Socratic Seminar

I really enjoyed this seminar and i think it is a great way to learn things. It is always easier to learn about new things by talking about them and expressing your ropinions on it instead of just reading about it and knowing only one persons point of view. I really learned a lot durirng this lesson and i also noticed that i could connect so many problems we talked about to my social life and also the ways we solve very complex problems and somewhat similar to the way we solve everyday problems.Everyone had their own point of view so it was normal that the seminar turned into a debate at some point. However everyone was agrreing on some similar things so debates did not stay long. A topic that was brorught in to the seminar veryr frequently is corruption and i thought that itr was also a topic that everyrone was aware of and interested in. I think that it is because corruption is a veryr big problem in morocco and every single person is affected by it. I really think that everyone appreciated this seminar and everyone benefited from it so i think it would be great if we could try it again someday

Textbook reading

Johnsons reconstitution:
He was sthe president of the democrats of the united states at that time and he had a reconstruction plan that However this plan did not give the people who used to be slaves any rights and did not make them equal to the whites at all. However the radicals added an amendment that gave them rights.

Black code:
These were laws created to restrain black people's laws so they would still be treated less than the whites. These laws included: Black men who had no jobs could be fined and hit or even sold for labor. Also blacks were not allowed to have land that is not in rural areas. Or even that they were not allowed to meet after the sunset.

14th and 15th ammendments:
The fourteenth ammendment stated that all people born or naturalized in the united states had rights and no one would take them away from them without law engagment; The fifteenth ammendment stated that all american citizens no matter what color or race they were had the right to vote.

Radical reconstruction:
This was a political party that thought that blacks should be equal and treated like everybody else. They wanted to give civil rights to african americans. The president disagreed with them because he did not have the same opinion he therefor he suppresed the 14th ammendment so the blacks did not have rights anymore. The radical reconstitution had a plan it was to make the south into 5 districts ruled by northern generals. At the end they got what they wated and brought back the 14th ammendment.

Carpetbagger:
The people from the south gave his name to the northerners who decided to immigrate to the south at the end of the civil war. The southerners thought that these actions were due to economical profit because of the problem in the south.

Ken burns

In the video i learned about how they treated the slaves in the south. When they were sold, they took no regards on sending them with ther family members to keep them united. The owners of the slaves treated them like objects just because they were black. They hit them and made their lives miserable. I also learned about the underground railroad which was what took them to Canada. When they arrived to Canada they were free and the slave bounties could not take them back. However if they found them in a free state in the north they had could bring them back.
In the north however since slavery was abolished they were unaware of the misery happening in the south. A man wroe a book called uncle tom's cabin and explained everything. Of course the people from the south did not like this book and wrote books that were opposite of his.The video also talked about the civil war and how much damage it caused since it was when guns got created.

What led to the civil war

The compromise of 1850

The compromise of 1850 was made by Henry clay. This man was not part of the north or the south and he made his compromise for many reasons. First he made it so that california, would become a free state and other states such as arizona, nevada and new mexico became free to choose what they wanted, being free or not. The compromise of 1850 was also about making Washington D.C a state with no slave trade but will keep slavery. Also this compromise was about texas who gave up the claims to New mexico for $10 million. The last part was the fugitive slave act it stated that all the citizens of the U.S had to help in the recovery of all the slaves that escaped.
This compromise caused even more tensions between the north and the south of the u.s between the slave states and the free states.

The kansas nebraska act

A senator calles Stephen Douglas introduced this act. This act stated that The two states Kansas and Nebraska had the right to choose wether they wanted to be free states or slave states. after this act was installed many people moved to these states to convince them to become slave states or free states. This created lots of fights and for the first time violence between the people against slavery and the people for slavery.

Presidential election of 1860

The presidential election of 1860 created lots of conflicts. The people from the south didn't want a president from the north and the people from the north didn't want a president from the south. This created lots of tensions between the north and the south and finally Abraham Lincoln was voted president. However the people from the south had no contributions to this election since none of them voted. This infuriated the southern people and made them not want to be part of the nation anymore. This was how the civil war started.

Moroccan Journalists sent to jail

2 moroccan journalists from the newspaper EL Massae were sent to prison in Rabat yesterday. They were accused of writing an article about something false. They wrote about drug traficking in morocco but it was actually not true. Rachid Nini who is the publisher of this article was given 3 months of prison and Said Laajal who s the author if the article was given 2 months. This issue has happened a lot lately. Many journalists have been taken to prison for writing wrong information about the royal family.

Perfect place

After i finish university i would like to go live in New york. New york has been my favorite place since i visited it last year, i Think it is wonderful and has all that i Like. I love busy places with always something going on. My sister will be living there so i will get to see her very often. I am planning on opening a hotel brand and possibly a restaurant since gastronomie has always interested me. I really think that New york would be erfect for such a job since it is one of the most visited places in the world. The only disadvantage of living in New york would be that it is very far from morocco and it would be hard to see my family often.

Political parties in morocco

Since moroco gained its independance it has had a multi party system which is that 3 or more political parties can get control of the government separatly or together.

Below are the political parties in the left of morocco:
▪ Socialist Union of People's Forces
▪ People's Movement (Morocco)
▪ National Popular Movement
▪ Party of the Unified Socialist Left
▪ Front of Democratic Forces
▪ Party of Progress and Socialism
▪ Democratic Union
▪ Democratic and Social Movement
▪ Democratic Socialist Party

these are the political parties in the right of morocco:
▪ Independence Party
▪ Justice and Development Party
▪ National Rally of Independents
▪ Constitutional Union

and these are the ones in the center of morocco:
▪ Authenticity and Modernity Party
▪ Amazigh Moroccan Democratic Party
▪ Democratic Independence Party
▪ Liberal Moroccan Party
▪ Citizens' Forces
▪ Reform and Development Party
▪ National Congress Party