star_s

I thought it was paper money, just because that would have resulted in inflation, which seems to contradict their whole rebellion sort of deal.

Collegehelllp

I agree with what you're saying, but did they really want to overthrow the government? That could be one of those ticky tacky college board questions.

Collegehelllp

Nope, you guys are right.

"In January, the Shaysites abandoned their policy of raiding courthouses in favor of wider rebellion. Talking now about overthrowing state government and not simply reforming debtors' courts and the tax system, about 2,500 farmers and artisans attacked the Massachusetts state arsenal at Springfield."

Collegehelllp

On the other hand:

"Daniel Shays, outraged by the denial of paper money to prevent foreclosure on the lands of hardworking farmers, led a rebellion against the government to prove how serious the farmers of the time were."

This is going somewhere.

wink

???
That's confusing. The answer definitely was not any of the other three choices (foreclosures, high taxes, debtors prisons).

Collegehelllp

Right, all those were included. The only reason I picked overthrowing the government as out of place is because that is pretty arbitrary and I was under the impression that the rebels just blocked the courthouse. They were just farmers, I don't think they had plans of running government.

Poisonous

They didn't have plans of overthrowing the governent from what I remember. They would have wanted to increase paper money because it would increase inflation which would make their debs worth essentially nothing. I chose the governmet one.

wink

Well, the rebels definitely raided a Federal arms store in order to storm the government in Boston...I really didn't think of paper money as one of the main goals of the rebellion. But whatever; your arguments make a lot of sense. I was never very familiar with Shays anyway.

Collegehelllp

I think that you could bring up a legitimate complaint against the college board either way.

Did you guys say that the Italians were the group to come after the 18th century?

wink

Yeah, Southern/Eastern Europeans didn't arrive until mid-to-late 19th century.
So Italians is correct.

Did Germans settle in the Midwest?

Poisonous

Yea germans came for the homestead act.. I spent some time pondering that that one..

You may want to google it, I could be wrong, but I convinced myself that the midwest was correct during the test.

MrPrez

Shay tried to shut down courthouses, if I remember correctly. I put down paper money. Who knows :O

Italians is correct. I can't remember what I put though. I was choosing between Italians and something else buuut I hope that's what I put

Collegehelllp

Oh I forgot about that one. I thought that the Midwest was referring to Polish in Chicago, but I'm pretty sure your right about the Midwest. Wikipedia says that they went to Detroit, Chicago, Iowa and some other places.

-4 currently, this could be tight for an 800.

Poisonous

Yea, my family is German and came here to get land in Ohio from the homestead act, so that helped jogg my memory. You should be alright, -7 could still get you an 800.

MrPrez

What was that question about Great Depression again? Was it what caused the depression or DIDN'T cause it