Christie Brothers Civil War Introductory US Constitution US Constitution Paper The Constitution, as ratified and amended by the first ten amendments, was neither a pro-slavery or anti-slavery document. The wording in the original document was vague and left the meanings open to interpretation. The Constitution was written as not to alienate delegates from the North or the South. The Constitution did legally protect and promote the institution of slavery because it was written to allow slavery to still exist for the next twenty years. The first piece of evidence lies in Article 1, the 3/5 clause, though it never mentions slavery, where it gave slave holding states more political power with each slave that was added to a master’s estate.
Constitution Paper In the wake of The Revolutionary war, The Continental Congress faced significant debt, economic challenges and lack of elected authority to resolve financial and trade issues. They resolved to form a legal framework in which they would have elected authority to print money, pay off war incurred debt, and manage trade. The Articles of Confederation were drafted between 1776 and 1777, by principal author John Dickinson, a lawyer who also wrote “Letter From a Farmer in Pennsylvania”. All thirteen American states ratified the Articles by the year 1781. While the Articles formed a representative governing body called The Committee of States, and outlined its authority to declare war, deal with international treaties, address
The reasons are evident: the war that separated the country in the mid nineteenth century still drives a wedge between some; the war, its causes, and effects were abundant and difficult and affected nearly every part of American society; and it seems that the bloodier, more complex the event, the more words we use to describe, and justify its events and effects. Through a narrative telling of the Civil War, McPherson is able to focus on two major themes, which he carries throughout the book. These themes appear consistently, and act as a thesis. The first is to examine “the multiple meanings of slavery and freedom, and how they dissolved and re-formed into new patterns in the crucible of war” (viii). McPherson's constant reminders that slavery (and its opposite, freedom) is central to the story.
This is the period when the fourteenth amendment was ratified which made all African Americans into U.S citizens. The thirteenth amendment, which stated that slavery was abolished, was the amendment that started everything as of almost freedom of slaves. This is also the time when the fifteenth amendment was ratified which stated that African Americans had voting rights. Although the fifteenth amendment gave African Americans voting rights the Jim Crow laws made it so they could not vote. The time before the Jim Crow laws had been passed.
APUSH DBQ The years between 1860 and 1877 presented the people and politicians of the United States with a number of social and constitutional complications which had been developing for decades. The Civil War and other events would bring these problems to a breaking point, requiring a solution. These resolutions and the way in which they were found amounted to a revolution affecting the American Constitution and the development of the society. The utmost Constitutional conflicts of this time period involved states’ rights and the power of the federal government. The line of division was usually between the north and the south.
With the Louisiana Purchase, the question of slavery became both geographical and political, and ushered in a period of national debate between pro- and anti slavery states to gain political and economic advantage. But by 1820, Congress was embroiled in the debate over how to divide the newly acquired territories into slave and free states. The Missouri Compromise—also referred to as the Compromise of 1820—was an agreement between the pro- and anti-slavery factions regulating slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in new states north of the border of the Arkansas territory, excluding Missouri. Constitutionally, the Compromise of 1820 established a precedent for the exclusion of slavery from public territory acquired after the Constitution, and also recognized that Congress had no right to impose upon states seeking admission to the Union conditions that did not apply to those states already in the Union.” What were some of the arguments centered on slavery and territorial expansion?
Did Madison think political disagreement was a bad thing necessarily? How did Madison view ambition? What is the solution to majority factions? What was the Great Compromise? Battle b/w Virginia and NJ plansConflict over slavery: 3/5ths counting for slaves .how was it settled?
Because the USA is such a huge country, the individual states of America had a lot of power to run their own state and introduce new laws. Even after the end of the Civil War between the North and the South, the southern states introduced the ‘Jim Crow Laws’ which meant they could enforce segregation. During this period of time, African Americans were segregated in many different forms. It was a way to suffer black people and limit their opportunities both socially, physically and economically. In the southern states they weren’t allowed to use the same education system, they had separate hospitals and healthcare, they had to sit at the back
The grandpa clause was a way to allow white people to vote while stopping the black community from casting their votes. In the 1700s and 1800s there were several laws that supported slavery. The South Carolina Act of 1740 made it illegal to teach slaves reading and writing. It also made slave owners responsible for keeping slaves in control and from rebelling (Slavery in America, 2012). The South Carolina Act of 1740 was established after the Stono Rebellion in 1739.
The 15th Amendment prohibited the states from denying people the right to vote because of their race. During the late 1870's, white Americans increasingly disregarded the newly won rights of black Americans. The government itself contributed greatly to denying blacks their rights. In 1883, the Supreme Court ruled that congressional acts to prevent racial discrimination by private individuals were unconstitutional. In 1896, in the case of Plessy vs. Ferguson, the Supreme Court upheld a Louisiana law requiring separate but equal accommodations for blacks and whites in railroad cars.