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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?
[OOC: Answer the questions or handwavey me an idea of how your character did. Entirely up to you!
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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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.