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Actions or Intentions I believe that what we do is different than what we should do and how we judge people is no different. What I DO is judge people by their actions. Should I? I don't know but that's just what I do and how I feel is that your intentions could be the best they possibly could be but if they don't carry out their plan as intended then everything can go wrong and millions of people could die. I don't remember people by what they were trying to do I remember them by how they went through with their ideas whether it be in a positive or negative way. If your intentions were good and came out bad, then your intentions won't take back all the people that you hurt. Intentions can always be altered by incoming actions and actions will always effect your intentions. Actions are concrete fact and there is no taking them back which is why I judge people by their actions.

Trail of Tears (Little boy on slide 5.) I'm so confused. My mother keeps saying it is ok. Everything is fine. I know it is not fine. We have been walking for what seems like ages and men and women have been weeping throughout our vast journey. I still haven't a clue on the situation. I have no grasp on what is to come or why we left. All I know is that as we travel through winter, we grow weak. And as we travel through other tribes lands, they question and hurt us. But I do not know why. I think it was the white men on their four legged creatures. They came and we left. Just like that. Now, we wander and life is more difficult for the old ones. I only walk with them and am curious of what they know. I hope we will be alright but i know that many of us have died, however, my parents say that the spirit of the wolf watches over us and that the wolf is a guide. The spirit of the wolf will give our family wisdom by teaching us ways to survive and will guide us away from danger. I hope she is right but for now, we will just have to wait. I'm so confused.

Day 3 Presentation For my American System Project my group did a powerpoint presentation and we talked about the inner improvements that the U.S. made like the Erie Canal and Cumberland Road. This helped transportation across the country and encouraged us to improve things like transportation and the selling of goods. We also talked about who started it and about the tariffs which encouraged the buying of American products. This also gave us some extra spending money for things like roads and other things which can help refine our country.

Day 6 Presentation For this presentation my group talked about the Eaton Affair. This was another powerpoint where we incorporated some acting (not so great) and drawing. We talked about how the Eaton Affair really separated the President's Cabinet with all the drama and almost brought it down completely. Everyone took sides for it and completely ignored the Eaton's. This also brought out more drama within families like the Jackson family and since people became so opinionated on all the drama that it severely weakened the President's Cabinet.

Voting Qualifications I believe that the only qualification that we should have for voting is that you must have experienced an event in order to vote for it. So say the president wants to avoid war and you are for that. If you haven't experienced war, then you shouldn't be able to vote for it. If you have, then you already know what it is like and how it makes you feel. Some people may like it and others may not. However, they are the only ones qualified to make a war decision because they know more about it than someone who has only read books about it. They don't have first hand knowledge about it's effects and may have heard things from bias sources. This is why I think you need to have experienced an event in order to vote for it.

More or Less Democratic? I think the only thing we should do is to abolish the electoral college because I don't really see the point. With the electoral college, even if more people voted for one candidate, the other could still win which I don't think is very fair at all.

How Democratic Was Andrew Jackson? Alex Soriano 4-27-09 I think Andrew Jackson in some ways did and in some ways did not make the U.S.A. more democratic because some of the things he did made things more fair, some things didn't, and some things did both. The first topic I have to discuss is the bank. Andrew Jackson wanted to give some financial power to more people low class people. He also gave poorer families the power to not always have to payback wealthy families balancing the power for both classes of people. The last thing Jackson did was that he took power from certain people which gave more freedom and power to others. This overall made the U.S.A. more democratic. The second topic is the spoil system. This gave everyone a chance to be an official in the government. This also brought in new people with different opinions so we always had new ideas. Although there were new ideas and what not, Jackson put in people who would side with him making it unfair for those who disagreed with him. This was a difficult topic because this did and didn’t make the United States more democratic. The last major topic was the Native American removal. For starters, this wasn't good for Native Americans because we had taken their land and homes. In doing this, we forced them into new environments on long hard journeys and killed thousands of them. The last issue with that is, it made Native American tribes live together in a much smaller area even if they were enemies. This forced them to become peaceful and strong so they could survive each other and the new environments. From this, you should understand my point that Andrew Jackson did and didn't make the United States more democratic. He made things fair in some areas and less fair in other areas and that is the main point of this essay.

Term Grade I deserve another A- because I haven't completed each assignment to perfection however, I think I worked very hard individually and with my teammates. Me, John, and Tim worked well together for the most part and I believe we pulled off our projects pretty well.