ఔర్ చల్లెంగె వ్రిత్తెన్ పేపర్.

Leslie Sanchez,
Cassidy Beatty,
Bowen Leonard,
Evan Mora,
Taryn Perricone,
Kristen Vilett,
& Holly Kohl
3/26/11
Period 3/4
E.L.A.
The Japan Crisis
On March 11, 2011, a devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the island of Japan. This disaster also triggered many other horrific events including: a huge tsunami, fires that took out entire villages, and nuclear reactions reaching within 10 miles inland Japan. The death toll of this disaster has currently reached over ten thousand and over seventeen thousand have been reported missing. In a desperate attempt to reconstruct their country, Japan will need the help of the United States and many other countries to get back on track. Another life changing event in 1861, the Civil War, also needed the help of other countries to help reconstruct their country. Every bit of damage done during these events will have to be made up for with the help of the other countries. The Civil War and the disaster in Japan reconstructions have their similarities and differences.
The war has ended, slaves are free; now let's all go back home and continue our lives peacefully. If only it were that easy. You see, the Civil War caused immense destruction. Even after Lincoln established the Emancipation Proclamation, it still seemed as if the country was irrecoverable from the battle. A period called "Reconstruction", followed the Civil War. Lasting from 1865-1877, it truly changed our country. This is the first period in time where interracial democracy was tested. Johnson gave almost all the land in the hands of the government to its prewar owners. "Black Codes" passed by legislatures limited African Americans from ability of many opportunities, such as voting, or to provide them with education. "Civil Rights Act" was also enabled. They were created to give authority to those who tried to block newly freed men from their new freedom, and rights. Many other tactics that the country began to try failed. Some did prove to help out though. This lead to about 2.000 African Americans governed in almost level of government from the senate. Later, cruel opposition between both the South and the North lead to denial between the compromise of equality both groups once had. White people started to gain back power, but blacks still tried to fight back. This outbreak lead to the end of the Reconstruction.

According to Japan’s government it will cost $309 billion to reconstruct its country. During the catastrophe, the Japanese economy was struggling to back out from a recession and the recent global economic crisis. The 309 billion dollars is going to really hurt Japan’s finances, as everything needs to be reconstructed. People also need to be included in this because more than 14,716 are still missing, while the people who have survived have injuries that need to have medical attention. Japan’s government fears that more than 21,000 people have been killed by the enormous tsunami. Many conflicts have occurred these past weeks, and Japan is struggling to find a way to rebuild its' country, financially and emotionally.
The Civil War and the tsunami in Japan are alike and different in many ways. One way they are alike is because of the amount of people who died or were unaccounted for. It was a very high number for both occasions. Japan losing over 10,000 people, while the Civil war lost hundreds of thousands. Even though many people died during both occasions the Civil War definitely loss more soldiers than Japan lost people. However that doesn’t mean that both didn’t need a lot of help. Japan has lost a huge amount of money from the buildings that have wiped out and cities that are now gone. While the Civil War lost all of those people and their land. A major difference is that the Japan crisis was from the earth not man. On the other hand, the Civil War was caused by people. One thing that they both have alike is their economies. During its time the Civil War lost a huge amount of people along with money. They had to reconstruct all the damages that were done during the battle. Further more, Japan’s economy will not do well do to the damage that was done during their devastation. That is why they need as much help as they can get from countries willing to help across the world. That is why us, at Joan Macqueen are starting a chain reaction to help Japan win this awful battle that has come towards them.