Political Cartoon 1/30/09

This came in today's mail, but was yesterday's cartoon.

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Editorial Cartoon 1/28/09

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Cartoon by Nick Anderson
http://cartoonbox.slate.com/nickanderson/

Essay Contest

Bodies School Essay Competition 2009 II (2)

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Daily Political Cartoon

A new feature that I will try keep up with. I get these in my daily email from Slate.com... they have lots of political cartoons dealing with current events and issues.

















How to analyze a political cartoon. Find info here!

Review Info

Usi Big Ideas

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Midterm Review Sheet

USI Midterm Review 09

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Essay Contest

What Barack Obama's election means to me Essay Contest.
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Contest!

The NJ State Bar Foundation and Young Lawyers Division of the NJ State Bar Associate are sponsoring a contest with a CASH prize.You can find information at this website:http://www.njsba.com/lawday/

Midterm schedule

Class periods--8:00-9:05am, 12:00-12:55pm
Exam periods--9:10-10:50am, 1:00-2:40pm

1/22
Class: 1/2B
Exam: 3/4B
Class 7/8B
Exam 9/10B

1/23
Class: 1/2A
Exam: 3/4A
Class: 7/8A
Exam: 9/10A

1/26
Class: 3/4B
Exam: 1/2B
Class: 9/10B
Exam: 7/8B

1/27
Class: 3/4A
Exam: 1/2A
Class: 9/10A
Exam: 7/8A

Articles of Confederation Focus Questions

This is not part of your homework assignment that is due on Friday, but would be excellent preparation for your midterm exam. The answers can be found in pages 149-155 of your text.

• What was it about the concept of a republican government that so appealed to Americans?
• How did Americans propose to avoid what they considered to be the problems of the British system they were repudiating?
• What was unique about the constitution drawn up by Massachusetts?
• How did these new constitutions deal with the question of religious freedom? How did they deal with slavery?
• What type of government did the Articles of Confederation create? What were its major features?
• Why was the Confederation government organized as it was?
• Why was there a delay in its ratification? How were the obstacles to its ratification overcome?
• How did the Treaty of Paris of 1783 fail to resolve, or in some cases help to create, strain between the United States, England, and Spain?
• What commercial arrangements did American shippers and traders want after the war had ended? Why did they feel this was needed, and how successful were they in accomplishing their aims?
• What postwar problems existed between the United States and Spain? What attempts were made to solve the problems? Why did these attempts fail?
• How did the Confederate Congress attempt to solve the problem of the status of western territory that the states had ceded to it?
• Which interest groups favored which plans for the sale and distribution of land?
• How did the Confederation deal with the Indians who also claimed the western land?
• What were the sources of the Confederation's postwar economic problems? How did the government attempt to solve them? What were the results?
• Why was paper money seen as a solution to the economic problems of one element in American society? Who opposed this and why?
• How did the action of Daniel Shays and his followers relate to the economic problems of the Confederation period? What was the significance of the movement he led?
• Who were the advocated of centralization? Why did they want to alter or abolish the Articles of Confederation?
• What did those who favored centralization see as the most serious problem of the Articles? How would they have changed them? What had prevented any changes?

Homework for Friday's class

Please read pages 159-166 in your textbook, and answer the following questions:

• What were the characteristics of the men who met at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia? What were their socio-economic backgrounds?
• What were the main positions of the Virginia and New Jersey Plans?
• How did the Great Compromise draw from those Plans?
• How did sectionalism and the issue of slavery influence the Constitution?
• List the provisions and the underlying principles of the U. S. Constitution.
• Explain the ongoing debate between historians over the motives of the men who framed the American Constitution.
• How has the debate over the origins of the Constitution mirrored the debate over the causes of the American Revolution?

Homework for Monday

It has just come to my attention that the sub did not indicate the homework to all classes. In case you were in one of those classes, or in case you missed it, please read pages 151-155 in your textbook.

Text of the Constitution

You will find the text of the Constitution here.
Please make sure you read the entire document rather than working to finish the worksheet.

Articles of Confederation

You can find the text for the Articles of Confederation here