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Federalism is a form of government States’ rights where power is divided between a central government and several formerly independent regional governments. The central government is responsible for matters of mutual concerns. Some examples are foreign, affairs, defense, and currency.
The U.S. is the evolving relationship between states governments and the federal government of the U.S. In this case the U.S. constitution didn’t need to define or explain federalism in any sections, it does in some case contain numerous mentions of the rights and responsibilities of the state governments and state officials.
The delegates established a federal republic which is a system of government trade.
Federalism is the power within the states to be able to maintain say in the way that they trade.
Sources Cited:
"United States, history of the." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 25 Aug. 2009 .
http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0298610-0
A civil right is an enforceable right or privilege, which if interfered with by another gives rise to an action for injury. The most important expansion of civil rights in the United States was the enactment of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States. The most prominent civil rights legislation since reconstruction is the civil rights acts 1964
The election of 1876 was one of the most disputed presedential elections in American history. The two candidates up for election were Samuel J. Tiden (Democratice), from New York and Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican), from Ohio. Despite the conflict within the voting process, instead the Congress appointed an Electoral Commission with five representatives from the Senate, the House, and the Supreme Court. Candidate Rutherford B. Hayes ended up winning the election by 1 vote by the electoral college. Sources Cited -- Richard White, "Corporations, Corruption, and the Modern Lobby: A Gilded Age Story of the West and the South in Washington, D.C.", Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia, 25 Aug 2009. http://www.southernspaces.org/contents/2009/white/1a.htm
These laws were passed in the ninteenth century that created racial class systems. This means that the black people and the white people were separated, creating racial segregation. They were separated in schools, on buses, and everywhere. They even had to use separate drinking fountains and bathrooms. It was located in the southern states of the U.S. It was first struck down in 1954 because segregation in schools was announced unconstitutional. In the years of 1964-68 was when segregation finally ended.
Sources cited:
Lewis, Ronald L. "Jim Crow laws." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 25 Aug. 2009 http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0153640-0.
http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0153640-0.
The 13th amendment states there should be no slavery or involuntary service. The 14th amendment states that all people born in the U.S. should be granted citizenship.The 15th amendment awards U.S. citizens the right to vote, no matter what the race is. These are the 3 very important amendments to the African Americans. It gives them freedom such as the whites have. These amendments are what ended slavery and allowed people to be equal to each other; it made a very big impact on the country.
1. "13th Amendment." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 25 Aug. 2009 .
2. "14th Amendment." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 25 Aug. 2009 .
3. "15th Amendment." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 25 Aug. 2009 http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0105700-0.
http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0105700-0
The original Ku Klux Klan started in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1865, by former Confederate Army Officers during the reconstruction era that followed the Civil War. The clan was led by former Confederate general Nathan bedford Forrest from 1867-1889. The KKK was most active during the time elections took place in the United States. 1871 was the year that the KKK got the most violent and took the most action, but the organization of the Klan did disappear by the end of 1872. Sources Cited --Levitas, Daniel, and Michael Les Benedict. "Ku Klux Klan." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 25 Aug. 2009 http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0163720-0.
The emancipation proclamation actually freed people because of what Abraham Lincoln said by declaring to free all slaves.
· This is not what ended slavery though.
· Abraham Lincoln made the emancipation proclamation while he was the president.
http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0096350-0
The emancipation proclamation actually freed people because of what Abraham Lincoln said by declaring to free all slaves. This is not what ended slavery though. Abraham Lincoln made the emancipation proclamation while he was the president.
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Miller, Douglas T. "Emancipation Proclamation." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 25 Aug. 2009 .
http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0096350-0
The American Civil War 1861-1865 weakened the temperance movement both nationally and within Ohio, concerns regarding alcohol usage quickly returned the war's conclusion.The movement really came into its own as a reaction to the pervasive use of distilled beverages in modern times.The movement ranks were mostly filled who with there children had endured the effects of unbridled by many of there men folks.Temperance movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries was an organized to encourage moderation in the consumption of intoxicating liquors or press for complete abstinence.
This is a document in the U.S. Constitution that said a black slave could not become a citizen.
Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri
Scott tried to bring a suit against his owner, John Emerson, in 1856. The suit lost.
When Mrs. Emerson’s brother, John F. A. Sanford, Scott brought a suit against him too and lost again with a 7-2 vote saying he was not a citizen and had no rights to sue.
MLA (Modern Language Association) style:
Steamer, Robert J. "Dred Scott v. Sandford." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 25 Aug. 2009 http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0089550-0.
http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0089550-0
The first women's right convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York, putting the right for women to vote to action. Wome's rights movements were primarily concerned with makig the political, social, and economic status for women equal to men. In 1863 the formation of the Woman's Lotal League was formed. In 1890, Wyoming became the first state with women's suffrage and it branched out from then on out, but it took two centuries for it to branch all the way out. It ended after the end of World War II. Sources Cited -- "women's rights movements." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 25 Aug. 2009 .
