Common Core example
My younger daughter is taking an Advanced Placement US History exam. The following question is an entirely valid question to ask. I just am very curious as to how her and our essays, substantiated by facts, might get graded.
For more detail, see the above URL. Briefly, students are asked to "evaluate the effectiveness of Progressive Era reformers and the federal government in bringing about reform at the national level. In your answer be sure to analyze the successes and limitations of these efforts in the period 1900-1920 (i.e Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson).
For more detail, see the above URL. Briefly, students are asked to "evaluate the effectiveness of Progressive Era reformers and the federal government in bringing about reform at the national level. In your answer be sure to analyze the successes and limitations of these efforts in the period 1900-1920 (i.e Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson).
Johnson - all bad
Nixon - only good was China and perhaps ending Vietnam; enemies list only surpassed by the current looter-in-chief; worst part was regulation like EPA
As far as all three go, they are all Progressives. Big overreaching government and the guns and whips to back it up.
2. took us off the gold standard
3."we're all Kenysians now"
4. created the EPA
The statement that "we're all Keynesians now" was not in support of Keynesian economic theory, rather the acknowledgment that the government, through the Fed, was manipulating the economic system instead of allowing the system to self-regulate. That's not to say that that was a good or proper way to address the problems, as I said, he had bad counsel and made bad decisions. But it was merely the acknowledgment of what was happening.
for the answers to the entire set of questions.
Of particular note is the expected "balanced" coverage of JFK, Johnson, and Nixon.
They're all fairly interestingly worded questions... even more interesting especially since it assume those who will be scoring the questions have such little knowledge about any of the aforementioned historical occasions they must include "cheat sheets" to score them.
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http://gopthedailydose.com/2013/05/09/hi...
Says a lot about backroom dealing in politics, and about how early Hillary learned to mislead.
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/me...
When McKinley was assassinated, the aforementioned producers had the biggest "O s***!" moment of their careers. Was this just pumishment for what some might consider non-Galtish values, or were those titans of industry justified in trying to protect themselves from William Jennings Bryan, the first progressive presidential candidate? I don't think there is any doubt that Hank Rearden is based off of John Rockefeller, especially the "monopoly trial". I am curious to hear others' opinions on that part of American history. One could certainly argue that both Rockefeller and Carnegie shrugged late in their lives.
After that, at best only Carnegie belonged there, and as straightlinelogic argues, they strayed from the path.
This should be a lesson learned from both the book and from real life.
Here's a person who bought a senate seat, never earning anything that he received, nor working an honest day in his life, yet feels morally compelled to tell the rest of the nation what they should have, how they should live, and what they should think and value.