In what can be described as a new way to teach students about the Amendments or as one of the longest and or most boring movie ever, Lincoln tells us the story of how our 16th president attempted to pass the 13th Amendment. Abolishing slavery back in the 1800's wasn't something that was considered right but caused chaos. President Lincoln faced many obstacles in order to ratify the amendment and while some were easy to maneuver, there were others that weren't so easy.
When trying to pass the 13th amendment, racism was a major obstacle that Lincoln faced along with some resistance from his cabinet. During the time period of the movie, many people saw blacks as people who were nothing and with being considered nothing one would not be able to vote, own property, hold office, have jobs, or rank high in the military. This was the way of the world for so many years prior to the 1800's, and when someone tries to change how we live our life's even if it is the President, havoc will erupt. Many people in Lincoln's cabinet warned him about the troubles of trying to pass this amendment and others completely disagreed with his actions. How can a person feel secure and ready to face a challenge when the people who supposedly have your back, will let you fall?
We all know that Lincoln was dubbed "Honest Abe" but after watching this movie the question of "Was Lincoln always the honest man that we made him out to be?" rose and was answered. No, Lincoln was not always that honest man many of us claimed he was due to the fact that he twisted the truth on numerous occasions and lied about the peace talks that he had.
In hopes of this amendment being passed, Lincoln would be able to get even more votes when he ran for another term which was a major reason as to why he wanted the amendment being passed in the first place. He also knew that if this wasn't a success, then the Emancipation Proclamation could be cancelled and the Catalysts would be in charge of ending the war and the Constitution would forever stay the same. In the end, after all the work and the chaos along with the fighting, the 13th Amendment was passed and slavery was abolished.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Memes..
AMENDMENT #3
The 3rd amendment states that the government is not allowed to quarter soldiers in our homes. This picture/meme is stating that this amendment is and will forever be in affect and that they (the government) will most likely never have this (amendment) be changed or no longer useful. The baby represents any age american who doesn't want some stranger walking around their house for god knows how long eating/drinking their food.
http://m.memegenerator.net/instance/55433422
AMENDMENT #8
The 8th amendment states that there shall be no cruel or unusual punishment. This picture represents say an average american who is having a bad day because they spilt their coffee everywhere and then seconds later sees another average american who is say, having a good day because they got a raise or promotion at their job and then the american that is having a bad day proceedes to wish that person to burn to ashes. Nobody should wish cruel punishment on someone else just because their life isn't going so good at the moment, take a minute and then if that one person still annoys you, you could then MAYBE wish for them to fall. (The end)
http://m.memegenerator.net/instance/55433422
AMENDMENT #8
The 8th amendment states that there shall be no cruel or unusual punishment. This picture represents say an average american who is having a bad day because they spilt their coffee everywhere and then seconds later sees another average american who is say, having a good day because they got a raise or promotion at their job and then the american that is having a bad day proceedes to wish that person to burn to ashes. Nobody should wish cruel punishment on someone else just because their life isn't going so good at the moment, take a minute and then if that one person still annoys you, you could then MAYBE wish for them to fall. (The end)
Saturday, September 27, 2014
The Nation That Lasted a Good Two Days
After Peter Griffin feels as though his government has wronged him, he decides to create his own nation called Petoria. Petoria is a Authoritarian government in which Peter has taken the role of President. Once he created Petoria, Peter feels as though he is on top of the world and can do anything. Though Peter sees the up side to having his own nation, he fails to see the bad side and ends up with almost nothing to survive.
While there were major consequences when Peter created Petoria, there were also some benefits that came along as well. We see Peter not long after creating Petoria go to a bar to have some drinks with his friends. When it's time to pay the bill, Peter says that because he lives in his own nation, to him everything is free because he is in high authority. After the bar scene, they show Peter walking around what used to be his town, pretty much destroying it and not getting in trouble due to the fact that he is President of Petoria.
