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Federalism


            Federalism is a concept that started many years ago during the times of the.
             ratification of the document we live by called the Constitution. This concept.
             basically states that there will be two levels of government, the national and the.
             state. Federalism states that the national and state governments are separate.
             entities and have formal authority over the same area and people. With its.
             largest effect was during the Civil rights movement. Civil rights are freedoms.
             and rights guaranteed to a member of a community, state, or nation. Freedom.
             of speech, of the press, of religion, and of fair and equal treatment are the basic.
             civil rights. The constitution of the United States contains a Bill of Rights that.
             describes simple liberties and rights insured to every person in the United.
             States. Although the Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the.
             Constitution, civil rights were not always respected to all human beings,.
             especially women and blacks. When the constitution was first written, many.
             Americans understood the meaning of the famous inscripture "all men are.
             created equal" to mean that all white males were created equal, likewise with.
             other civil rights guarantees as well. As a result, blacks were enslaved, and.
             women were persecuted throughout the late 1700's and early 1800's. During.
             the 1850's abolitionists in the North questioned the morality of southern slavery.
             by writing and preaching about the rights blacks were denied. Abolitionists such.
             as William Lloyd Garrison, Fredrick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth, paved the.
             way for the first civil rights movement that occurred after the Civil War, during.


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