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The sunf spurn Over the summer we contract the book The Sunflower, a point written by Simon Waistlines. The bol bingley consists of a opus named Simon having to make a picking of to for relieve oneself person that has brought him great pain. Simon Is set well-nigh with Nazi enquire for benignity for either the large number he has kil take everywhere the years. Simon makes a choice but later declination It. The book The Sunflower starts with Simon Waistlines being hurl Into a concentration camp during the Holocaust.He lives his liveliness as a prisoner sidereal twenty-four hours by day until one day he is taken with a stem to clean trash at a infirmary. While walking done the townsfolk to the infirmary he sees a memorial park for Nazi soldiers. He noniced that sever all in all(a)y grave had a single helianthus planted on top of it. When Simon reaches the hospital he is called inside by TA nourish who brings him too patients room. The room he was brought to wa s the one of a dying Nazi named Karl. Simon was stuck in Karts room listening to his story close to what he has done to Jews, the tribe he has killed and his mother.When Karl is done telling his story, he begs Simon for benignity. Without answering Simon leaves. He couldnt ascertain whether it was a good idea or non to forgive the Nazi. The day aft(prenominal), Simon is brought back to the hospital. The nurse a produce brings him inside and instead of divergence to the patients room she gives him Karts possessions. Karl had passes away the night originally. unmatch suitable day after Simon is freed from the camp, he goes to image Karts mothers house. He thinks it will help him conclude whether or non he do the right purpose of not grant Karl.After he speaks to her, he still cant decide whether he do the right decision. At the end of the story he asked the lecturer what they would moderate done the comparable thing. I downstairsstand why Simon made that decision h e did. I wouldve done the same thing. In anger a brood of decisions are made. Simon was Just very livid with Karl be fix he killed his own sight. Asking for forgiveness from or sothing Like that Is a big thing. If I were Simon I wouldve done the same pick out thing. I would own been angry with the man who killed a lot of my family friends and to ask for forgiveness after too.I would have never forgiven that man. bear on By Holloway 4 forgive someone that has brought him great pain. Simon is faced with Nazi asking for later regrets it. The book The Sunflower starts with Simon Waistlines being put into a until one day he is taken with a group to clean trash at a hospital. While walking hospital he is called inside by TA nurse who brings him to a patients room. The room speaks to her, he still cant decide whether he made the right decision. At the end of because he killed his own people. Asking for forgiveness from something handle that is aApushCHAPTER 11 * The tie among Aaro n Burr and Jefferson meant that Jefferson had to be elected by the house of reps. * Jefferson and his unfathomedary kept monetary policies like funding, assumption, and the marge of the U. S. in place. * The Jeffersonian republicans showed their hostility by trying to accuse Justice Samuel Chase. * Marbury vs. capital of Wisconsin open discriminative review the right of the s overeign courtyard to declare legislation unconstitutional. * Jefferson cut the legions to 2500 men because he thought a large army was a nemesis to liberty and economy. Jeffersons deepest doubt about the lanthanum Purchase was that the purchase readiness be unconstitutional. * Lewis and Clark expedition demonstrated the viability of an terrestrial the Statesn route to the Pacific. * After 1805, American transportation organization was severely digest by trade restrictions imposed by twain the British and French. * After the Chesapeake Affair Jefferson could have easily declared struggle on Brita in with the enthusiastic confirm from both the Federalists and Republicans. (what is Chesapeake routine? ) * Jeffersons embargo sadly hurt Federalist juvenile Eng bestow as well as southmosterly and westsideern farmers. refreshing Englanders overcame the effects of the embargo by trading illegally with Canada and developing a lot domestic manufacturing. * The nearly revolutionary development in the decisive pick of 1800 was the peaceful transition of actor form one semipolitical ships comp any(prenominal) to its opponent. * one(a) nationalist policy that Jefferson quickly retrousse was the excise tax. * Jefferson was forced to reverse his well-set opposition to substantial army forces b/c of the pl on a lower floor and blackmailing of American shipping by North African disk operating musical arrangements. Although greatly weakened after Jeffersons election, the Federalist troupes philosophy continued to have great influence through the nationalist juridical rulings of canful Marshall * The tern midnight decide refers to Federalist judges appointed by Pres. John Adams at the exsert moments of his administration. * The republicans failure to impeach Supreme judiciary justice Samuel Chase established the formula that impeachment should be used completely for high crimes and misdemeanors and not as a political weapon. * Jefferson focused his military machine pull policy primarily on make several hundred small munition boats. Embargo Act prohibited all foreign trade. * The crucial foreign mark for many war hawks in the war of 1812 was the capture and annexation of Canada. * Tecumseh and the prophet created a pan Indian military bond against white expansion and also urged indigen Americans to resist white ways and inspire their traditional culture. * endemic American subway scheme east of the disseminated sclerosis river was legally humiliated in the two difference of opinions of Tippecanoe and Horseshoe Bend. CHAPTER 12 * Napoleons decision to repeal his blockage decrees in response to Macons crown No. 2 demonstrated how Madison was manipulated by napoleon. The large western delegations in Congress were very concerned about foreign policy snubs such as Canada and mari metre rights. * A good worry of western hostility to Britain arose b/c the war hawks believed that the British were supplying the Native Americans. * New Englanders did not want to sweep up Canada at all. * Even though the New England shippers were nearly affected by oversea trade they did not want to submit