I’m on the fence whether I think marijuana and alcohol should be banned. There are pros and cons for each side. If marijuana and alcohol were completely legalized it would cause a lot of problems. People would start to do even stupider things than they already do. It would make everyone’s life around them more dangerous. It would be expensive for the people that develop habits. There might be a chance that if we don’t ban it though, people won’t feel rebellious and want to do it anyway. If we make laws to only allow a certain amount sold to people, that might work out, but banning it completely would be chaotic.

Current events is fun! We get to learn more about the world or Wisconsin by fun little questions. That Orangutan story was very bizzare!

I agree. We should have just left ourselves out of it. It would have been better to just keep to ourselves.

Westward Migration was as good of a thing as some people thought. They dreamed of a better place to live, but in the end some of them didn't even get to see it.

In the trenches, soldiers would also dig tunnels. Through these tunnels they could destroy an enemies trench and then attack while the enemy was confused.

Snipers are trained men carrying rifles with telescope sights. They could find trees in the no man's land. They would hide away in that tree and wait for people to come by. They wore camouflage clothing to blend in with their surroundings.

During World War 1, many soldiers spent life in the trenches. It was a rough life to live. They had to worry about rats, catching diseases, shellfire, and body lice.

http://techcenter.davidson.k12.nc.us/group9/trenchwar.htm

This is very true. All of those people traveled west to try and find a better life, when most of them probably realized they had a better life back where they were living than all of the trouble they went through to try and find the perfect life.

Yellow Journalism was a type of journalism where the writers would use incredible headlines, typically false, to pull the reader in.

http://www.pbs.org/crucible/frames/_journalism.html

Muckrakers were journalists who would expose the abuses of businiess and the corruption in politics. In my opinion, that was not a good idea at all. But who knows maybe some of the things they were saying needed to be said.

I agree. SOPA is going to cause more problems than good. Plenty of people will protest and find their way around it. It will just cause trouble. It should not be put into effect.

In America, during the Spanish-American war the US was imperialistic.

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/1907powr.htm

The world no matter where you live is always ranking people into certain groups. In the US it was previously a problem with skin color. Everywhere it's a matter of how much money you have. Everyone was created equal. We shouldn't judge eachother on our skin color, how much money we have, or even our sexuality.

Yeah, I agree. Once you really learn what Westward Migration was all about, you realize that the game you played when you were a kid, or a game you still play was nothing like the real thing. They should create a game, where it is exactly like the real thing.

Westward migration/expansion was a terrific thing for the United States. It obtained us more land to live on. We could grow more crops to survive and we had more space to live.

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/texas/westward-expansion.htm

I agree completely. War with the Spanish was not really needed. It was a very poor choice if the United States did sink there own ship, because honestly that is a terrible way to start a war with someone by accusing them of doing it.

While obama has been a pretty good president, I do agree that he may have promised a little more than he could handle.

I feel like if we never would have had the war, America might not feel the need to always get ourselves into other countries business and into wars.

During the progressive era, an income tax was authorized, a direct election was provided for senators, the right to vote was extended to women, and the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited.

During the progressive era, child labor was used a lot. Child labor was wrong in many ways. Children as young as 5 were working in dangerous factories, where they could die or be seriously injured.

The Progressive movement started to develop at the end of the 19th century during the industrial growth of America.

Yes, I agree. Company/business owners should be able to pay their workers what they think they deserve in pay.

I agree, I own a company and there are plenty of children willing to work to get money for their families. I think it's a good idea to give the children a choice.

As a business owner I don't think unions are still needed. I want to be in control. I want to be able to fire others when I want to if they are not working like they should be.