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weird day
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:12 am
by Dalya
my best friend from preschool-middle school got married today. i got half-drunk and danced the hora, then came home and studied US history for 5 hours straight.
now my brain hurts.
sleep or all-nighter?
i don't know what year the effing steam-powered loom was invented. grrrrr...
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:50 pm
by Rebecca
Ugh, I hate it when professors make you memorize years. Of all the things you learn in school, that's the one thing you never retain.
Re "1492, 1776" becca
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:18 pm
by Dalya
the only years i can remember are when theyre in the name of the event (i.e. war of 1812, proclamation of 1763) or really important (1777 articles of confederation written, ratified in 1781, US becomes an official country, constitiution ratified in 1788)
for some reason i CAN remember that the cotton gin was invented in 1793, but i can't remember that Nat Turner's rebellion was in 1832. why? i have no idea.
need to remember:
Common Sense published in 1776
Treaty of Paris signed 1783
Jay-Gardoqui Treaty of 1785
Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798
Clermont first steam-powered boat in 1807
2nd US Bank's charter expires in 1836 under Jackson
Republic of Vermont from 1785-91 - becomes 14th state in 91
Shay's Rebellion in 1786...
arg. test is in 40 min. kill me.
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:30 pm
by mere1975
Like you'll need to remember when Vermont became a state. Pshh.
- Mere "I remember 1975" 1975
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:39 pm
by Dalya
well its an example of how much the continental congress sucked and couldn't maintain order, which i have to know for the essay, aaaaagggghhhh.
if i lived in britain and had more then 300 years of history to learn i'd shoot myself in the face. sucks for you guys.
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:35 pm
by eebs
no, it's cool. all our dates revolve around war and who we were invading, with some diplomatic intrigue and tactical information thrown in. maybe a few kings and queens too but then you get the excitement of beheadings and stuff
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:55 pm
by Steveums
well its an example of how much the continental congress sucked and couldn't maintain order, which i have to know for the essay, aaaaagggghhhh.
if i lived in britain and had more then 300 years of history to learn i'd shoot myself in the face. sucks for you guys.
yeah, the only super-detailed stuff is 20th century. We don't tend to study the whole history of the country either; at school I did Romans, 1066, Tudors and World War One. There's a hell of a lot in between all of those.
Plus, as eebs says, it tends to be quite interesting.
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:27 pm
by Irock
I always thought the story of the one senator beating the other one to death on the Senate floor (just before the Civil War?) was pretty cool.
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:43 am
by Dalya
i didnt think he beat him to death. i heard he beat him with his cane and then the next day he recieved like 200 canes from people who, i guess, supported him.
cant remember at all who it was. we're probably thinking of different stories actually.
whats it called when they go up and read the phone book to prevent bills from being discussed? im totally drawing a blank... something with an F in it... i know it sounds funny... arg. anyway i think that concept is funny.
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:44 am
by Dalya
gerrymandering!
where did i get F?
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:59 am
by NerfHerder
From your subconscious certainty of failure on this test, probably.
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:05 pm
by mere1975
gerrymandering!
where did i get F?
FILIBUSTER. Go with your first instinct.
- Mere "gerrymandering messes with district lines to help certain parties on elections" 1975
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:35 pm
by Irock
gerrymandering!
where did i get F?
FILIBUSTER. Go with your first instinct.
- Mere "gerrymandering messes with district lines to help certain parties on elections" 1975
Gerrymandering makes the Democrats hide out in New Mexico and cry.
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:52 pm
by Dalya
NOOOOOOO they wont to Oklahoma and it was because Tom Delay is a piece of shit!
Yeah filibuster. I knew it!
American history is interesting. For example, the French Quarter of New Orleans was actually built by the Spanish. Learn something new every day.
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:09 pm
by aquaphase
NOOOOOOO they wont to Oklahoma and it was because Tom Delay is a piece of shit!
Yeah filibuster. I knew it!
American history is interesting. For example, the French Quarter of New Orleans was actually built by the Spanish. Learn something new every day.
wrongo sis. they went to Albuquerque.
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