May 2011 - US History Post-Test Discussion

<p>the secession issue was over the tariff of abominations.</p>

<p>Err. I forget what answer I put for the War Powers one…
Was it answer choice A?</p>

<p>No, I think it was E. It was something along the natures of the president–troops
don’t remember what it said exactly</p>

<p>Calhoun/Jackson was about the tariff that passed in Congress with Jackson’s approval.</p>

<p>War Powers Act limited the power of the POTUS to commit US troops.</p>

<p>14th Amendment guaranteed equal protection of citizens under the law (due process and equal protection).</p>

<p>Embargo Act hurt the US economy more than it did the British economy.</p>

<p>pi has it right! those are def. the answers</p>

<p>I’m around 90% sure that A was that the President was restricted from sending troops.
And I know I put A… But maybe not.</p>

<p>oh, then in that case you’re right Indulgent :slight_smile: sorry :slight_smile: i don’t really remember</p>

<p>what were the other answer choices for the middle passage one besides cuba/west indies?</p>

<p>^^^Well, technically, POTUS can send as many troops as he wants whenever and wherever. It’s just that he needs Congressional approval to keep them there for, I think, 60+ days. And sending 100,000 troops to Finland with no good reason isn’t going to be popular, which is why no president really uses that power unless in situations like Vietnam.</p>

<p>^Brazil/Carribean (definitely the answer). Georgia, South Carolina, and another Southern/Chesepeake colony. 3 northern colonies (definitely not it).</p>

<p>the other one was maryland.
and what is POTUS? lol…president of the us? i like the acronym ;P</p>

<p>Are the curves different every time? I think I got around -11 wrong so is that 800 or close?</p>

<p>^^POTUS=President of the United States</p>

<p>SCOTUS=Supreme Court of the United States</p>

<p>Et cetera.</p>

<p>potus lol, anyway yeah, i think the 1973 war powers act makes the president have to “renew” the troops with congress every 2 months.</p>

<p>SCOTUS sounds dirty…</p>

<p>Can someone explain me about the Chinese immigration in west question? I know you guys put gold rush as the answer and I do agree, but I thought most Chinese came to build transcontinental railroad - therefore immigrants labor recruitment :frowning: I’m so confused…</p>

<p>I don’t think they came for the railroad. I think they came for the Gold Rush, didn’t strike it rich, and worked on the railroad instead. Not sure, though.</p>

<p>they didn’t immigrate because of the railroads, they immigrated because of the gold. those who decided to stay in the US took jobs in the railroad or in their local china-towns- it wasn’t immigration labor recruitment.</p>

<p>It was because of the time period right? It was in the 40s or 50s? So I think that’s why Gold Rush made more sense.</p>

<p>Nvm, I guess there wasn’t a select time period.</p>

<p>Alright, thanks!!</p>

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it said the 1850’s. but yes, the chinese first took up mining predominantly and then shifted to other jobs (mostly railroad-building) (what pi said)</p>