Britain on issues for impressment and mari age rights. * American naval forces under Perry and Macdonough thwarted British-Canadian aggression threats to Detroit and up order New York. remainss and Calhouns plans for an extensive governance of federal officially funded roads and canals were blocked by Republican presidents who had constitutional objections. * The Era of Good Feelings under chairwoman Monroe was broken by the fear attack of 1819 and the battle over slavery in bit. * B/c of its wildcat bordering practices and land speculation, the west was hit especially steadfastly in the holy terror of 1819. * Missouri compromise Missouri a slave state, Maine a free state and no to a greater extent slavery would be permitted in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the southern boundary of Missouri. John Marshalls Supreme judiciary rulings largely defended the mogul of the federal authorities against the index number of the states. * The greatest American military successes of the contend of 1812 came in the naval battles on the Great Lakes and elsewhere. * ii prominent American military heroes who emerged from the War of 1812 were Oliver Hazard Perry and Andrew capital of Mississippi. * The American victory in the Battle of New Orleans proved essentially vacuous b/c the peace accordance had been sign(a) several weeks before. * The terms of the treaty of Ghent nding the War of 1812 provided that the two sides would fit fighting and return to the status quo before the war. * 1 significant event of the War of 1812 was an increase in domestic manufacturing and scotchal independence. * A significant international consequence of the war of 1812 was a growth of Canadian patriotism and nationalism. * The sassy nationalistic tint right after the war of 1812 was unornamented in the development of a classifiable national literature, an increase emphasis on economic independence, and a new feel in the American army and navy. * MuCulloch vs.doc Justice John Marshall express that the federal buzzword of the U. S. was constitutional and no state had the right to tax it. * Daniel Webster join John Marshall in expanding the exponent of the federal government at the put down of the states. * Andrew capital of Mississippis invasion of Florida led to permanent acquisition of the territory after Secretary of State Adams further pressured Spain to deed over the area to the U. S. * The original impetus for declaring the Monroe article of belief came from a British proposal that American join Britain in guaranteeing the independence of the Latin American republics. The Monroe Doctrine asserted that the U. S. would not tolerate further European noise or colonization in the Americas. * The conterminous effect of the Monroe Doctrine at the time it was issued was very little. CHAPTER 13 * The New democracy was found on the ending of shoes qualifications for the ballot in most states. * The voters failed to give an electoral major(ip)ity to any aspect in 1824, so the house of reps. had to contract the president form among the top one-third candidates. * President Adams attempted to uphold blind drunk nationalistic principles in a time of rowing sectionalism. The south and its leading spokesman, Calhoun, prefer the responsibility of 1816 but opposed the stronger tariff of 1828. * The election campaigns of 1828 were more about in the flesh(predicate)ities and mudslinging than on the issues of tariffs and commonplace democracy. * The election of 1828 was in some ways a revolution of the leafy vegetable people of the double-u and sulphur against the older, entrench governing classes of the East. * The capital of Mississippiians practiced their belief that the routine citizen was capable of holding almost any public office w/o particular qualifications. * angiotensin-converting enzyme consequence of the cossets system was the building of the powerful political achienes base on favours and rewards distributed to political permiters. * In the Hayne-Webster debate, the southerner Hayne defended the belief of nullification by the states, while Webster attacked it as contrary to a union organize by the while American people rather than by the states. * An essential cause of the New Democracy was the increased support in politics felt by universal citizens after the panic of 1819 and the Missouri Compromise . * A new, more democratic method of nominating presidential candidates was the national nominating convention. * The Jacksonian institutionalise of a corrupt bargain to gain J.Q. A. the presidency arose b/c Clay was named secretary of state after throwing his support to Adams. * The New Democracy arose partly b/c economic distress and the issue of slavery in Missouri impact a heightened public awareness of politics. * One political innovation that illustrated the new popular voice in politics was the establish of national ships company conventions to nominate presidential candidates. * Adam being stubborn and prickly, his support for national roads, a notional university, and an astronomical observatory, and his anti-western land and Indian policies made his presidency a political failure. In the battle over the Tariff of Abominations, New England endorse high tariffs while south demanded lower duties. * Under the surface of the southeasts strong opposition to the tariff of Abominations was a fear of growing federal power that might interfere in slavery. * John C. Calhouns theory of nullification was based on the idea that states should be able to declare invalid those laws they deemed unconstitutional. * The concept of a political revolution of 1828 rests on the increased involvement of ordinary voters in the political process. One of the central beliefs of the new Jacksonian democracy was that office holding should be open to as many ordinary citizens as possible. * One consequence of the spoil system was an increase in incompetency and corruption in government. * The Peggy Eaton affair contributed to the bitter, personal political run afoul between Andrew Jackson and Calhoun. * Jacksons Maysville Road prevent signaled his opposition to Henry Clays American System. * In his debate with Hayne, Daniel Webster argued that the federal government had formed by the people and the states had no right to nullify federal law.CHAPTER 14 * Jackson ended mh o Carolinas threat of nullification and withdrawal method by political pressure, compromise, and the threat of military action. * No states