Month 2 Week 2: The Enlightenment due 10/9

  

The Enlightenment

Directions:

Watch the following video about the Enlightenment.

Practice what you learned on Quizlet. 

Post your final Quizlet score.

Want more input, then read  "Foundations of American Government"

Respond to the following questions. 

Post your responses.

Questions: 

1. What score did you earn on the Quizlet quiz?
2. What was the significance of the Enlightenment and how did it impact the formation of the American government?
3. Describe "natural rights."
4. According to the Enlightenment philosopher John Locke, if a government doesn't protect people's "natural rights," then what do the people have a right to?
5. What did Voltaire add to the Enlightenment movement.
6. In your opinion which philosopher's ideas are needed in government? 
7. Post your answers. 

The Civil War: An Online Exhibit 

Directions: The Civil War emancipated the slaves and preserved the Union at great cost to American lives. The political and moral convictions that fueled the war were so deep that men and women risked their lives. View actual documents reflective of the core issues surrounding the Civil War by going to an online exhibit at:  Discovering The Civil War: Online Exhibit  Look at the section called: Endings and Beginnings. Answer the questions below. Post your responses. Respond to a classmates post.

Questions:

1.  After the War, how did the South begin to rebuild itself economically? Describe the problems it faced in accepting equal rights for freed slaves?
2.  How did former slaves begin to shape their lives as free people?
3. Describe the role the Federal Government played in rebuilding the South politically?
4. In what ways did government not fully support the freedoms of the former slaves?
5. What do you think should have been done to ameliorate the lives of former slaves?