Review the texts linked below to learn more about perspectives on the relationship between the past and the present.

the last americans: environmental collapse and the end of civilization

remaining awake through a great revolution

then write 1-2 paragraphs in response to the following questions:

which (if any) of the perspectives in the provided texts rings most true for you? why?
do you believe that history repeats itself? why or why not?
what historical reference point(s) would you use to describe the state of the world today? why?

these conditions long with a short growing season made farming difficult.

explanation:

the north has a climate of warm summers and snowy cold winters. the terrain is rocky, hilly, and not good for farming.

answer: the correct answer is d. a christian revivalist movement in the u.s. during the early 19th century

explanation: the second great awakening was lead by the preachers of baptist and methodist congregations in order to gain support for the protestant religion from the 1790's to 1840's

in the united states, the president is controlled by the

constitution, and in all respects subordinate to it. insofar

as it deals with presidential power, however, the american

constitution has proved to be a highly malleable document.

with very few exceptions,' the constitutional provisions relating to the president have not been changed at all since

they were ratified in 1787. but in the late twentieth century, those provisions do not mean what they meant in

1787. the constitution is a legal document, and it is enforced judicially; but its meaning was hardly fixed when it

was ratified. in particular, the contemporary president has

far broader powers than the original constitution contemplated. it is remarkable but true that large-scale changes in

the authority of the president have been brought about

without changes in the constitutional text, but nevertheless

without significant illegality.

this is a paradox. is it not clear that constitutional

changes, if not textual, are illegal? the paradox has considerable relevance to our current thinking about the presidency in particular and about constitutionalism in general.

perhaps the framers of the american constitution feared

legislative power most of all; 2 but from well-known events

in the twentieth century, it is possible to conclude that it is

presidential power that holds out the greatest risks to both

liberty and democracy. the president is by far the most visible leader in the nation; he is often the only person in government with a national constituency. moreover, he is