Peter feels like he is on top of the world and that nothing can stop him, until he realizes that by creating his own nation it also means that there is no Federal Government and as a consequence, him and his family can't get food. His family begins to freak out and try to tell Peter that his creation is ruining their lives, but he refuses to back down. Later on, Peter wants Petoria to be created with respect and he feels as though the only way to get that is to begin war. In order to start war, he decides that his neighbors pool and backyard is officially apart of Petoria.
One of the last but major consequences that Peter and his family suffer is for the kids to not be able to go to school. Due to the fact that the kids live in the house that is Petoria, they can no longer go to a school that is not offered by Petoria. One could look at this situation and say that home schooling is a loop hole, but when one has Peter and Lois as parents, you have to realize that home schooling isn't the best solution.
In the end, Peter decides that Petoria must go in order for him and his family to survive. Though Peter felt a sense if accomplishment when he created his own nation, he had to see that even though he had all these luxuries such as not having to pay for anything and being able to do whatever he wanted, it also came with consequences. There was no water, electricity, and worst of all, no food! All in all, Peter learned that one can not just create a nation within 5 seconds without some sort of plan and most importantly a government to help.
While there were major consequences when Peter created Petoria, there were also some benefits that came along as well. We see Peter not long after creating Petoria go to a bar to have some drinks with his friends. When it's time to pay the bill, Peter says that because he lives in his own nation, to him everything is free because he is in high authority. After the bar scene, they show Peter walking around what used to be his town, pretty much destroying it and not getting in trouble due to the fact that he is President of Petoria.
Peter feels like he is on top of the world and that nothing can stop him, until he realizes that by creating his own nation it also means that there is no Federal Government and as a consequence, him and his family can't get food. His family begins to freak out and try to tell Peter that his creation is ruining their lives, but he refuses to back down. Later on, Peter wants Petoria to be created with respect and he feels as though the only way to get that is to begin war. In order to start war, he decides that his neighbors pool and backyard is officially apart of Petoria.
One of the last but major consequences that Peter and his family suffer is for the kids to not be able to go to school. Due to the fact that the kids live in the house that is Petoria, they can no longer go to a school that is not offered by Petoria. One could look at this situation and say that home schooling is a loop hole, but when one has Peter and Lois as parents, you have to realize that home schooling isn't the best solution.
In the end, Peter decides that Petoria must go in order for him and his family to survive. Though Peter felt a sense if accomplishment when he created his own nation, he had to see that even though he had all these luxuries such as not having to pay for anything and being able to do whatever he wanted, it also came with consequences. There was no water, electricity, and worst of all, no food! All in all, Peter learned that one can not just create a nation within 5 seconds without some sort of plan and most importantly a government to help.
Sunday, September 21, 2014
The Constitution-Why So Hard to Ratify?
Back in 1787, there were some people that didn't want the constitution to be the main law that controlled the way they lived their lives, and due to that, the constitution had to be brought to the people and be debated and scrutinized before anything could happen. Congress however didn't want to wait for the people and instead directed the stae legislatures to call ratification conventions in each state but it was Article VII that stated that nine states had to ratify the constitution in order for it to go into effect.
People were afraid of many different things when it came to the ratification, for instance, many people believed that the constitution gave too much power to the central government at the expenses of the states and that a representative government could not bare to manage a republic his large. Another major issue that people found was that the constitutional Convention had failed to adopt a bill of right proposed by George Mason. In New York, some people were so frightened as to what might happen to them if people uncover that he/she is against the ratification, that they wrote essays in the newspaper under a different name.
Where there's a great debate, there are people that are opposed to the topic, and there are people that are for it, and in this debate/topic it was the federalist's that were for it. They successfully countered most of the debates that many people had and when Madison said that the Bill of Rights was something that needed to be put into affect, the federalist's were the first people to say that it would.
