please!  (Should be fairly quick, given that you have already read the chapter.)

2nd. Write ONE paragraph of the DBQ.  You may choose to follow the outline and thesis you created or to write a second paragraph for the sample essay and thesis that we did in class (posted on the document page).  Remember, I want to see:
* A Topic Sentence
* Documentary Information
* Outside Information (50%!)
* Analysis

Enjoy your extra day off!!!!

Happy Columbus Day : )

Mrs. Rodriguez says... OMG!

I totally want to have a class movie party!
It comes out November 16... maybe a Saturday, November 17 movie party?
Perhaps extra credit... will need to think about that...

SO EXCITED!!!!