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1) What was the purpose of the pony express? The purpose is to get mail to people faster.

2) Would you have been a good candidate to be one of the riders? Why or why not? (use the information from the article to support your answer) No I wouldn't be a good candidate for the pony express, I don't have much experience riding horses.

3) Just as the telegraph led to the end of the pony express, do you think it might be possible that the internet is impacting our current postal system? Why or why not? Yes I do think that the internet has impacted the postal system because people can send E-mail for free, but if you send a letter you have to pay for the stamp and/ or shipping.

4) Write a summary of the movie that Miss Dahman showed you at the beginning of class and put it in my correcting basket at school. In the basket.

[|Lincoln] If you have time click on the following article and read the story. Answer the following questions.

1) Who was John Wilkes Booth and why was he so angry with President Lincoln? John was an actor, and he disliked President Lincoln because he thought that everything that the president did Mr. Booth was agenst.

2) What assumptions are you making from the article? Another words, what are you taking for granted? That we have the rite to vote.

3) How can you check to see if those assumptions are accurate or not? What evidence would you site to support or refute this assumption? I t says that Mr. Booth shot Mr. Lincoln.

Once you are in the story please click on John Wilkes Booth's name or Dr. Samuel Mudd. Read their stories and write a brief summary. 2-3 paragraphs about each of them.


 * You may not get all of this done, but get as far as you can.

Miss Hansen