PURPOSE: To engage critically with Chapter 9 of Who Built America, vol. I.
PRODUCT: A critical summary of each week’s required chapter with all four required elements.
TASKS:
Read Chapter 9 of Who Built America, volume I, The Spread of Slavery and the Crisis of the South, 1837-1860.Actions”
By 6 am Monday, March 27, complete a critical summary of this week’s reading and enter it below.
Each summary must include the following elements:
(a) a short “lead paragraph (Links to an external site.)” summarizing what you think are the most important points of the chapter;
(b) a description of the most interesting person, event, or idea in the chapter;
(c) a paragraph, in your own words, about (i) whether the Mexican War was justified and (ii) how changed the United States for the better or for the worse.
3. Also by 6 am Wednesday, March 29, (a) “like” the post that gave you the most to think about and say why; (b) answer someone’s “most important historical question.”
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