Evaluation of Early Presidents Discussion Assignment due September 29

You are to read Chapters 11 and 12 in the text.You are also going to read the lectures on presidents Thomas Jefferson to Ulysses Grant.You are going to choose Two of the following presidents: Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson James Polk or Abraham Lincoln You will then view the videos on the two presidents that you choose and also read the website on your chosen presidents: Thomas Jefferson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ (Links to an external site.)Thomas_Jefferson; Andrew Jackson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson (Links to an external site.);; Abraham Lincoln: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln (Links to an external site.)and finally James Polk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_K._Polk (Links to an external site.)

You are going to compare your TWO presidents as leaders, with their domestic policy, with their foreign policy. Remember that Polk and Lincoln were also war presidents and should be evaluated as war leaders.You are going to rate these two presidents by the following categories: High, above average, average, below average or poor.

Finally you are going to rate which of the early presidents from Washington to Grant as the best president and why. Please respond to TWO of the other students’ choices. Good luck with this evaluation of the early presidents.

Thomas Jefferson https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=bIJ2KlSfU2Q

Andrew Jackson https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=EGfxyeuy8u8

James Polk https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=8wbEw1c8wx8

Abraham Lincoln https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Ov1qS67v4