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#76

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 7:49pm

Republican?

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#77

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 7:51pm

yes, Lincoln was most def. a repub!

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"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912

#78

Lincoln WAS a Republican, but in 1864 the "National Union" Party was formed. It was comprised of Republicans AND Democrats who supported Lincoln's policies--continue the Civil War.

The Democrat who ran for President was George McClellan--who wanted to END the War and let the South go "in peace".

To create a balanced ticket, the National Union party nominated Lincoln--a Republican and Johnson--a Democrat.

Therefore, when Lincoln was Assassinated, he was succeeded by a Democrat--who faced a VERY hostile Republican Cabinet and Congress.

"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

#79

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 7:58pm

"succeeded by hostile republicans"

^radical republicans, right? Whom included Thaddeus Stevens, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

McClellan...he messed up a few times as a general, right M_E?

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"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912

#80

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 7:58pm

Which is one of the reasons they tried to impeach him...
They didn't like him.

McClellan was a Civil War general, right? Didn't he get replaced or something?

"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."

Wishes come true, not free.

#81

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 7:59pm

Didn't he not attack when he could have, or something? He withdrew really stupidly...something like that.

"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."

Wishes come true, not free.

#82

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:02pm

Jwei, you are CORRECT on both counts. Johnson had to contend with RADICAL Republicans--like his own Secretary of the Treasury, Edwin M. Stanton.

And YES, McClellan was one of the MANY Generals Lincoln fired until he found Ulysses S. Grant.

It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out why McClellan suddenly became a "pacifist".

What former First Lady later served as the U.S. Delegate to the United Nations?

"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

#83

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:04pm

Eleanor Roosevelt?

#84

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:05pm

CYP- thats what I thought, but I'm really not sure....

M_E?

awkward.

"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912

#85

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:07pm

Excellent!!!

Why did Richard M. Nixon have to deliver the "Checkers" Speech?

"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

#86

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:10pm

Wow, that sounds *vaguely* familiar, but we DEFINITELY didn't study that!

"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."

Wishes come true, not free.

#87

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:10pm

Hmm I know he was VP at the time, and Checkers was his dog...

Was it because he had been accused of using money from his campaign fund for his own reasons?

#88

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:12pm

M_E a random question for you when you get the time to respond... (or to anyone else who wants to see if they can answer it for review!)

Why did Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson have a political rivalry? Did it happen because Jackson denounced Clay's American System? Or was Clay, like Calhoun, against Jackon's actions with tariffs that favored the west and northeast?

Updated On: 5/2/05 at 08:12 PM

#89

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:14pm

Checkers-He had been accused of bad stuff (exactly what, i forget..had watergate happened) and he used his Checker speech (his dog) to convince the american people he was still american and believed in morals, values, yadda, yadda...right?

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"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912

#90

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:14pm

VERY Close, CYP.

"Checkers" was a gift from a private corporation, and Nixon was declared of being "on the take." GOP Leaders wanted Eisenhower to dump Nixon as his running mate.

Nixon said "Please give me a chance." He went on National TV and cleared himself. He made the famous statement "Pat may not wear a Mink Coat. But she wears a Republican cloth one."

After that, Eisenhower threw his arms around Nixon and said, "You're My Boy."

Which President enacted the Civil Service Act, and why was that so ironic?

"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

#91

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:16pm

*Wild guess here* LBJ? Not sure why it was ironic...

Wait. No, it wasn't LBJ. I don't think. GAH I KNOW NOTHING!!!

"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."

Wishes come true, not free.

#92

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:17pm

Geez. I swear I know this one... I can't remember at the moment.

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#93

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:18pm

I'm going with Teddy Roosevelt...

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"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912

#94

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:19pm

lyndon b. johnson...because he was from the south?

"Why do we play with fire?-Why do we run our fingers through the flame?"

#95

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:19pm

It was some kind of Democrat, right? Wouldn't that make sense?

#96

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:19pm

Elphie you might be thinking of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...

Civil Service Act was in 1883.. signed by Arthur.. not sure why it is ironic.. ahh!

#97

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:20pm

Please RELAX, Elphie. It'll be OK.

The Civil Service Act was passed under the direction of President Chester Alan Arthur.

What was so ironic about it is that when he was Governor of New York, he was CONSTANTLY taking bribes from people who wanted positions in government.

John Garner was FDR's running mate for two elections and served as Vice President from 1933 to 1941. Why didn't he run with FDR in the 1940 Election?

"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

#98

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:21pm

Wait, that doesn't have anything to do with the Pendleton Act of 1883(?), the one about Civil Service Reform, does it?

"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."

Wishes come true, not free.

#99

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:22pm

It is the Pendleton Act of 1883, I believe.

#100

re: AP American History

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:23pm

Wait, so it's the same thing? or it isn't?

"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."

Wishes come true, not free.

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