McCulloch v. Maryland was a case that dealt with James McColloch v. The State of Maryland, John James. This case was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. The power of the Congress and Supreme Court and higher branches should be higher than the states power. This case showed that the Congress should over rule the state laws and it can over rule. The pwoer in the congress and the Supreme Court were increasing while the power int eh staes were decreasing. Sources Cited --Steamer, Robert J. "McCulloch v. Maryland." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 19 Aug. 2009 http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0179720-0. --"McCulloch v. Maryland (document)." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 19 Aug. 2009 .
The national domain brought further expansion from the years 1815-1850.
During the 1840s The Manifest Destiny was introduced.
Manifest Destiny was a defense for U.S territorial expansion.
Since the 17th century, the United States has been wanted to expand west.
Sources Cited:
Ferrell, Robert H. "Manifest Destiny." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 25 Aug. 2009 .
http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0183780-0
Nationalism is a devotion to the interests and culture of one's nation. Nationalism played a major role in shaping our economy. An example of nationalism would be how the U.S went from 13 colonies to 1 country. Sectionalism is placing the interests of one region ahead of the welfare of the nation as a whole. Our nation was divided into the North and South. The North was industrial, meaning they used basic machines and felt like they didnt' need slaves. The South was on the other hand dealt more with land and they felt as they did need slaves. Basically sectionalism is the dividing of the country and nationalism was the bringing together of our cuontry. Sources Cited: --Steamer, Robert J. "McCulloch v. Maryland." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 19 Aug. 2009 http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0179720-0. --"McCulloch v. Maryland (document)." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 19 Aug. 2009 .
Abraham Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, 1809.He was the 16th president of the United States. He became a lawyer in 1836. In February 1860 Lincoln made his first major political appearance in the North East . Abrahams Nickname was Honest Abe.Marriage 842, to Mary Todd (1818-82).
Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address was actually a speech he gave when he was elected as President of the United States in 1801. Jefferson was indeed one of the first people to use his speech to unify the United States of America. It was not only used to unify the people of America, but to unify the democratical and republican parties as well. After he recited this speech to the people of America, it soon gathered everyone together and brought the United States of America to a whole and stopped everyone from being so diverse. Sources Cited: --Borden, Morton. "Jefferson, Thomas." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 19 Aug. 2009 http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0152900-0. --"Jefferson, Thomas (documents)." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 19 Aug. 2009 http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0500940-0.
These Acts were passed during the time that John Adams was President. They are made up of 4 laws: the Naturalization Act, the Alien Act, the Alien Enemies Act, and the Sedition Act. The Naturalization Act made it so that aliens must be residents for 14 years instead of 5 years before they become eligible for U.S. citizenship. The Alien Act allowed the President to deport aliens "dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States". The Alien Enemies Act allowed foreign people to be arrested, imprisoned and banished to an enemy power. The Sedition Act said that publication of "any false, scandalous and malicious writing," was very, very wrong and people will be punished it they do it.
Sources cited:
Borden, Morton. "Alien and Sedition Acts." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 20 Aug. 2009
"The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798." Archiving Early America. 1996-2009. Archiving Early America. 2 Sep 2009 .
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/sedition/
This was a letter printed into the paper to the citizens of the U.S. by George Washington. This address was written to them because he was ending his second term and refusing to be President for a third term. It was published September 19th, 1756 and read to the House of Representative. It was published to the public in 1796.
The Northwest Ordinance was passed by the Continental Congress in 1787. This was a document that stated all the ways that the land west of the Ohio River could possibly turn into states. At that time the government had every right and had the role to organize the territories and boundaries of the "new states" and the land west of the Ohio River. Later in the 1780's the territory was divided into the new states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. These new states gave individuals a home and a land to live on. This also showed people that the government could and would organize and set up the boundaries of our country. Sources Cited: -- Horsman, Reginald. "Northwest Territory." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 17 Aug. 2009 http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0210320-0. -- "Northwest Ordinance (document)." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 17 Aug. 2009 http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0500200-0.
The United States Constitution is the fundamental law of the United States. It consists of 27 amendments.
It shows that the government is smart to put laws over man power.
It gives people freedom and power over the government and gives everyone in the United States equal rights.
It has had a great impact on out country. Its been strong enough and flexible enough to last well over 200 years.
Sources Sited:
Murphy, Paul L. "Constitution of the United States." Encyclopedia Americana. 2009. Grolier Online. 17 Aug. 2009 .
http://ea.grolier.com/article?id=0106210-00
The bill of rights are 10 amendments that everyone is supposed to follow so people are allowed to have their indivual rights, such as freedom. if you choose not to follow the 10 amendments that is illegal and you will find time in jail.
The bill of rights reflects the government because if you don't follow them you will get in trouble by not following them.
It impacts indiviual rights because thats what it is meant to do, it's to give everyone the freedom they deserve. And also gave everyone individual powers to do what they want.
The Bill of rights gave everyone the rights and freedom to what they deserve.
MLA (Modern Language Association) style:
Schwartz, Bernard. "bill of rights." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 20 Aug. 2009 .
http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0033330-0
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