In the United States of America, people are protected by civil rights. ... It was because of a fine leader and president by the name of Abraham Lincoln who decided it was time to rid the United States of slavery and passed what is called the emancipation proclamation. ... This act stated that all citizens of the United States were given full rights under the constitution. Unfortunately the act wasn't enough to solve all the discrimination problems in the United States and was revised many times over. ... For over 200 years in the United States of America people have been struggling ...

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They are called the' territories of the United States,' and what are the ' United States' but the States united? Sir, these territories are the property of the States united; held jointly for their common use." ... The Northern view was also based upon the very constitution itself which said that Congress has the power to "make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory... belonging to the United States." ... Dred Scott's lawyers filed a Writ of Error to the United States Supreme Court. ... The decision, which Justice Taney presented, had three main poi...

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Anti-Slavery movements and abolition movements from great abolitionist helped to end slavery in the United States. ... Antislavery began in the colonial days in the United States. ... The abolition movement slowly went throughout the Northern United States, even though the southern states didn't want that to happen. ... In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery in the country. ... On October 18 he was overpowered by a small force of United States Marines under the command of Col. ...

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After the Civil war in 1861, The United States adopted the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America. ... This amendment granted citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States including slaves." ... Now that African Americans were now free citizens of the United States they needed to find a place to live and have lives of there own. ... United States vs. ... Jackson is known as one of the most controversial in United States History. ...

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In the United States Constitution, Article 2 states that the executive branch has a select amount of powers. ... At this time, African Americans were still slaves and not considered citizens of the United States. ... He was the only president that had to deal with the separation of the United States during his administration. ... It is with this act the president can orchestrate attempts to stop terrorism in other countries especially in the United States. ... Though the president of the United States is an extremely prominent figure across the world, he is not given full governing powers i...

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All of this was basically a different interpretation of the United States Constitution on both sides. ... Basically the North favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution. ... This compromise was legislative measures that regulated the extension of slavery in the United States for three decades. ... This compromise also said that the territory east of California given to the United States by Mexico was divided into the territories of New Mexico and Utah, and they were opened to settlement by both slaveholders and antislavery settlers. ... Some of the...

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Lincoln at this time had free states and slave states. ... He had also made it clear in his address that he believed in a secure and united nation. ... Constitution was "perpetual," or indissoluble. ... The Constitution could be amended, but the Union could not be broken. ... Abraham Lincoln uses figurative words of speech to encourage reflection on the Civil War to the people of Northern and Southern United States. ...

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Many Southerners felt that if slavery were to be abolished in the United States, the Southern culture would disappear with it, because Southern culture by 1860 was completely immersed in a slave society. ... The Confederate Constitution of 1861 begins by stating "each State acting on it's own sovereign and independent character (wishes to) secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity." ... A States right was a major topic, even at the drafting of the US Constitution in 1787. ... Union came into existence, the question whether a member state co...

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This country has spent an ungodly amount of money on defense; the United States accounts for 40% of the world's military expenditures (source: ESPN's Men In Blazers). ... However, in America, apparently banning a 227-year-old provision to the constitution would spell terrible doom, and apparently emulating a law that nearly the whole civilized world (banning guns) has would bring about totally opposite effects. ...

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The southern states, in general, were against independence. And, in general, the northern states were for it. ... The southern states simply wanted to preserve a way of life. ... It was not until nearly one hundred years later that the abolition of slavery was made a reality as the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. ... In the end, after all the bickering over this clause and that clause, and this word and that word, the colonies of Britain, all thirteen of them, voted "yea" to independence and became the United States of America. ...

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Clark states the position of Mr. ... Scott appealed his case to the United States Supreme court. ... He continues, "The question is simply this: Can a negro, whose ancestors where imported into this country, and sold as slaves, become a member of the political community formed and brought into existence by the Constitution of the United States, and as such become entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities, guaranteed by that instrument to the citizen?" ... Ultimately the Justices decided that, "...upon full and careful consideration of the subject, the court is of opinion, that, up...

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Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were both presidents of the United States and made many positive historical contributions. ... His views of how the United States should abolish slavery differed from that of Jefferson Davis. ... Later after being elected as president he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that freed all slaves in areas rebelling against the United States. ... Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis are both presidents that gave great contributions to the history of the United States. ... Honest Abe is the best of the five great presidents in the United States. ...

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The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson by Michael Les Benedict is a non fiction novel about the impeachment of the United States 7th president Andrew Johnson in 1868. ... But under the Constitution Congress had to charge him with "high crimes and misdemeanors". ... (Benedict 126") Though what I did not like about the book was it expected you to be pretty familiar with the Constitution. ... Article III, Section 2 empowered the president to pardon men for all offenses against the United States except in cases of impeachment." ... "I would be willing to delay indefinitely....

