Sunday, December 13, 2009

Definition of the topics

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan:
Johnson took Abraham Lincoln and changed it a little bit by removing the law of having 10 percent citizens in order to form a constitutional convention.
Black Code:
The black code was a law for freemen only, it was what stopped them from doing what the whole men did. Black people were not allowed to meet after sunset.
Vagrancy:
This law said that if freedom did not work, they would be slayed and they would be sold again as slaves.
Labor Contracts:
This was a contact that made the slaves work for one year and if they decided to quit in the middle of that year they would loose the money the made.
Land Restrictions:
This law said that the freed slaves could rent houses or lands in the countryside so that they would work in plantations.
14th and 15th amendments  :
The fourteenth amendments said that all the citizens were equally protected. The fifteenth amendments said that all men (male) were allowed to vote.
Radical Construction:
The radical construction was a group of people that was against the black code and they tried to stop it since they thought that it was too jarring.
Carpetbagger:
Carpetbagger was a rude nickname given to the Republicans of the north who moved to the south after the war.
Scalawag:
An other rude byname given to the Republicans of the South after the war

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

THE UNITED STATES TIME.


After four years of constant war,and it has finally ended. Solders regain their homes and find their whole environment very different then the way they had left it. It had been destroyed and metamorphosed. They barely recognized it. Also the life style of the people had changed, children had become orphans, women had become widows, and families were destroyed. For the solders this welcome wasn't a warm welcome. Almost nothing was left, the agriculture fields, the factories and the railroads were demolished. 
The slavery was starting to diminish. About four million freed slaves had decided to start a new life an to working in poor regions with slow economics. The ones who decided to stay slaves had received food, water and shelter even thou they are deficient. However many slaves were neglected and abandoned.  Some of them were freed but decided to work at their previous masters fields. The rest moved to the West to find jobs.
After the death of Abraham Lincoln in 1863 President Andrew Johnson taken over. He used to serve as vice president to Lincoln. His services can not be judged yet since he was elected just a few months ago. 
"1. It pardoned southerns who swore allegiance to the Union.
2. It permitted each state to hold a constitutional conventional (with Lincoln's 10 percent allegiance requirement).
3. State were then to void secession, abolish slavery, and repudiate the Confederation debt. 
4. State could then hold elections and rejoin the union." American Pathway textbook
Johnson's Reconstruction Plan was like Lincoln's. Johnson did not have the 10% law in which 10% of voters in the state swore allegiance to the Union. Also Johnson's plan was a lot more generous to the South. It denied the remission of the legal consequences of an event or conviction to all Confederate leaders.
 

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

THE WAR F TODAY

Today the was between America and Afghanistan is still going on. It all started in 2001. It has negative effects for both parties. For America, which is a big nation and has a high economic stuatus. The war is costing them many useless expenses. The president of the united states Barack Obama had decided to reduce the troups since he wants to stop this war. Afghanistan that has a low economic status is lossing alot of money. This war distroyed what what has already been built by the Afghans. They have a poor resource of water and of food, and now with this war it is decreasing. There are incoscent people that are dying since this war is basically between the Amercians and the Terrorists,  children and adults are loosing their lives for no reasons. Today the people are fed up with this war so they decided to revolt even though the country is in a lot of trouble.    

Monday, November 30, 2009

Ken Burner

All of the slaves were mistreated. They had too much work and weren’t rewarded for this. They sometimes could buy there liberty or escape but at some point they would be kidnapped again and would be sold again. The slaves in the south were better treated than the ones in the north beause the ones in the north had more work than the ones in the south. This is why the economics of the north were higher than the ones in the south. Slaves used to cost a lot of money that people took care of them so that they would not die easily. One day a slave named Mat Turner had decided to revault with 30 other slaves. They decided to kill other white people. This revolution didn't help them alot. 

Monday, November 23, 2009

North vs. South

 The north part of America has always been superior to the southern part. They had north part had 100,000 factories and South had 20,000. The north had more advanced technology. They had 70% of the roads in the united states. They had a lot of telegrams and they had facility to trade.
The southern part respected the slaves more than the northern part. There was a tension between these two parts. The southern part had a fertile land and crops grew easily.  The tension was growing this is what lead to the civil war.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Important events about Civil War

The Compromise of 1850 and the Figurative Slave Act
During that time there was a hesitation about slavery. People didnt know if they should allow slavery or if it was a free land or should the citizens choose what they wanted. There slaves were very needed in many states such as California since there was gold there. The Slaves had no rights and it made them angry and so they wanted to rebel.
THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
There was a formation of two clans since the citizens were disagreeing on weather or not there should be slaves. This is important since there was a war between the two clans.
THE ELECTIONS OF 1860 BRINGS ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Abraham Lincoln was against Slavery. He ran for president twice and won the second time. There was a conflict in the United States because Abraham Lincoln was against slavery so the people that were for slavery rebelled. This is what lead to the civil war.

Solar Power

The King of Morocco has come up with the idea of building very big solar panels in the city's of Ouarzata, Boujdour, and Terfaya. The two main reasons for this project is primarly because Morocco has no natural resources such as petrolium. Second of all the for environment reasons since they are going to save the rejection of 3 million tons of carbon dioxide. This will bring less pollution to Morocco. Also since the only natural resource is the sun so the government wants to use it in an efficient way. This project will cost about nine billion dollars.