Lincoln's Short Obituary

Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address: "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you.... You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it." This are words by "Honest Abe," the sixteenth president of the United States of America. 

During his career Lincoln accomplished many impressing things. He had no formal affiliation to any religion nor received any formal education. He was a lawyer. "Elected to Illinois State Legislature, 1834. Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1847-49." He was president of the country for two consecutive terms running for the Republicans. He was the one fighting for the Union to not dissolve. In part, because of him we have the United States of America as it is right now. 

His most important achievements were during the Civil War. Were the Union, under his command, won. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863 freeing all slaves in the states that had seceded and that were not yet under Northern control. This act was not taken into action right away, but he made sure that it ran in a proper time span. "On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping the South. The opposite was the result, for with Lincoln's death, the possibility of peace with magnanimity died."

Works Cited

"Abraham Lincoln." The White House. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2013. <http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln/>.

"Abraham Lincoln - President of the United States (POTUS)." Abraham Lincoln - President of the United States (POTUS). N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2013. <http://www.potus.com/alincoln.html>.

Journal Entry

My name is Matt Stewart. I am from Richmond, Virginia. A long time ago I moved to New York to move to work in a shoe factory. I have been working in Rocket Shoes for 8 years now. Proudly, I have ascended to manager of the producing branch of the factory. I basically make sure that the quality of the goods produced is great. Recently, an issue over slavery has rose. The south has seceded and formed the Confederacy. The North is going to attack the South to get back the land to claim it as part of the Union. 

The war is just about to break out. Everybody knows it. The factory has a deficit in production because many of the workers have volunteered in the Union's army. Just about a month ago the number of female workers have tripled. This issue is proving that the war is going to be transcendental. "The Civil War," they are starting to call it. The south is also building up an huge army, even though the Union has proven that it has more soldier potential. 

I don't think the war is going to benefit anyone, especially because I have family at both sides. I am married to a girl of New York and I have 2 girls now. The North has a plan to take control of Virginia, the Confederate capital. This plan has impacted me to the point of huge anger against the Union. I have most of my family in Virginia. But, the South is also threatening to attack the Union's capital. For me, our people should avoid war. It will cause a huge wound in America's history if we happen to attack each other.

Newspaper

The picture above was taken by Mathew Brady in 1862. The picture strongly depicts the sadness of war and the feelings it involves. In the picture it is shown the burial of many people from the Union after being killed in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Sadly, the Union lost about 13,000 people during that battle. The sentiments and feelings that the picture reveal are impressing. It shows people mourning for their dead.

The Battle of Fredericksburg was one of the many battles of the Civil War of the United States of America. It was the battle that hold the most number of people fighting in the Civil War: nearly 200,000 combatants. "The Battle of Fredericksburg, fought December 11-15, 1862, was one of the largest and deadliest of the Civil War." The battle was not only special because it featured the largest number of people, but also because It featured the first major opposed river crossing in American military history.

Burnside was the commander of the Union troops. The Confederates were guided by General Robert E. Lee. Both sides suffered heavy losses. "Burnside’s “diversion” against veteran Confederate soldiers behind a stone wall produced a similar number of casualties but most of these were suffered by the Union troops." The south resulted victorious. But also with sad feelings because they also lost a great number of people, although they won the battle.

Works Cited

Burying Union Dead at Fredericksburg. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Jan. 2013. <http://www.history.com/images/media/slideshow/civil-war-mathew-brady/burying-the-dead-frederichsburg.jpg>.

"Civil War Trust." The Battle of Fredericksburg Summary & Facts. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Jan. 2013. <http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fredericksburg.html?tab=facts>.

Summer Vacations 2012

My name is Roman Arguello. I live in Managua, Nicaragua and I am currently studying at Lincoln International Academy. My summer vacations started actually one week before than the vacations of the rest of my classmates. The reason of why they started before is that I got exempt from every semester test the school required me to take. This made me very happy because I got one extra week for my summer vacations 2012. More importantly, it made my parents to be proud of me. 

The first weeks of my vacations were for me to take a rest from school and any kind of work. I enjoyed staying up late at night just chatting with my friends and waking up very late. In these days my brothers (Guillermo, Fernando, and Adriana) used to go to tennis or swimming classes. So they waked up early and came to the house around noon, leaving the house empty for me to sleep in silence. If I felt like going to the gym or just meeting up with my friends, I would just grab the cars keys and drove myself. 

The last month was the part of my vacations in which I traveled a little. Even though I stayed within the boundaries of Nicaragua, I traveled by airplane. My destiny was Corn Island. During my stay in the island, I visited the coral reefs. While at the coral reefs, I did snorkeling that was actually very fun. Also, I fished for my first time with a spear-gun. I also had the chance to visit Little Corn Island. To get to Little Corn Island I had to go on a boat that made my brother very dizzy. The next day I returned to Managua and two weeks later I went fishing. 

Current Event: Italy

http://www.neurope.eu/articles/103462.php

Thousands march for worker rights, democracy

The past October 16th ten of thousands of Italians demonstrated in Rome demanding worker legal rights and democracy. People came from all over Italy in 7 charted trains, and 70 buses. Students and workers also took part in the protest.

Maurizio Landini explained what they wanted with this: "We want to defend work contracts, jobs and democracy - given one of the biggest assaults of all times on the rights of workers."

The government acted also with the company of cars Fiat. The plant threated with closing. "Italy is tumbling into the abyss."

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twAfpR-VFPI (link of an Italian protest)

Current Event: Greece

http://www.ihavenet.com/economy/Greek-Financial-Debt-Crisis-Only-Part-of-EU-Greek Financial Debt Crisis Only Part of EU's Woes
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Greek Financial Debt Crisis Only Part of EU's Woes

Greek crisis has accelerated the European Union's crisis. The EU crisis began when they aborted the attempt to write a constitution where you could find ratification. They also tried to expand the EU to 27 members. These events terminated postwar Europe's attempt to establish a political federation.

However they could create a common currency, the euro. The euro had almost doubled the value of the dollar but is know falling back.

Much of this problems are now being accelerated by Greeks crisis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEVqeaFHsHE

(This is a video explaining the Greeks crisis)

 

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Current Event: China

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/03/content_11493070.htm

Beijing rejects US offer to host Diaoyu talks

It is a Foreign and Military Affairs issue that Beijing rejected the US offer to host Diaoyu talks. China made it clear that is a bilateral issue between Beijing and Tokyo. The offer was to host a trilateral talk between China and Japan over the Diaoyu Islands.

China said that didn't want the US in the issue."The territorial dispute between China and Japan over the Diaoyu Islands is the business of the two nations only."

They also said that the US should correct their position.

"What the US should do is immediately correct its wrong position," said Ma.

This is a video of the news: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_QjSse_J4g

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