Rhila #22

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1. Summarize your article: My article was about 55 year old Rod Blagojevich who recently was convicted and accused of trying to profit as he considered who to appoint to be after Barack Obama when he vacated his Senate seat to move to the White House. The conviction was processedin June 2011 after he recieved 17 guilty verdicts



2. How does your current event relate to topics or ideas that we have discussed in world history. Explain fully

This relates to what we hve discussed in world history because we have been talking about how politics influence our world today





3. Is there evidence of cause and effect in your article? How so?

I think there is cause and effect because if Blagojevich would have never done what he did, he wouldn't be in his perdicament.





4. What powerful questions does your article make you ask? What information do you need to answer these questions?

Why does the world consider this crime 14 years worthy? why not jus 5 years or something?

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