Honest Abe

     President Lincoln had many difficulties while trying to pass the 13th amendment. Abe had to deal with racism inside the House, such as the cabinet thinking it was a bad idea to abolish slavery.  If slavery was abolished, that would mean that African Americans could vote, own property, rank high in the military, take office, and take white jobs.  Abe was a man of his word, kinda. He was known as "Honest Abe". While this was true in some cases, it was not true in others.  He promised lame duck politicians jobs if they voted to pass the 13th amendment and they did get their jobs.  However, he lied about telling the north the south does not have any peace commissioners. Lincoln believed it was so important to pass the amendment so slavery would be abolished so the war would end. 

     While Lincoln did have a good point on the civil war ending if slavery was abolished, he also had other intentions on his mind about passing the 13th amendment.  He thought that if he were to abolish slavery and allow African Americans to vote he would surely get the majority of the black population next time he runs for president. In the end Lincoln gets assassinated. Sorry if I ruined the ending.

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Bonus: Ebola

     A recent issue that news and America has covered is Ebola.  Ebola is a virus that has fatal results if not treated. EVD (Ebola Virus Disease) was first found in 1976 in Yambuku, Dominican Republic of Congo. The disease was named after the river inside the village it came from.

     The disease is transmitted to people from wild animals and from then spreads from human to human as such in various parts of us of a. There are currently no licensed vaccines for Ebola, but there are 2 candidates that are undergoing evaluation.  There are also treatments like immunological and drug therapy under development to treat EVD.

      Early symptoms of Ebola are having a fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches.  Later symptoms would be vomiting, diarrhea and rashes.  If it is not treated immediately fatal consequences such as liver and kidneys not being able to function, internal/external bleeding and even death.

      The 5th Amendment is the Amendment that allows you to decline self incrimination. You are given the right to decline to give incriminating information. It states that "no citizen shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself."

 

     The 2nd amendment allows citizens to bear arms. Meaning, they are allowed to carry a gun if they are licensed.  To ban guns entirely would only effect those who legally own a gun. Illegal gun owners won't be effected by this law.