These two movements both sought to secure the American promise of liberty and equality for all people. ... Women's Suffrage endured during the time when social standing, race, and gender defined a person's place in society. ... Incidentally, the Abolition movement gave women a rare and untraditional opportunity to be public advocates to the people of America. ... An important woman to mention is a free black woman named, Maria Stewart. ... If a woman advanced her intellect, people thought she would be "unsexed". ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These two movements both sought to secure the American promise of liberty and equality for all people. ... Women's Suffrage endured during the time when social standing, race, and gender defined a person's place in society. ... Incidentally, the Abolition movement gave women a rare and untraditional opportunity to be public advocates to the people of America. ... An important woman to mention is a free black woman named, Maria Stewart. ... If a woman advanced her intellect, people thought she would be "unsexed". ...

• Word Count: 2704
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

What is thought of as "probably the most important and the most satisfactory Act ever passed by Congress," the Judiciary Act of 1789 created for the people a system of courts that would ensure the presence of justice in the new American society. ... The first time period to be analyzed dates from the start of the Court in 1789 to 1867, during which the main focus was on the strength of the Union and the relationship between nation and states. ... Finally, the period from 1937 to 1960, in which individual civil rights were at the center of the Court will be looked at. ... The greatest of th...

• Word Count: 4341
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

England actually had two separate revolutions to deal with during this time of unrest. ... Because of the lost wars such as the War of the League of Augsburg and the Seven Years War with England, France had a war debt of half its annual budget. ... Napoleon proved to not only be a genius at war, but also at politics and domestic reform. ... This was how he ensured that he would always have loyal people closest to him, to prevent any coups on himself. ... The Magna Carta was a very early step to what England was to become; it was drafted and accepted in 1215 and was meant to protect certain ge...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Civil War. ... During the Civil War, Ms. ... She often deliberately enraged people and then smiled as they simmered. ... To say that the election of 1914 was important is to understate the situation completely. ... One Civil War veteran stopped and said to a friend of Ms. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

From my time in Oklahoma, I learned that religion plays a huge part in the lives of the American people, at least for those living in Oklahoma. ... The very idea of the free exercise of religion was at stake "if civil rulers [went] so far out of their sphere as to take the care and management of religious affairs upon them."8 Preceding the Virginia Constitution of 1776, the Virginia Declaration of Rights was a document instrumental in diffusing the religious unrest in Virginia. ... Though the declaration also describes a "mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charit...

• Word Count: 3342
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many types of cases are heard in the district courts, including civil law (crimes against an individual) and criminal law (crimes against the public or state). ... An estimated 300,000 cases are filed each year, with about 80 percent of them being civil cases and 20 percent being criminal (Greenberg/Page; p.424). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This decision has given women the right to abortion during their entire pregnancy and has defined different levels of state interest for regulating abortion in the second and third trimester. ... This is very disturbing to many people since the fetus is viable or can survive outside of the mother's womb after the first six months. ... These entities continually wage war against one another on whether the Supreme Court decision will be overturned. One of the most powerful supporters of abortion rights is the American Civil Liberties Union (the "ACLU"). The ACLU believes that personal p...

• Word Count: 3262
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• Grade Level: High School