HIST 103 News

Due to a mistake in coding for the questions about Reconstruction on the final (you know, the questions where all answers were supposed to be counted right), there was a general miscalculation of scores on the final. All scores previously posted were 6 points too low. I've added the 6 points, and here are the revised scores. In addition, I've examined the roster for those final grades where the 6 points make a difference, and I'm initiating grade changes as merited. I'm sorry about the mistake, and I'm working to make the correction as quickly as possible--should be done this afternoon.

Scores posted here.

Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, December 13, 8:00 PM
Minard 138 (our regular classroom)

Five of the following will appear on the final.

Who was the prophet who founded the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints?
A. Josiah Gregg
B. Joseph Smith
C. Emerson Hough
D. Brigham Young

Which English settlement was the first to import slaves to North America in 1619?
A. Boston
B. Plymouth
C. New York
D. Jamestown

Who was the radical abolitionist responsible for publishing The Liberator newspaper?
A. William Seward
B. Benjamin Lundy
C. William Lloyd Garrison
D. Abraham Lincoln

Which territory became the bloody flashpoint of an increasingly bitter national conflict over slavery in the 1850s?
A. Missouri
B. Virginia
C. Kansas
D. Nebraska

What western trail was used primarily for commerce and trade?
A. Santa Fe Trail
B. Overland Trail
C. Oregon Trail
D. California Trail

Which group was derisively known as the Border Ruffians?
A. Anti-slavery extremists led by John Brown and committed to violence
B. Squatters from Missouri who sought to ensure that Kansas would enter the union as a slave state
C. Abolitionists from the North who used Kansas as a transit point for the Underground Railroad
D. Impoverished immigrants paid to settle in Kansas in return for casting Free-Soil votes

What Kansas town served as the headquarters of the Free Soil movement and was sacked by a pro-slavery gang in 1856?
A. Kansas City
B. Topeka
C. Lecompton
D. Lawrence

Jazz Ensembles Concert, Festival Hall, 7:30 PM Monday 5 December

Entrepreneur Society meeting, Tim Moore speaking, "Keys to Financing a New Business Start-Up," Research I offices, Research & Technology Park, Tuesday 6 December, 5:01 PM

Wind Ensemble Concert, 7:30 Tuesday 6 December, Festival Hall

Percussion Ensemble Concert, Festival Hall, 7:30 Wednesday 8 December

Ceramics & Print Sale, NDSU Downtwon Gallery, Noon-6:00, Friday 9 December

As per discussion in class last Thursday, the final exam essay is going to be a take-home. I'm posting two questions here; write on one; turn in your answer to Jeff in class on Tuesday or Thursday of the coming week.

By participating in the take-home essay this way, you are affirming that you have done your own work--written your own essay. It's fine to talk among yourselves and even with others about what you might say, but you have to write it yourself, OK?

1. Based on the lectures you have heard, and on Tocqueville's definitions in Chapter 25, is the instructor of this course a democratic historian, or an aristocratic historian?

2. A key concept laced throughout Democracy in America is the tyranny of the majority. The principle concern of American public affairs today is the war on terrorism. The greatest terrorist in American history, judged by the results produced, was John Brown. Given the difficulty of overcoming majority power in American democracy, was John Brown justified in what he did in Kansas Territory and at Harper’s Ferry?