Etymology
Give another word that shares the same prefix as “impunity”.
Example: invalid
This word means a wreath of flowers
Garland
What was the Cult of Domesticity?
Women’s jobs: at home taking care of the kids while the husband goes out and makes money
Their decision was an ___ one and led to a lot of unwanted consequences as a result of their failure to plan ahead.
impetuous
Which word originates from billiards, and what does it mean?
debut; first appearance
This word means to think about something carefully
ponder
What was Transcendentalism?
A philosophy that urged everyone to find their inner self and study nature
He believed such ___ tasks, like taking out the garbage, was below him and he therefore refused to do them.
menial
Analyze and evaluate the characteristics and influence of the three major sections of the United States in the mid 19-th century economically, socially, or politically (don't need all 3, just at least one!).
Answers vary.
- North: Market Revolution => urban growth (S), labor unions (S/P), industrialized economy (E), growing lower class and increased wealth disparity (E/S), transportation (E), changes in family dynamics and gender roles (S)
- South: Slavery and cotton => social issues concerning slavery, political problems such as the Missouri Compromise and Fugitive Slave Act, economic prosperity for wealthy plantation owners
- West: Frontier => American culture of rugged individualism, self-reliance, etc (S); poltical problems with boundary disputes and slavery (P/S); Native American conflicts (P/S)
Give another word that shares the same suffix as “confront”.
Example: conference
This word means exemption from punishment
Impunity
What was Thomas Jefferson’s excuse for buying the land from the French in the Lousiana Purchase?
This would help move the Indians westward, remove European powers there, and really help his agrarian vision!
Give an example of pathos (an ad with pathos, for instance).
Answers vary.
Example: Adoption center ads that show pictures of pained puppies and kitties. :(
How does the following sentence exemplify any or all of the three rhetorical appeals:
“Over the last few decades, scholars around the world have collaborated to mount surveys of representative samples of people from different countries. The International Social Survey Programme, or ISSP, and the World Value Surveys, or WVS, are probably the longest-running, most reliable such projects…Their findings suggest that in several major areas, Americans are clearly less individualistic than western Europeans…At 45 percent, Americans were the least likely out of nine nationalities to say that people should at least on occasion follow their consciences.” (Sweet Land of Conformity by Claude Fischer)
Ethos: Fischer appeals to ethos when he cites international survey programs such as the ISSP. He even devotes a couple of sentences to explain the credibility of this program. His argument directly builds on these projects and the readers are inclined to believe that he is right if he uses these reputable sources.
Pathos: The writer uses data and numbers from various surveys to support his claim that Americans aren’t as traditionally individualistic as they are led to believe.
Give another word that has the same root as the one in “impunity”.
punishment, punitive, etc.
This word means to beg someone to do something. Say the word AND spell it out to get the points.
Beseech
What was an idea in the American system? What was the purpose of that idea?
Federal government help fund improvements in infrastructure: bigger and better infrastructure in America!
Re-establish American Bank: Really important for a good American economy!
Which of the following rhetorical appeals does the following use:
We should support this presidential candidate because economists and historians support their ideas and promises. On the other hand, economists believe the opposing candidate will impose economic acts that will destroy the nation and historians back up this claim with examples of similar acts in the past that led to widespread economic depression.
This is using ethos (appeals to historians and economists) and also logos since the argument is intuitive and the audience can agree with the logic used.
Government and Economics: Many quota in politics and economics, such as GDP (gross domestic product), are expressed in per capita units—or, in other words, an amount for each person.
Given that per means “through”, use what you know about the Latin word capita (Hint: it’s from one of our vocabulary words!) to explain the literal definition of the phrase per capita.
“through a head” = counting through each “head” in the population = each person
Which of the following words doesn’t have the same prefix as the other two? “Indifferent”, “Illiterate”, “Intimidate”
Intimidate
Answer both to get the points:
This word means not requiring much skill.
This word means acting without care or inconsideration
menial
impetuous
Give an example in history that shows why “Age of the Common Man” is a fitting name during the 1830s.
Answers vary.
Example: Jackson denied the Federal Bank since he thought it benefited the wealthy => helping the common people
Give an example of a slippery slope fallacy.
Answers vary.
Example: Prohibiting people below a certain education level from voting will result in a tyrannical government ruled by the elite that will soon turn into a monarchy.
In Latin, one (fancy) way to thank someone is to say “gratias maximas tibi ago”. Tibi is a variation of the word tu, meaning “you”.
Given what you know about the words gratias and ago from the vocabulary that we’ve learned these past few weeks, try to translate this phrase into English.
(Hint: What words look like gratias and ago? Ago comes at the very beginning of a word—we’ve talked about this briefly! Also, maximas means exactly what it looks like!)
I urge/drive the greatest thanks to you” = “thank you very much!”