Monday, November 16, 2009

Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Presidential Election 1860

Compromise of 1850

There were several important issues in the compromise of 1850. These issues were:

- A vast territory has been gained by the United States. They are wondering if they should allow slavery in the land or set it free or that the citizens should choose.

- Should california be a free state.

- There was some kind of disbute over land where Texas declared that its lands streched till Santa Fe.

- Washington D.C allowed slavery. It was the largest slave market in North America.

There was a compromise where Texas was said to forget about the lands and in return be given 10 million dollars. California would be a free state. Slavery was another big problem because many blacks fled from the country to live in present day Canada.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Kansas-Nebraska act was when Kansas and Nebraska people had the right to allow slaves if they wanted. There were two groups: The pro-slavery which strongly recomended the slavery and the anti-slavery, which was against. Violence rose among these two groups of people in which the death toll increased. The elections that were held were won by the pro-slavery. After each election, the pro-slavery was attacked by the anti-slavery group in which violence arose. Before the civil war, Kansas became a free state.

Presidential Election 1860

The issues of the presidential elctions in 1860 was mostly slavery. In the elections, Lincoln needed to face Douglass, which was another man running for president. In 1859, Lincoln gave a speech in New York in which he denounced slavery. The speech was a big success. Lincoln wanted to ge the support of the Illinois delegation to the Republican National Convention. Eventually he got its support. Throughout the presidential election, Lincoln continued to get the support of more and more people. In the day of the elction, Lincoln got less than 40 percent of the votes but still won the elections.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Politics in Morocco

Leaders of Morrocan Political parties welcomed the U.S. position over Morocco's autonomy leader. This happened on saturday where the main topic was mostly about the Sahara issues which lasted more than 300 hundred years. When Hillary clinton last visited Morocco, she stated that morocco's autonomy leader for the Sahara desert is mostly "serious" or "credible". Moroccan leaders such as Thami Khyari or Ismail Alaoui stated that this is a clear message to the enemies that wish to see a change on the U.S. position.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Compromising

Compromise could not work in a teenager's life when someone is asked to dring alcohol. This drinkable substance is not allowed in the muslim religion for whatever reason. An example is if someone asks you to drink alcohol against 1 million dollars, the muslim person will need to decline this offer. If he accepts, he just would brake a muslim statement.

Compromise could not work in an international political situation when a national leader is asked to leave his post in return for leading another nation. This could also not work because it isn't right to leave his or her nation back to govern another country. It is like leaving our family behind.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Where I would like to immigrate to after my university studies

When I finish my university studies, I would like to migrate to the United States of America because it has a very developed economy. There are many jobs there that are not present in other countries. In my case, I would like to start with engineering and continue my career with business. Another reason why I would like to migrate in the U.S.A is because the people are free to express what they want. Back when there was the American Revolution, people hadn't lots of rights like today. When the British colonized their lands, the Americans needed to accept the harsh laws imposed by them for example taxes.