After ten long, grueling months, nine states officially approved the constitution and it was Massachusetts that a real test for ratification happened when they fully recorded the debates and discovered that the recommendation for the bill of rights proved to be remedy for the logjam in the ratifying convention. There were even some states that originally rejected the Constitution that later called for a ratifying convention and would approve. Though ratifying the constitution was hard, nobody ever said that making a difference was going to please everybody or be easy.
People were afraid of many different things when it came to the ratification, for instance, many people believed that the constitution gave too much power to the central government at the expenses of the states and that a representative government could not bare to manage a republic his large. Another major issue that people found was that the constitutional Convention had failed to adopt a bill of right proposed by George Mason. In New York, some people were so frightened as to what might happen to them if people uncover that he/she is against the ratification, that they wrote essays in the newspaper under a different name.
Where there's a great debate, there are people that are opposed to the topic, and there are people that are for it, and in this debate/topic it was the federalist's that were for it. They successfully countered most of the debates that many people had and when Madison said that the Bill of Rights was something that needed to be put into affect, the federalist's were the first people to say that it would.
After ten long, grueling months, nine states officially approved the constitution and it was Massachusetts that a real test for ratification happened when they fully recorded the debates and discovered that the recommendation for the bill of rights proved to be remedy for the logjam in the ratifying convention. There were even some states that originally rejected the Constitution that later called for a ratifying convention and would approve. Though ratifying the constitution was hard, nobody ever said that making a difference was going to please everybody or be easy.
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Articles Completely Fail, But Why?
The Articles of Confederation were supposed to help our country many, many years ago, but instead, did the complete opposite and failed us. While there were some articles that strengthened our country, there were also some articles that weakened our country and that would ultimately end the articles and there power. Article six and article eleven in my eyes strengthened our country and tried to help, but it seemed as though article three somewhat weakened our country and put the articles in a bad position.
"No state, without consent of the United States in Congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance, or treaty with any king, prince, or state... (Article VI). To put this section of article six into more simpler words, the article is saying that without the consent of the US Congress, no state shall dare make a agreement, alliance or treaty with another state or person in power. To me this article truly helped our country because there isn't one person on this earth that wants their mayor to be making deals or anything that comes close to that with another state out of the blue.
In article eleven, it says that, "...unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the US and be afterward confirmed by the legislatures of every state." I think that to many, this one just one of the few articles that said that each and every state had to have a unanimous vote that in any way shape or form changed what an article stands for. If one state had an issue, that state couldn't just complain and get there way, they had to see how it would effect every other state that was associated with the articles.
Article three in my eyes did the complete opposite that article six and eleven did, and that was instead of strengthen our country, weakened our country. To me, in the late 1700's I don't think that most states wanted to have a forced friendship with one another. "The said states hereby severally [each by itself] enter into a firm league of friendship with each other..." Though one could look at this article as either good or bad, to me it generally said, bad idea.
Not every idea can work out, but in the late 1700's our country really needed this idea to work out, but unfortunately it didn't and the articles we're later abolished. Whether they weakened or strengthened our country, it didn't matter because in the end the articles would have to many complications and negative effects on our country and be abolished years later.
Sunday, September 7, 2014
What Our Lives Would be like Without Government
There are many people that say that our lives would be better without the government, while there are others that say, without the government, our lives would be total chaos. In my eyes, our lives without the government would be chaos mainly because we would have no order in our society and every and anybody would be able to just do whatever they wanted. There are of course many people all over the country that say that the government in bringing our society down and that life without it would be much better, but for one to make this decision, they need to look at all the facts and all the effects it would have on everyone around the world. No matter what the government does, people will always be angry at them or totally agree with them, but getting rid of the government all together is something that shouldn't happen, because no one can predict what would happen.
In our world, the government is something that brings order to our society and without it, our society would be out of control. One way that one could look at it is through the eyes of the movie, The Purge. In this movie, it shows our society many years in the future and how the government allows murder, robbery and anything else that might be illegal on any other day completely legal for twelve hours. One can look at this movie and say that instead of twelve hours, it would be twenty-four- seven and that is a world that I and many others would not want to live in.