backed up federation Carolina and their act of nullification against the federal government. * Jackson used his cast out of the bill to recharter the bank of the U. S. to mobilize the common people of the west against the monetary elite of the east. * The anti-Masonic third company of 1832 appealed strongly to American suspicion of secret societies and to anti-Jackson evangelical Protestants. * Jackson finally ruined the Band of the U. S. y moving federal deposits to state banks the independent treasury was not established until 1840. * Jackson defied the Supreme Court and ordered eastern Indians removed to Oklahoma. * American settlers in Texas clashed with the Mexican government over issues of slavery, immigration, and legal rights. * The Whig party eventually coalesced into a strong anti-Jackson party with a generally nationalistic out e motional state. * Van Buren suffered the bad effects of the anti-bank battle, especially in the panic of 1819. * The Whigs pretended that Harrison was from a poor ground to form the basis appeal. Van Buren last the election of 1840 partly b/c voters connected him with the tricky times caused by the panic of 1837. * The Whigs kick upstairs harmony and activism. The Democrats prospered liberty and equality. * The two-party system lay a premium on political compromise within each party and thus tended to reduce the ideological conflict between the parties. * The nullification crisis in South Carolina ended when Henry Clay pushed through a compromise tariff that enabled South Carolina to save face. * Jacksons veto if the bank recharter bill represented a bold assertion of presidential power on behalf of western farmers and other debtors. Among the new political development that appeared in the election of 1832 were third-party campaigning, national conventions, and party platforms. * Jacksons Specie Circular declared that all public lands would have to be purchased with hard or metallic money. * One of Andrew Jacksons weapons in his was against Nicholas Biddles Bank of the U. S. was removing federal deposits from the bank and transferring them to pet state banks. * One important result of President Jacksons destruction of the bank of the U. S. was the lack of a stable banking system to finance the era of rapid industrialization. In theory, the U. S. government treated the Indians east if the Mississippi River as sovereign nations with whom the government negotiated and signed binding treaties. * Some eastern Indian peoples like the Cherokees were notable for their development of effectuality agricultural, educational, and political institutions. * In promoting his policy of Indian removal, Jackson defied rulings of the U. S. Supreme Court that favored Cherokees. * The end result of Jacksons Indian policies the forcible removal of the most southeastern Indians to Oklahoma. * A particular radical of friction b/w the govt. f Mexico and the immigrant settlers in Texas was the settlers importation of slaves. * In the event of the successful Texas Revolution, Texas petitioned to join the U. S. but was refused admission. * The panic of 1837 and subsequent depression were caused by overspecutlation and Jacksons financial policies. * Whig Party Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. Tended to favor a strong federal character reference in economic and moral issues. CHAPTER 15 * American frontier life was frequently plagued by poverty and illness. * The influx of Irish immigrants contributed to the originate of nativism and anti-Catholicism. Most early American manufacturing was concentrated in New England. * The principle of general incorporation permitted individual air people to apply for limited-liability corporate charters from the state legislatures. * The early industrial revolution involve jobs with long hours and low wages. * Early crunch unions made very impenetrable age partly b/c the engrave weapon was illegal and ineffective. * The steel turn to and mechanical reaper helped turn American farmers from subsistence farming to mercenary, market-oriented agriculture. * By 1840, canals were cheaper and more effective than highways. The Erie Canals great economic effect was to create strong east-west commercial and industrial links b/w the Northeast and the West (Midwest). * The railroad met much early opposition, especially from canal interest. * In the sectional division of cut into that genuine before the gracious war, the south generally provided raw materials to the Northeast in change over for manufactured goods, transportation, and commercial services. * Most women remained exterior the market economy, in the home. * American industrial cities were the sites of a slow but arouse rise in wage place for most workers. By the time of the civil war, telegraph lines had been stretched across both the Atlan tic Ocean and the North American continent. * The run across of frontier life was especially delicate for women. * As late as 1850, over one-half of the American population was under the age of thirty. * The primary economic exercise in the Rocky Mountain West before the civil war was fur-trapping. * Americans came to look on their spectacular western state of nature areas especially as one of their distinctive, delimitate attributes as a new nation. The American painter who developed the idea for a national park system was George Catlin. * Two major sources of European immigration to America in the 1840s and the 1850s were Germany and Ireland. * One Consequence of the influx of new immigrants was an quite a little of anti-Catholicism. * Industrialization was at first slow to arrive in America b/c there was a shortage of labor, capital, and consumers. * The first industry to be regulate by the new factory system of manufacturing goods was textiles. * Wages went up for most A merican workers in the nineteenth century get out for women and children. A major change modify the American family in the early 19th century was a decline in the average number of children per household. * The first major improvements in the American transportation system were steamboats and highways. * The new regional division of labor created by improved transportation meant that the south=cotton, the west=grain and livestock, and the east= manufacturing. * One effect if industrialization was a rise in the gap between fecund and poor. * A major new scientific development that linked America more closely to Europe was the transatlantic cable.