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1) What was the purpose of the pony express? The purpose of the Pony Express was to deliver mail as quickly as possible.

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) I would not be a good candidate because i am not a boy also because i don't think i would want to cover 250 miles a day, also i don't think i would have the enthusiasm to ride across a long stretch of land.

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? I think the internet is impacting our postal system because in this century the internet can easily be a communication tool instead of using postal services you could just use the internet to help you communicate, it has a lot of communication tools that are useful.I think in this century mail is not used as much as it used to be. Postal services take a lot longer than the internet.

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

[|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 Wilkes Booth was the person who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. He was angry at Abraham Lincoln because he had a different opinion on slavery and more things John Wilkes Booth didn't agree with.

2) What assumptions are you making from the article? Another words, what are you taking for granted?

I can assume from the story that John Wilkes Booth had a different opinion than Abraham Lincoln, he was racist and he also blamed Abraham Lincoln for the South's ills. He assassinated Abraham Lincoln because he wanted revenge, because he wanted slavery and Abraham Lincoln did not want slavery.

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 can check to see if the assumtions are accurate by looking in the passage about John Wilkes and Abraham Lincoln you could also use any resorce that answers your question such as google.

To support my assumtion i would use the website, [] also I could give you a resorce to find it such as, google.

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