Without rules and punishments for breaking those rules, our world would be completely different from the way we live now. All our lives we have had rules and when we were youger time outs, or not being able to go out to recess were our punishments for breaking those rules either at home or at school. Those punishments though taught us that if we wanted to go have fun with our friends and wanted to be able to watch our favorite show, we had to follow those rules that either our teacher or parents set for us. Growing up, both parents and teachers have given us a little more freedom, but rules will still exist no matter how old you are, so can you imagine how our life's would be if we didn't have those rules or punishments, when saying that statement, one question comes to mind, would you still be the same kind of person you are now or would you be someone totally different?
Thinking about how different out lives would be without the government is defiantly an eye opener, something some people might say they don't even want to think about, but in reality it is something that people think about all the time. Us as humans have created something that called governing bodies and we created it to make sure that things are orderly and also for the fact that not just one major government has control over every single thing. We have order and we also have control with these bodies, take the government away, then what do you have, nothing. People around the country like to have order and stability and therefore, governing bodies were created and therefore our society has maintain not so much chaos. Life without all of this would lead to chaos and absolute craziness, without it, people would be able to do whatever they wanted wherever and whenever they please.
Some say it's good that we have a government controlling things in our everyday life and there are others that say that life would be better, personally I think that without the government, life as we know it would be gone. We have order because we have rules and punishments and from those two, comes the way we live our everyday lives, and of course there are governing bodies to make sure that there isn't just one thing controlling everything. Obviously no one can predict what would happen if there really wasn't a government, and some people like it that way while others wish they knew what that life would be like, but to me and many others, having a government is something that this society needs. With the government comes rules and punishments that keeps this world go round, though there are people that may not like these rules, they have to think that it's a better life then without them.
In our world, the government is something that brings order to our society and without it, our society would be out of control. One way that one could look at it is through the eyes of the movie, The Purge. In this movie, it shows our society many years in the future and how the government allows murder, robbery and anything else that might be illegal on any other day completely legal for twelve hours. One can look at this movie and say that instead of twelve hours, it would be twenty-four- seven and that is a world that I and many others would not want to live in.
Without rules and punishments for breaking those rules, our world would be completely different from the way we live now. All our lives we have had rules and when we were youger time outs, or not being able to go out to recess were our punishments for breaking those rules either at home or at school. Those punishments though taught us that if we wanted to go have fun with our friends and wanted to be able to watch our favorite show, we had to follow those rules that either our teacher or parents set for us. Growing up, both parents and teachers have given us a little more freedom, but rules will still exist no matter how old you are, so can you imagine how our life's would be if we didn't have those rules or punishments, when saying that statement, one question comes to mind, would you still be the same kind of person you are now or would you be someone totally different?
Thinking about how different out lives would be without the government is defiantly an eye opener, something some people might say they don't even want to think about, but in reality it is something that people think about all the time. Us as humans have created something that called governing bodies and we created it to make sure that things are orderly and also for the fact that not just one major government has control over every single thing. We have order and we also have control with these bodies, take the government away, then what do you have, nothing. People around the country like to have order and stability and therefore, governing bodies were created and therefore our society has maintain not so much chaos. Life without all of this would lead to chaos and absolute craziness, without it, people would be able to do whatever they wanted wherever and whenever they please.
Some say it's good that we have a government controlling things in our everyday life and there are others that say that life would be better, personally I think that without the government, life as we know it would be gone. We have order because we have rules and punishments and from those two, comes the way we live our everyday lives, and of course there are governing bodies to make sure that there isn't just one thing controlling everything. Obviously no one can predict what would happen if there really wasn't a government, and some people like it that way while others wish they knew what that life would be like, but to me and many others, having a government is something that this society needs. With the government comes rules and punishments that keeps this world go round, though there are people that may not like these rules, they have to think that it's a better life then without them.
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