Showing posts with label Fall2016. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fall2016. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Good News. Only Two Students Thought the US Won Our Independence from Russia.

Rest easy. More than half of my college students demonstrated that they knew US won our independence from Britain and mentioned a date between 1776-1783.

Here is a list of the rest of the answers:

  • Europe, 1797
  • The French, 1760
  • Britain, 1976
  • Spain, 1910
  • Some Country, July 4
  • China, 1800s
  • Mexico, 1804-1820
  • Britain, 1920s
  • France, 1700s maybe
  • Colonies, 1600s
  • Britland, 1803
  • England, 1677
  • Russia, 1856
  • France 1889
  • China, 1889
  • Spain, 16something
  • Europe, 1800
  • England, 1537
  • England? 1930?
  • Germany, 1824
  • England, We left when the boat left the harbor.
  • Germany, 1600s
  • Spain, 1800
  • Russia, 1904
  • Spain, 1808
  • Great Britain, January 1, 1869
  • Europe, 1730?
  • Mexico, 1800s
  • England, 1497

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

AMH 1050 Quiz #3 Study Guide

AMH 1050 QUIZ #3: 4 QUESTIONS AT 25 POINTS EACH
PS I broke each question into bite sized pieces and numbered them ;-) see you Friday
1)  Explain relations with Mexico from 1876 to 1917 including (1) US investments in Mexico, (2) the Tampico Incident, (3) Pancho Villa and (4) the Zimmerman Telegram.
 2)  (1) How does WW1 begin in Europe and why does it become a world war?  (2) Explain how the US was involved in WW1 while neutral 1914-1917. Why does/doesn’t the US  declare war on Germany after the Lusitania incident? (3) Who was the president from 1912 to 1920? (4) What was his 1916 slogan? Was it a lie?
3) Explain each of the following and connect them  (1) the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, (2) the Treaty of Versailles, (3) the Rapalo Pact and (4) Mein Kampf
4) Explain each of the following and evaluate their contribution to “isolationism” --  (1) The League of Nations (2) Dawes Plan (3)  Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928 (4) Bonus Army, Bonus March 1932