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US History (Wednesday, April 25, 7th period)
"Here it is," Josh said, handing out the exam, "the last time you have to remember US history for the year." He smiled. "It's been a pleasure teaching all of you. I look forward to seeing you back next year. Except for you seniors--because if you're back, that means you've flunked this test and that would be bad."
1. Columbus. Why was he such a big deal? If you were finding a new land, what would you do differently?
2. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Prove to me that you know what they are.
3. 1215, 1492, 1607, 1776, 1861, 1945, 2001. Why are these years important to know? And no, one of them is not the year I was born.
4. Based on what you learned in class this semester, who do you think was the most influential President of the United States?
5. We've talked about many, many battles. Pick one, prove to me you were paying attention.
EC: If I were to say that the overarching theme of American history is "it seemed like a good idea at the time," would you agree or disagree? Why?
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1. Columbus. Why was he such a big deal? If you were finding a new land, what would you do differently?
2. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Prove to me that you know what they are.
3. 1215, 1492, 1607, 1776, 1861, 1945, 2001. Why are these years important to know? And no, one of them is not the year I was born.
4. Based on what you learned in class this semester, who do you think was the most influential President of the United States?
5. We've talked about many, many battles. Pick one, prove to me you were paying attention.
EC: If I were to say that the overarching theme of American history is "it seemed like a good idea at the time," would you agree or disagree? Why?
[OOC: Answer the questions or handwavey me an idea of how your character did. Entirely up to you!
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Yes... this isn't his class. But he's in the mood to crash something. Might as well be the final exam.
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1. He was the first big North America publicity guy. He didn't actually discover it, but he made it famous. If I were finding a new land
I'd vote in a crazy person, settle down in less than ideal conditions, get pregnant with my boss' kid, and then be part of a sorta-communistic worker revolt before the Cylon's show upI'd make sure to treat the locals nicer.2. The Declaration of Independence, signed in July 1776 by guys like Benjamin Rush and John Hancock. It was a resolution to say the colonies no longer belonged to Britain. The Constitution involves a bunch of rules of governing, with a bunch of amendments and stuff. It's kinda like the Articles that the Colonies have, actually.
3. 1215: Magna Carta. 1492: Columbus sails the Ocean Blue. 1607: Jamestown. 1776: Declaration of Independance. 1861: The South seceded. 1945: World War 2 stuff. 2001: Terrorism hits America hard.
4. FDR.
5. Gettysburg. Fishhook formation. Maine bayonet charge to defend little round top. Ends with Picket's charge, a suicidal effort across an open field against a bunch of guns.
EC: Yes. Because.
Okay, so the extra credit answer was bad. But Cally hopes precociousness helps.
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Columbus, Ohio is definitely not a big deal. In fact it's pretty boring there, so I can see why you want to find some new land to get away from it.
2. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Prove to me that you know what they are.
They are two really old documents. One of them was in a movie with Nicolas Cage.
3. 1215, 1492, 1607, 1776, 1861, 1945, 2001. Why are these years important to know? And no, one of them is not the year I was born.
They're the years that Detroit won the Stanley cup.
4. Based on what you learned in class this semester, who do you think was the most influential President of the United States?
Tricky Dick. He did tricks with his... you know.
5. We've talked about many, many battles. Pick one, prove to me you were paying attention.
Battle of Nicole and Tom over child visitation rights
EC: If I were to say that the overarching theme of American history is "it seemed like a good idea at the time," would you agree or disagree? Why?
Agree. Why? Because mostly likely the theme is referring to pie. And pie is good.
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2. The Declaration of Independence: Starts with "When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary..." Written by Thomas Jefferson and signed by the Continental Congress.
The Constitution: Starts with "We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union..." Contains the amendments, and a bunch of amendments to the amendments.
3. 1215 - The Magna Carta is written.
1492 - Columbus discovers
the BahamasAmerica.1607 - Jamestown is founded.
1776 - The Declaration of Independence is signed, and the Revolutionary War starts.
1861 - The Civil War starts.
1945 - World War II ends.
2001 - 9/11 happens, and the US officially enters the 21st Century (it didn't start in 2000, thank you).
4. FDR. He worked so hard to get the US out of the Great Depression, and kept the country going through World War II, even when he never wanted to get us involved in the first place.
5. The Battle of Antietam: September 1862; the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, and the worst loss for General Lee.
EC: I would completely agree. Sometimes, this works out really well, i.e. "Let's go help England fight those evil Germans!" Sometimes, this works out really poorly, i.e. "Let's go help the South Vietnamese fight those evil North Vietnamese!" Sadly, 95% of the time, this country can't tell which category their plans are going to fit into until it's too late.
(holy crap, I'm such a dork.)
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Columbus was an idiot who thought he was going one way and went another and got all the credit for it anyway. Which works, I guess, but it's dumb. If I was finding a new land, I would totally bring GPS.
2. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Prove to me that you know what they are.
The Declaration of Independence was the thingie all the guys signed to say England sucks (bonus points for the cool accents, though) and we weren't going to take it anymore. The Constitution was the thingie that said what rights we have because England sucks.
3. 1215, 1492, 1607, 1776, 1861, 1945, 2001. Why are these years important to know? And no, one of them is not the year I was born.
1215- something happened.
1492- Columbus was an idiot
1607- Pilgrims?
1776- The whole American Revolution thinger
1861- I think it had something to do with slavery. Did it go away then?
1945- World War 2 ended?
2001- All that stuff happened with that thing. You know which one. (Unless there was another thing.)
4. Based on what you learned in class this semester, who do you think was the most influential President of the United States?
Lincoln, because he ended slavery and slavery had sucked, and changed the way the country had been going. Also, he's on the $5 unlike Washington who's on the $1, and 5 is more than 1.
5. We've talked about many, many battles. Pick one, prove to me you were paying attention.
The War of 1812 had a phone ringtone done to comem- about it.
EC: If I were to say that the overarching theme of American history is "it seemed like a good idea at the time," would you agree or disagree? Why?
Agree. Because it's like with the prohibition thing where it made no sense but someone thought it did and then found out it totally didn't make sense and then things had to be done to fix it.
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"I'm sorry I won't be around next year to take another history class," she added with a smile.
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