<span>In AD 476, Emperor Rolulus Augustulus, at 14 years old, was the ruler of the Western Roman Empire. During this time a Germanic general named Ocoacer overthrew the emperor. This was the last time an emperor ruled over Rome which is why historian consider this year the end to the Western Roman empire.</span>
farmers worked hard to produce record crops and livestock. When prices fell they tried to produce even more to pay their debts, taxes and living expenses. In the early 1930s prices dropped so low that many farmers went bankrupt and lost their farms.
<span>Congress
tried to keep the union together by prodding President Abraham Lincoln into
making proposals to South to end the hostilities and to finally have a peaceful
resolution. However, there were many problems in making this possible. The only
thing congress can do is to simply go along with the president, and they did by
enacting laws that gave the president enough authority to confiscate Confederates’
property, which later benefited the Union army.</span>
