Therefore, it is significant that four of the seven articles of the Constitution concern slavery directly. ... It stated that any matter not decided by the delegates and written in the Constitution was free to be settled by the states internally through their citizens. ... The Constitution of the United States in its original form was a Constitution of compromises. ... History showed that these attempts of agreement retained the true ideologies of the states only for a few years until they clash in open struggle. Today the sections of the Constitution concerning slavery are substituted by ame...

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The Constitution has been used throughout our Nation's history. ... Constitution is still a relevant document. ... Constitution finds its beginning in post-revolutionary America. ... Constitution was modeled after the Virginia Plan. ... The Constitution has certainly stood up to the test of time....

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Thomas West undoubtedly supports the constitution, it's framers, and the way it was applied to our society for the first few decades of the nations history. ... Beard wrote An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. Published in 1913, Charles Beard interpretation of the constitution is that the Constitution as adopted by the delegates meeting in independence Hall at Philadelphia in 1787 represented a triumph. Much of Beards work had been influenced by reading Edwin Seligman's the Economic Interpretation of History. ... His inquiry insisted that the constitut...

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Emerson said, "As soon as the Constitution ordains an immoral law, it ordains disunion." ... This person felt that the Constitution of the Union recognized slavery where it existed. ... So how can they expand their land according to the views of the Constitution? ... G) The Constitution did not mention secession. ... They looked at the Constitution as a contract between independent states. ...

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The irony found here in American history is that the country gained their freedom and equality from Britain, and was now fighting the same war against them. ... Now the nation was found in a brutal state of war, which would eventually determine the course of American history (Neely,56). ... In such a time in American history, President Lincoln could not help but hope for brighter and more prosperous days as a nation. ... Therefore, the spirit of the Constitution could be said to be political liberty. ... The Civil War was, and still is, a very dark point in American History. ...

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The Longest War in American History When you think of the longest wars in the history of the world, you immediately look back to wars fought centuries ago. ... In this process of denial, the Old South had re-written history, whether intentionally or unintentionally. ... I could not agree more with that statement, particularly with the words distorting history. ... He concludes that our country is better with the entire constitution, even with its twenty-seven Amendments. He goes on to say that in the debates ahead, conservatives and liberals alike should celebrate the Constitution of our tim...

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In the next few pages of this report I will inform you of the history, political significance, and current applications of this core democratic value. The 14th amendment of the United States Constitution was initially based on the Civil Rights Act of 1866. ... Federal examiners could supervise elections in states with a history of discrimination. ... In conclusion of this report about the history of inequality in the United States and how it progressed to equality. ... Today, there are still issues on whether certain policies hold up to what the constitution states....

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It the most memeriable war in American history, 3 million fought - 600,000 died. ... This theory held that the Constitution had created not a perpetual union but a compact between independent states that retained their sovereignty. ... The Constitution had stated that "the union shall be perpetual." ... Republics had a history of splitting into smaller parts and descending into anarchy. ... Their Constitution was nearly identical to the Constitution of the United States, although it affirmed state sovereignty, guaranteed slavery, and limited the president to a single six-year term. ...

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President Johnson's first proclamation was to offer the former Confederates "amnesty and pardon, with restoration of all rights and property" if they would swear allegiance to the Constitution and the United States. ... The three acts established military control over the former Confederate States by dividing them into five military districts, established who could run for office and who could vote, and how to regulate the ratification of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments and the Constitution. ... History Resources: 1998 Lause, Mar...

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That famous line is something that should have been kept out of the Constitution for almost a hundred years. ... When our country's Constitution was drafted, the writers considered slavery an issue. ... After the Constitution was drafted, Northerners began protests to end slavery everywhere, but only succeeded in ending the slave trade in most states. ...

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Wars are considered to be ultimate events on history that mold, affect, and create the formula to be followed in a government. ... In order regain control of their state government they drafted the constitution of 1876. ... The constitution is believed to be an overreaction to the constitution of Republican control. ...

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History; 2. ... The Civil War became an inevitable chapter in our American history, and apart of our American heritage. ... The Constitution of the United States guaranteed the right to own property and protected against seizure of property. ... If Bill Clinton had been president in 1861, we"d probably have 2 or more countries and world history would be different. ... Works consulted: Bruce Catton; Civil War Historian and author of "The Coming Fury" & "Prefaces to History"....

