“here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor, here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them the right.” The civil war was about the south seceding from the united states. The north and south had different views about states rights and slavery. The civil war was also about Abraham lincoln becoming president. There are many big events that led to the civil war, three of them are the dred Scott case, the Missouri compromise, and the Kansas Nebraska act.

The Dred Scott case was a very important event that led to the civil war.”the dred Scott case incensed abolitionists and heightened north south tensions, which would erupt in war just three years later.” Dred Scott (who was a slave) was taken into anti slave states by his owner, John Emerson. Scott thought this wasn’t right, and filed a court trial. Scott protested that when he was In free slave states he should be free. Chief Justice Robert B. Taney said that no slave could claim citizenship. Eventually, Dred Scott lost the trial. This angered the north a lot, which is one of the reasons they started the war.

The missouri compromise was very crucial in causing the civil war. “The Missouri compromise was an effect by congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 of admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted”. Tensions began to rise between pro slavery and anti slavery. The boiling point was when Missouri requested to be part of the union. This separated the earth into northern and southern halfs. Anything on the bottom half was southern and anything on the top was northern. States couldn’t enter as free states on the bottom and states couldn’t enter as anti slave states on the top. This triggered another law that was crucial in causing the civil war.

The Kansas Nebraska act was the final big event that led to the civil war.”this 1854 bill to organize northern and western territories became part of the political whirlwind. Of excessive regard for sectional or local interest and railroad building, splitting two major political parties and helping to create another, as well as worsening north south relations.”the Kansas Nebraska act created new lands for settlement in Kansas and Nebraska. Both the north and south rushed to the land hoping to fight for their beliefs. This caused fighting and violence to occur. This fighting showed the president that this issue would not end without war.

This is my wordle for life as a free man. This shows the aspects of it.

This is my wordle for life as a slave. It shows what the aspects of it are.

I read this article and found out that the NFL 49ers linebacker Chris Borland is leaving professional football. He is leaving because he is worried about all the head injuries that revolve around football. He doesn’t want to get a serious head injury that will cause serious problems. He left at the early age of 24, after 2 years in his NFL career. The NFL and the 49ers understand his choice of leaving. They respected his decision.

I think that this quote really captures the text.”Wary of head trauma, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland is leaving football.” I chose this sentence because it’s the sentence that leads to the rest of the article. It also shows his reason for leaving the NFL.

The article presents three perspectives on his decision. First, there’s the perspective of the fans of Chris Borland. They are mad that he’s leaving, and they think he shouldn’t. Also the NFL, based on the text, they respected Chris’s decision to leave. Then there’s the San Francisco 49ers, also based on text, they were understanding and fine with Chris’s decision.

Have you ever thought about what it means to be a bad friend? A bad friend is someone who talks badly about you, treats you wrong, and is a complete jerk to you. Julian is a bad friend. I will cite evidence from the text to explain why I think this.

 First off, he’s absent-minded. He always talks badly about Jack, August and people like them. He also tries to act too good for people. Julian doesn’t realize how it makes people feel. There is evidence of this on page 77. It was Halloween, August was a Bleeding Scream, Julian called August names like “Orc.” He’s always saying stuff like that.

Also, Julian is boastful. He always tries to make people in the school think highly of him. He just wants to be the most popular kid in the school. He even complained about going to Paris, to make people think he does all sorts of cool stuff. There is evidence of this on page 149.

He’s also unkind. He says and does stuff that’s very mean. Like putting notes that say mean stuff in other peoples lockers. There is evidence of this on page 285.

  Now you know why I think that Julian is a bad friend. He is absent-minded, boastful, and unkind. These are all character traits that make Julian a bd friend.

This book is about a kid named August that has a severely deformed face. Its about him going to school after being homeschooled all the way to 4th grade. He go’s through getting bullied and betrayed. I think this is a great book, I rank it in my top 10 favorite books.

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Julian reminds me of a person that i’ve met named Jake. Just like Julian Jake was an insensitive person and didn’t understand people’s feelings. Jake would ask questions that were clearly in the “don’t ask zone”. He was very impulsive, just like Julian. He would say mean things about me and other people behind their backs. He never really said anything nice to anyone. He was really arrogant and rude. Thats why I think Jake is like Julian.

European exploration started with the spice islands and Marco Polo. Also with people starting to want to spread religion. Then it led to Marco Polo being in jail and the map makers showing on maps where the spice islands were. Which led to Christopher Columbus sailing to the Bahamas. Which is how he found some gold,spices,friendly native, and new food. That led to other of Columbus’s trips, and inspired others to sail.

For activity 1 i did sketch it out. I drew a picture of a soda bottle because this topic is about sugary drinks being taxed. My opinion is that soda should not be taxed. For activity 2 I did viewpoints & me. Theres the parents viewpoint and the kids viewpoint.The kids don’t want the soda to be taxed and the parents do. The reason the kids do is because lots of them are addicted to soda. the reason the parents do is because they don’t want there kids teeth to rot. For activity 3 i did visual thinking. I drew a dollar sign and for my color i chose black. heres one of my activities,

activity 2 Viewpionts & me

Theres the parents viewpoint, and the kids viewpoint. The kids don’t want the soda to be taxed because most of them are addicted to it. The parents want the soda to be taxed because they don’t want there kids teeth to rot and they don’t want them to get sick. I think a compromise could be that soda isn’t taxed but you need your parents permission to get soda.