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).
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As far as all three go, they are all Progressives. Big overreaching government and the guns and whips to back it up.
for the answers to the entire set of questions.
Of particular note is the expected "balanced" coverage of JFK, Johnson, and Nixon.
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.
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