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AP American History
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#100re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:23pm
Yes. Arthur was president when the Pendleton Act was passed.
NOW, how about my question re: Garner? 
"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."
ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
#102re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:25pmI've never even heard of him.
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."
Wishes come true, not free.
Wishes come true, not free.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#103re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:29pm
OK. FDR and Garner BOTH wanted the Democratic nomination for President in 1932.
When FDR won the Convention, they offered the VP Slot to Garner to 1) get the Southern vote [he was from Texas] and 2) because it was indicated that after FDR served his Presidency, Garner could probably expect to get nominated for the No. 1 slot.
In 1940, Garner expected F.D.R. to step down (after all, who had ever heard of a President who ran for THREE consecutive terms before?)
But F.D.R. did NOT step down--but Garner left--in a BIG huff--because he thought F.D.R. had stolen "his chance" at becoming President.
I'm going to head out to the Library--but I'll be back in a bit and we can review some more if you'd like. 
"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."
ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
#104re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:31pm
Yes, please.
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."
Wishes come true, not free.
Wishes come true, not free.
#105re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:36pmYes, I'd have to agree to that - thank you much!
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#106re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:38pmWe could quiz each other. Here's one. What was William Jennings Bryan speech called, what was it for, and what was it about? Ready... go!
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#107re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:48pm
Not sure of the exact title but it was for the Populist Party and the support of free silver, like the hard currency and gold standard being extended to silver too?
Updated On: 5/2/05 at 08:48 PM
#108re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:56pm
I can't take the anticipation.. am I right? And what was his stupid speech called (I'm getting mad that I can't remember haha)
ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
#109re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:00pmWasn't the Cross of Gold speech? He said "you shal not crucify blahblah upon a cross of gold!" and it was in support of the silver standard and getting rid of the gold standard.
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."
Wishes come true, not free.
Wishes come true, not free.
#110re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:04pm
Cross of Gold speech! That sounds right to me! Ashley.. what's the verdict
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#111re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:09pm
William Jennings Bryan DID proclaim "Thou Shalt Not Crucify Man on a Cross of Gold."
The wealthier Republicans wanted the Dollar to be backed by Gold Reserves--while the more middle-class Democrats wanted a Silver Standard.
Please tell me EXACTLY which slaves were freed by The Emancipation Proclomation, and what were Lincoln's very savvy POLITICAL reasons for enacting it?
"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."
#112re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:11pmLincoln realized that the emancipation proclamation made the civil war ALL about slavery at the point...thats all I have.
awkward.
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ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
#113re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:13pmNo slaves were freed by the EP because the EP only freed slaves in states still in rebellion, and since the states were in rebellion, they did not have to obey Lincoln's orders. Lincoln did it like that because he did not want to alienate the border states, who were not in rebellion, but had slaves. He knew that the country would either have to be all slave or all free, but that it couldn't be both. There's more, but I can't remember exactly...
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."
Wishes come true, not free.
Wishes come true, not free.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#114re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:17pm
To "flesh" out a little bit, Jwei...
The Emancipation Procolomation freed "all the slaves currently in rebellion against the United States." In other words, the Confederacy. In other words, the very Area over which Lincoln had no control!!!
So why did he do it? When the war was was about States' Rights, the Confederacy was INCHES AWAY from being recognized as a separate country and receiving support from the U.K.--heck, the U.K. would MUCH RATHER deal with two squabbling Americas than one United one.
But when Lincoln made the war all about SLAVERY, the U.K. immediately backed off ALL NEGIOTATIONS! (As Lincoln well knew, Queen Victoria HATED slavery and would not aid any country that she perceived was fighting to preserve it.)
What was the "magic bullet" theory that Senator Arlen Spector of Pennsylvania presented at the Warren Commission which determined the how and why to which JFK was assassinated?
"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."
Updated On: 5/2/05 at 09:17 PM
ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
#115re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:19pmThe "magic bullet" theory was that there was only one assasin (not two, as many suspect) and that the bullet went through JFK's neck, head and arm/hand, which was virtually impossible. It's something like that.
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."
Wishes come true, not free.
Wishes come true, not free.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#116re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:24pm
That's about it, Elphie.
Since ballastics could prove that Oswald's gun fired only ONE shot, Spector presented a diagram that theorized how that bullet could have gone inside ONCE, dovetailed OUT, and returned two or three more times--all striking JFK at different parts of his body.
Which President mandated the Louisania Purchase? 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."
ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
#117re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:26pm
Jefferson!!
It was ironic because it was probably not exactly Constitutional because it was not in the President's powers to do so, yet Jefferson was a strict constructionist.
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."
Wishes come true, not free.
Wishes come true, not free.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#118re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:28pm
PERFECT, Elphie.
Who was known as "The Great Compromiser"?
"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."
#119re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:28pmJefferson - ironic because, as an "Anti-Federalist" or Dem.-Repub. he was more for state rights opposed to federal government taking control and power. He was also for a frugal government (this was a huge undertaking, paying 15 million for the LA Territory). He also says this will "marry the U.S. to Britain" when the Anti-Fed's are pro-French.
ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
#120re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:29pmWas it Henry Clay?
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."
Wishes come true, not free.
Wishes come true, not free.
#121re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:29pmDarn, just a little late. I'm also going with Clay..
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#122re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:30pm
YOU BET, Elphie. SEE, you're doing JUST FINE...
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
"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."
ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
#123re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:32pmThere was a tax on whiskey (Hamilton did that, right?) and people were rebelling, so Washington called out the army. It was the first time he had to call out the troops and he called out a massive amount, like 13,000 or something.
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."
Wishes come true, not free.
Wishes come true, not free.
#124re: AP American History
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:33pm
4 more days..........
argh
I'm taking it too...but one hand I'm worried, but on the other hand I'm just kind of like......whatever...I'm so worthless.
Was that a fat joke?
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