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The North favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution. ... Now the balance of 11 Free states and 11 Slave states was in trouble. ... Some of the most famous abolitionists were William Lloyd Garrison of Boston, Wendell Phillips, who in 1836 gave up his law practice because he could not support the United States Constitution. ... On February 4 delegates from all these states met in Montgomery, Alabama where they drafted a constitution for the Confederate States of America. ... James Buchanan believed the Constitution did not allow the North to take any action against the Sou...

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The North favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution. ... Now the balance of 11 Free states and 11 Slave states was in trouble. ... Some of the most famous abolitionists were William Lloyd Garrison of Boston, Wendell Phillips, who in 1836 gave up his law practice because he could not support the United States Constitution. ... On February 4 delegates from all these states met in Montgomery, Alabama where they drafted a constitution for the Confederate States of America. ... James Buchanan believed the Constitution did not allow the North to take any action against the Sou...

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President Lincoln, President Johnson and Congress had differing ideas on how to reconstruct the United States. After the assassination of President Lincoln, Congress and President Johnson had to answer two questions, did the South leave the Union and if they did leave, should the United States punish them for treason? President Lincoln and President Johnson promised easy terms of reintegration into United States. ... President Johnson's first proclamation was to offer the former Confederates "amnesty and pardon, with restoration of all rights and property" if t...

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He was the father of the United States and helped the country in its struggle for freedom. ... After the war, Washington was unhappy with the Articles of the Confederation and took steps to bring about the ratification of the Constitution. In 1787 when the Constitution was ratified, Washington was unanimously elected President. ... As war incurred around the world, the United States tried to maintain a position of neutrality, however support for the Allies was obvious. ... On the morning of December 8, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States was thrust into the war. ...

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Our sixteenth president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, is often regarded as one of the best leaders ever to govern our great nation. ... That is why on June 19, 1862, Congress enacted a measure prohibiting slavery in United States territories. ... On this day Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which states, "All persons held as slaves within any state, designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall then, thenceforward and forever free" (Emancipation). ... The United States was at war with itself. ...

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Later that year General George McClellan lost to President Lincoln and Johnson became the vice-president of the United States of America. ... On April 15, 1865, Andrew Johnson became the seventeenth president of the United States of America, due to the assassination of president Abraham Lincoln. ... There was a strong fraction of people within the Northern states that favored a policy of harsh retribution for the rebellious states. ... His presidency added Nebraska to the United States and the purchase of Alaska territory. ... He was wrapped in an American flag and laid on a copy of the C...

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During the 1800's, two people could live under the very same constitution but have completely different outlooks on how effectively the government worked. ... According the United States constitution and the Declaration of Independence, "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" are guaranteed to each American citizen. ...

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When people think of the 16th president of the United States Abraham Lincoln, accomplishments like leading the union to victory in the civil war or freeing the slaves are most common to come to mind. ... Even though Lincoln was given credit for freeing the slaves and amending the constitution for African American rights, does not mean that he believed blacks were just as equal to his superior white race. ... He clearly states that black races should not have political or social equality, rights to vote or be part of a jury, or ability to hold office. ... He says that every man should have the ...

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.# He believed that the Negro votes which were cast in violation of the Ohio constitution prohibited him from Congress. ... During the secession crisis, he advocated coercing the seceding states back into the Union. ... Both Lincoln and Garfield were unencumbered by military theory, and both were able to view their war with fresh common-sense practicality.# Ben Wade was one of the most radical politicians in the United States. ... John Sherman played an important role in Ohio politics and shaped the finances of the United States during this time. ... The legislation attempted to curb the gro...

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In the 1800's there existed the Free states and those states that were classified as slavery states. ... Other states from the north formed what they termed as union states. ... The confederate states formed by the southern states ignored to conference. ... Rights of the States The U.S is composed of different states and these states have their own rights. ... The constitution which was their unifying factor did not mean much to them but just another agreement between the states of the U.S (James & Michael, 210). ...

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So proslavery advocates arose in these states and tried to persuade Kansas and Nebraska to approve slavery. ... As the newly elected president of the United States has it, "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery." Without any hesitation, President Abraham Lincoln immediately gives his assertion in the crisis that afflicted the United States. ... Twenty-three states, with a population of 22 million, remain in the Union. ... The constitution held the supreme law of the land and was to be enforced. ...

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Helping runaways was illegal even in the free states. The American Constitution had declared in 1787 that any slave who escaped to a free state had to be returned to the owner. ... Harriet continued her personal campaign, by working as a conductor and by making public speeches, until slavery was abolished throughout the United States. ... Once these stories came out about how these people were being enslaved- the campaign to abolish slavery completely was growing stronger and stronger in the northern states. ... After the slaves in the United States were freed, slavery b...

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