Extensions

Extension Activity: Election of 1860 

The Issues Endure: Have students summarize the arguments about how states should judge the constitutionality of federal government actions in the following Word documents:

• Report and Resolutions of the Hartford Convention
• Virginia Resolutions
• Kentucky Resolutions
• South Carolina Exposition and Protest
• South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification 

Extension Activity: The Resignation of President Nixon

Using the PDF of a Memorandum to Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, students should create a Venn diagram or list outlining the reasons for or against a pardon. Which reasons for or against a pardon were the most convincing? Why?

Download the PDF Memo to Leon Jaworski

George Washington 2

George Washington was known as a good dancer and an excellent rider. He owned many sets of dentures, but none were made out of wood.

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