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1) What was the purpose of the pony express? The purpose of the pony express was to get important mail to people and to the men that were in the civil much faster than buggies.

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 think I would be good candidate to be a rider because I will be willing to die for an important letter. And I like to adventure through dangerous parts 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 the postal system because the internet is evolving and creating new ways of communicating with your friends. The internet has e-mail, facebook and other sites that allow you to talk and share with your friends. 4) Write a summary of the movie that Miss Dauman 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 a racist from the Southern states who murdered President Lincoln. The reason why he was angry at Lincoln was for this top reason he disagreed against all the things Lincoln believed in. 2) What assumptions are you making from the article? Another words, what are you taking for granted? One assumption that I had was that I thought John Wilkes Booth was working alone at the time. 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 see if the assumption was right by cheacking any journal entries that John had or may kept at the time being. Some evidence that may be helpful would be talking to the families generations that might have been helping John. 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