Johnsonʼs Reconstruction Plan: After Lincoln's death, the reconstruction was in the hand of former Vice President, Andrew Johnson. When it was time to reconstruct, he had a profound hatred of rich planters and found strong voter support among poor white southerners. The following provisions are part of his plan.

"1 - It pardoned southerners who swore allegiance to the Union.

2- It permitted each state to hold a constitutional convention.

3- States were required to void secession, abolish slavery, and repudiate the Confederate debt.

4- States could then hold elections and rejoin the union."

Black Codes : Black codes were laws that restricted freedmen's rights. The black codes established virtual slavery with provisions.

14th & 15th Amendment : The 14th amendment was " All persons born or naturalized in the United States... are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." The 15 amendment was that no citizen may be denied the right to vote " by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

Carpetbagger: The Northern Republicans who moved to the postwar South became known as Carpetbaggers.

Scalawag: The name the Southerners gave white southern Republicans was scalawag.

Effects of War

Effects of War: Cost of War

Every war costs a lot of money. With the economic crisis in the world, it is probably not the time to spend so much money on wars. The war between Iraq and America for example, cost 55 billion dollars to the USA. Instead of spending so much money on wars and killing people, governments should spend money to buy food and shelters to all the poor people living on the street or help families who can't send their childs to school.

Also, effects of wars are millions of deaths and families destroyed. Millions of soldiers are killed every year which destroys their families. Some soldiers are new fathers and after their death they leave a widow and a child. I really think that wars have only negative effects and this world should really stop with them. The two biggest effects of war are economically and millions of deaths.

What did I learn from watching the Ken Burnʼs Civil War video?

Here is what I learned from watching the video:

- America lost 2% of its population in the Civil War.

-During that time slaves were treated like dogs.

- Any slave that tried to escape would have gotten severe punishment.

- Some slaves managed to get free which was because of the Nat Turner Rebellion.

- A rebellion led by Net Turner which helped some slaves get free.

- The cotton industry had involved during that time.

-Some famous names like Hariet Tubman wanted slavery to be unexecptable in Washigton.

- Hariet Tubman helped hundreds of slaves out through secret passages underground after saving herself.

Northern advantages versus the Southern advantages

Northern Advantages:

The Northern were more populated then the Southern. The railroad was longer , and they had a stronger economy because of the many more factories they had. Because the Northern were more populated then the southern, their union troops were much more and therefor much stronger. Also, because they had much more factories, they could produce better armors or equipment for them. Then their was the railroad that made it easier for them to move.

Southern Advantages:

Seven of the eight military schools were in the south. The southerns took fighting personal to their life so they were always eager to fight. They believed in self government. The Southern had slaves to help them with the farming.

The Civil War- Important Events that lead to it

The Compromise Act of 1850: The Compromise Act of 1850 is the result of 4 different events.

First it was the result of the Americans getting the land of Mexico after a war. After the Americans got the land they didn't know whether they had to use it as a slave land or not to have slaves in the land.

Then there was California which was growing alot because of the gold rush of 1849, and then there was a petition on whether California should be a free state.

There was also dispute for land, for example Texas claimed that Santa Fe was part of them.

Then there was Washington D.C which was for slavery and had the largest slave market in North America.

After all of these events, Jan. 29, 1850 , Clay claimed a compromise.

Citation for this paragraph : http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html

Kansas-Nebraska Act: The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The act was meant to cancel the Missouri Compromise.After the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters rushed in to settle Kansas to affect the outcome of the first election held there after the law went into effect. Pro-slavery settlers carried the election but were charged with fraud by anti-slavery settlers, and the results were not accepted by them.

Violence soon erupted, with the anti-slavery forces led by John Brown. The territory earned the nickname "bleeding Kansas" as the death toll rose. President Franklin Pierce, in support of the pro-slavery settlers, sent in Federal troops to stop the violence and disperse the anti-slavery legislature. Another election was called. Once again pro-slavery supporters won and

once again they were charged with election fraud. On January 29, 1861, just before the start of the Civil War, Kansas was admitted to the Union as a free state.

Citation for this Paragraph : http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm

Presidential Election 1860: In 1860 it was Ibraham Lincoln who was elected President. Although during that time, the main problem was slavery. The main debate was wether the United states should support slavery or not.

When Ibraham ran for presidentcy, he was against Douglas. Even if Douglas got elected in 1858, Ibraham made a big impact on the Americans after giving his speech in New York city . It was after his speech that he got elected.

Moroccos Economy

"Morocco's wide-reaching agricultural reform drive has been extended to the fishing industry. At the end of September, the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Maritime Fishing unveiled Plan Halieutis, a series of development projects and targets for the fishing sector's expansion and modernisation."

What : Moroccos fishing industry developes.

Who: The Moroccan Ministry of agriculture.

When: Thursday, November 12

Where : In Morocco

The event was that the Ministry of Agriculture decided to add fishing to the "program" which will benefit the economy of Morocco.

Citation :http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/200911123584/Economics/morocco-agricultural-reform-extends-to-the-fishing-industry.html

In what situations will compromise not work?

I think that compromise will not work in many different situations. In a teenager’s life, usually in most situations compromise does not work with their parents because the parents have all the power over them. Let’s say the teenager wants to go to the movies or to the restaurant, if the parent’s don’t want the teenager to go there, then there is no compromise, the teenager will just not go. Another situation in a teenager’s life where there is no possible compromise is for example at school. If the teenager gets in a fight or does something very wrong at school, he will get in big trouble and there will be no compromise. In other situations, compromise could work. Let’s say the parent’s tell their kid to work, and the kid say’s I will work if I get this or that. Another situation in a teenagers life that would have no compromise is the fact of going to school. There is no compromise in whether the teenager will go to school or not.

In a political situation, there is no compromise in a trial. If a person did very bad things, when judges will judge him, the judges will usually give him severe punishment with no compromise. Although if a person has small things against the law, when he gets judged, the judges could give him compromise because he didn’t do something too bad. Another example for a political situation is for example if America would want to be something from China, but China has absolutely no interest in that deal , so there wouldn’t be a compromise since China won’t even talk about it.