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    Rights Act was influenced by many in their own ways people such as: Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Malcolm X‚ and even John F. Kennedy. The Civil Rights Act was impacted by the Supreme Courts decisions in many ways: Dred Scott vs Sanford‚ Shelley vs Kraemer‚ Brown vs Board of Education. The Dred Scott vs Sanford case had a tremendous impact on the Civil Rights

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    the courts‚ which set precedents that defended the legality of slavery. The decisions of the Supreme Court were greatly influenced by Roger B. Taney‚ Chief Justice at the time and a supporter of slavery. The most notable of these decisions was the Dred Scott v. Sanford case‚ in which the Supreme Court ruled that all blacks – not just slaves – would be seen in court as property‚ rather than as humans. The Constitution protects the rights of citizens to their property‚ meaning that people had the right

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    Dred Scott vs. Sanford 1. By the mid-1850s‚ sectional conflict over the extension of slavery into the Western territories threatened to tear the nation apart.With Congress sharply divided‚ reflecting the divisions in the nation‚ the Supreme Court took the unusual step of hearing the case of a fugitive slave suing for his freedom. Intended to be the definitive ruling that would settle the controversy threatening the Union for good‚ the case instead produced a divisive decision that pushed the nation

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    Election of 1824 Jackson – president v.s. popular man JQ Adams Against general Jackson 土耳其 Clay no result pass to congress Jackson with army against politics (J.Q. Adams work with Clay) > Clay become secretary of state Jackson won the popular‚ but does not matter = According to Jackson and is supporters the election of 1824 was known as the A) Corrupt Bargain *Election of 1828 Jackson predict that he will won Jackson vs Adams Jackson won On this day in 1806

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    to its nation and made it recoil and provided for it no force in the bargains and contentions its nation was managing and additionally left open a yawning opening of chance for professional bondage control. At that point in 1857 came the notorious Dred

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    between Dred Scott v. Sanford was a had a showed how much of an impact the amendments had on shaping America. In 1857 Dred Scott‚ an African-American slaves‚ was taken by his master‚ officer of the U.S. Army‚ the slave state of Missouri to the free state of Illinois and the free territory of Wisconsin. He lived on free soil for a long period. When the Army ordered his master to return to the state of Missouri‚ he took Scott with him to the slave state‚ where his master died back. In 1846‚ Scott helped

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    Kolchin‚ Peter. American Slavery‚ 1619-1877. 19934.Information on South Search (Google). Online‚ Internet at http://docsouth.unc.edu/browse/subject/c.html5.Boyer‚ Clark‚ Kett‚ Salisbury‚ Sitkoff‚ Woloch. The Enduring Vision. Houghton-Mifflin. 2004. 6.Dred Scott Case Search (Yahoo). Online‚ Internet at http://library.wustl.edu/vlib/dredscott/7.The Fifth Amendment Search (Google). Online‚ Internet at http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.billofrights.html8.Wage Slavery Search (Dictionary)

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    eventually blossomed into a bouquet of influential points. President Lincoln’s allusions were the most effective‚ as he constantly mentioned the Nebraska Bill and Dred Scott Case‚ and even utilized a reference to the Bible by saying: “A house divided against itself cannot stand”. The accurate execution of implementing the Nebraska Bill and Dred Scott Case assured the audience of the high intelligence level of Mr. Lincoln‚ while the Biblical

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    Celia‚ a Slave is the epitome of the relationship between slaves and their owners and also the slaves and other whites in the 1850’s. This is based on her interactions with her owner Robert Newsom and her reactions mainly with the community involved in her court case. These relationships affected more so the women slaves rather than the men slaves because of their weaker nature as perceived by the sexual differences of the time period between men and women in general. Slavery is questioned by the

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    Dred vs. Stanford

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    In 1834‚ Dred Scott‚ a slave‚ had been taken to Illinois‚ a free state‚ and then Wisconsin territory‚ where the Missouri Compromise of 1820 prohibited slavery. Scott lived in Wisconsin with his master‚ Dr. John Emerson‚ for several years before returning to Missouri‚ a slave state. In 1846‚ after Emerson died‚ Scott sued his master’s widow for his freedom on the grounds that he had lived as a resident of a free state and territory. He won his suit in a lower court‚ but the Missouri supreme court

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