Dixon this is how the Crime of '73 relates to The Wizard of Oz

1. Tinman represents the Populist and Marxist idea of the alienation of the industrial worker
2. Scarecrow represents the western farmer, populist thought farmers were able to understand the complex theories that underlay the choice of standard
3. Cowardly Lion is William Jennings Bryan
4. Emerald City is D.C.
5. the yellow brick road represents the gold standard
6. Tinman receives a new axe which represents that the bimetallic standard will ensure the industrial worker wont be unemployed
7. Dorothy kicking her heels to go home represents the power to solve the problems (by adding silver to the money stock) was there all along

ha to all you out there that didnt get to it first.
Roxie

next item: something written by mark twain.
you had a couple of days off for the easter holiday and the fact that i couldn't get on for some reason.
two questions:
1. explain the events leading up to the impeachment of andrew johnson
2. what does the "crime of '73" have to do with the wizard of oz?

Samuel tilden can be called a hero because as chairman of the democratic state committee he took a leading part in the impeachment of New York judges who were the tools of the notorious Tweed ring. He did this by analysing the bank accounts of certain members of the ring, he obtained legal proof of the principle on which the spoils had been divided. Also as a reform spirited governor in 1874, he turned his attention to a second set of plunders , the "canal ring" , made up of members of both parties who had been systematically robbing New York State through the maladministration of its canals. He succeeded in breaking them up.

*color due to the heels going to the final four one place Duke is not*

#2: the whiskey ring scandal involved Ulysses S. Grant and his secretary. Over 3 million dollars in taxes were taken from the federal goverment and Grant gave presidentil pardon to his secretary.

wow, that's some pretty quick answering there. detter must sleep in the afternoon so he can stay up until 2 in the morning looking at the blog.
next item: picture of andrew johnson

2 more questions for extra credit:

1. why can samuel tilden be called a hero?
2. describe the events of the whiskey ring scandal.

The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments are called the civil war amendments because they were passed in the wake if the Civil War.
13: Abolished slavery
14: granted civil rights to African Americans
15: granted men of all races the right to vote

The Wade-Davis Bill was sponsored by Benjamin Wade and Henry Davis and it provided for the administration of the affairs of southern states by provisional governors until the end of the war. It argued that civil governments should only be re-established when half of the white male citizens took an oath of loyalty to the union.

matt, not really that many when you think you have a week to do them. plus, you being a smart guy and all you probably know them all off the top of your head.
item # 3 for your bag: a map of alaska
soto is answering most of the questions but i'll sneak a couple in here if somebody wants them. extra credit for the first person to tell me:

1. what is the wade-davis bill?
2. why are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments called the civil war amendments and what did each of them do?

man dixon thats a lot of definitions

how big does the pic of mowry need to be?

-the specie circular was issued so that all public lands had to be purchased with "hard" money.

hey guys- here are your definitions that are due the day you come back from easter break.
1. oliver o. howard
2. andrew johnson
3. alexander stephens
4. charles sumner
5. thaddeus stevens
6. william seward
7. freedman's bureau
8. 10 percent plan
9. wade-davis bill
10. "conquered provinces"
11. moderate republicans
12. radical republicans
13. black codes
14. sharecropping
15. civil rights act
16. 14th amendment
17. "swing around the circle"
18. military reconstruction act
19. 15th amendment
20. ex parte milligan
21. "radical" regimes
22. scalawags
23. carpetbaggers
24. ku klux klan
25. force acts
26. tenure of office act
27. "seward's folly"
28. Ulysses S. Grant
29. Horatio seymour
30. jim fisk
31. jay gould
32. thomas nast
33. horace greeley
34. jay cooke
35. roscoe conkling
36. james g. blaine
37. rutherford b. hayes
38. samuel tilden
39. james a. garfield
40. chester a. arthur
41. winfield s. hancock
42. charles j. guiteau
43. grover cleveland
44. benjamin harrison
45. cheap money
46. hard money
47. resumption act
48. gilded age
49. "ohio idea"
50. the "bloody shirt"
51. tweed ring
52. credit mobilier
53. whiskey ring
54. "crime of '73"
55. bland-allison act
56. greenback labor party
57. GAR
58. stalwart
59. half-breed
60. compromise of 1877
61. pendleton act
62. mugwumps

that's the next two chapters. you will have a quiz on them the day you come back from easter break. i also want everyone to get yourself a brown paper grocery bag. you are going to put some things in it over the holiday. when you come back i want you to bring your bags with you. i'm going to use the items in the bag for something and i'm going to give everyone a 100 as a test grade who gets all the items. they aren't hard and you guys are going to have to contact each other and make sure everyone is together on this because some people don't have computers, let everyone know what is happening and if people are out of town help them out as well.
it's going to be a holiday scavenger hunt...and we will use the items for something when you come back.
item #1 a red shirt
item #2 a drawing or picture of mr. mowry
those are the first two, more to come. check back often and please help each other out with the scavenger hunt. it's a free 100 for everyone with all the items.
have a good holiday and be careful. like i said, check back often, there's going to be a long list.

soto- you're almost correct. clay had to use his influence to help adams get elected, remember jackson had the most votes and it went to the house of reps where clay ( as speaker of the house) helped adams get elected. then after adams was pres he gave the sec. of state position to clay.

still another question out there and i'll add a few more.
1. explain the panic of 1837.
2. why did jackson dislike the bank and what did he do about it?
3. what was the specie circular?
4. explain how jackson led to the creation of the 2nd two party system.

that should be enough for you to think about for a little while.