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The media, our history, our country's current foreign affairs, and especially our tendency not to trust one another. ... Our history has been bloody with wars and violence, but it is no more violent the history of currently less violent countries, such as England and Germany. The differences in our history and theirs are the key. ... These are the factors of American history that no one wants to take responsibility for. ... The constitution could have been just as sacred and signed without it....

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A new constitution had recently been ratified, and a large area of concern was the rights it would grant to different groups. ... At this time in history, most were still slaves who labored throughout the United States. The extent of their success in gaining freedom was that a few northern states prohibited slavery in their constitutions. ... Many religious groups in history have also had to fight for freedom and their right to serve their god as they please. ...

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Throughout America's long history, there have been 42 great men who served as president of this nation. ... Each served as president during a time of great change and hardship in American History from the founding of the nation to World War II. ... 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. ... Abraham Lincoln served as the nation's 16th President during one of the bloodiest wars in American...

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Reconstruction is probably the most controversial period in U.S. history. ... President Lincoln's main goal was to uphold the Constitution and keep the country united. ... Constitution and accepted the emancipation of slaves. ... Also, Lincoln's proclamation means that each southern state would be required to rewrite its state constitution to eliminate the existence of slavery. ... In any event, Lincoln hoped for lasting reform in his intelligent and flexible leadership, because his main goal was to uphold the Constitution and keep the United States united. ...

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Why aren't students taught about recent history? What is the real purpose of American history textbooks? ... In a history article I read about the constitution, I learned that historians avoided mentioning that the constitution strengthened slavery by giving slave owners more power. The average American knows nothing about this because historians believed that that would destroy the legacy of the constitution as well as the United States in its entirety. ... They also learn history especially poorly ". ...

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In the eyes of some citizens, the Constitution is an oxymoron. The reality in the American Dream contradicts its-self with the history of slavery, and the injustices with economics and inequality. ... African American citizens have endured the unequal terms set by the Constitution. For example, "the slavery question was already embedded within our Constitution-the ideal of equal citizenship under the law that promised its people liberty" (Obama 1). ... In the United States, whites have a long history of manipulation of the virtues that hold this country together based on the Constitu...

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George Washington once said "The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitution of government.... The first amendment of the Constitution prohibits Congress from taking away one's right of speech, press, petition, as well as religion, which is a valuable part of being an American. ... That's a luxury that Americans get when we turn 16 and they fight for the freedoms all American women gained when congress passed the 19th Amendment to the U.S Constitution on June 4, 1919. Early in America's history we faced certain periods...

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How One Vote Can Make A Difference Andrew Johnson had a history of politics and came from the slave state of Tennessee, but refused to resign as United States senator when the state seceded. ... If Andrew Johnson would have been impeached it could have weakened the American peoples point of view of the Constitution and the office of the President. ... Andrew Johnson was the president at a very important time in American history and his impeachment could have changed the outcome of the future of the United States. The importance of one vote is evident in this case because one vote chan...

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Early in the year 1787, the framers of the constitution convened in Philadelphia to discuss the problems of governing the new nation. ... Was a Democratic-Republican from the state of New York and was an opponent of slavery who, in response to the Missouri application, sought to impose conditions that would rid slavery from Missouri for the remainder of history. ... The debate on behalf of the South was focused on two questions: "One of right, the other of expediency.On one hand, it was contended that Congress had no right to prescribe to any State the details of its government, any furt...

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Both the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence addressed the topic of slavery. The Constitution even rewarded slave states by giving them more representation. ... Finally, the video New York: A Documentary Film, directed by Ric Burns, takes a more objective look at history. ... The Declaration of Independence and the US constitution further impacted the debate over slavery. ... Moreover, the Constitution implied slavery would continue for a long time to come. ...

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His presidential record is noted for dictatorial use of power and the deliberate disregard for the Constitution. ... He made the most through violations of the Constitution in the nation's history. ... Lincoln even threw out the Constitution and retained popular appeal of the masses. ... Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis are both presidents that gave great contributions to the history of the United States. ...

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The period in American history which we now refer to Reconstruction began in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln first outlined his Reconstruction program, but its inevitable end and lack of success had been predetermined more than two centuries before, with the arrival of the first Europeans and their slaves in North America. ... The only way that southern slaveholders maintained their status as such throughout the course of American history was through the societal indoctrination of certain religious, economic and moral principles which, the slaveholders argued, justified slavery. ... The most po...

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The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America B. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America C. The 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America IV. ... The ratification of the 13th Amendment was a major milestone in American history for both white and black Americans. The 14th Amendment is another major milestone in American history. ...

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