as new‚ North as well as South. Have we no tendency to the latter condition? Let any one who doubts carefully contemplate that now almost complete legal combination - piece of machinery‚ so to speak -- compounded of the Nebraska doctrine and the Dred Scott decision. Let him consider not only what work the machinery is adapted to do‚ and how well adapted; but also let him study the history of its construction‚ and trace‚ if he can‚ or rather fail‚ if he can‚ to trace the evidences of design and concert
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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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Confederate historical monuments require accurate context to embrace all sides and learn from history. The way we look at confederate statues is influenced by where we grew up and what we learned in history classes. Confederate statues hold tremendous historical value to some and cruel disrespect to others. Ifwe are going to satisfy both sides by remembering part of American history and also uncovering our nation’s past failures‚ context must play a part. Context is the solution to the current
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Washington during the Revolution and Jackson in the War of 1812‚ simply giving up the dream would dishonor the glory that was achieved by their forefathers. Green then moves on to talk about past “injuries” caused to African Americans‚ such as the Dred Scott decision and fugitive-slave laws‚ in order to show that he is aware of the hardships they had to endure. He then says that it would be best not to grieve over these sufferings anymore‚ but rather let it inspire them to want to continue to try and
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the egos of the audience‚ but it was all a plan because he would raise their attitudes to gain praise. Another technique Green used was historical references that troubled the African Americans. Including the fugitive-slave laws and the famous Dred Scott decision‚ Green emitted these into the minds of them to reveal how far they have actually came. He explicitly relates these to the corrupt “judicial investigation” and states how we
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education‚ however‚ was unthinkable. With respect to the government‚ women‚ though not having the same rights as white men‚ had far more in the way of legal rights than blacks did. They were considered U.S. citizens‚ unlike blacks‚ according to the Dred Scott Decision in 1857; this included such things as access to federal courts and the ’right of petition’. Also‚ their testimony was preferred over that of blacks. Slaves could not even raise certain charges in courts‚ or testify in certain situations
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argument used in support of slavery was that slaves were property‚ and individuals had the constitutional right to their property. With this defense‚ it gave them a constitutional advantage. Another famous decision in favor of the South was the Dred Scott decision. This Supreme Court decision allowed proslavery forces to use the argument that blacks were not people; therefore they had no constitutional rights including freedom. This was another constitutional advantage that came from a Supreme Court
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Book Review #2 How History Exposes the System By: Nicholas McGee (w1073395) History 320 Fall 2012 How History Exposes the System A significant portion of African-American history in the western new age democracy of the Americas over the past four hundred years is a reminiscence of stories from the years when African-Americans were used as slaves on the plantations or farms of affluent‚ white farmers. One intriguing story of slavery and the struggles with it was written by a guy named Melton
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most important things that I learned throughout the class. I will then discuss why Dred Scott had the greatest impact in shaping America and in shaping the future of the Supreme Court’s decisions. The first most important thing that I learned throughout the class was that just because the Supreme Court reached the right result does not mean that they did it through the proper means. An example of this is Miranda V Arizona. Once Miranda was decided the Supreme Court created a rule that the police
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made in this area. In the Dred Scott case the issue of freedom amongst slaves was first highlight in this nations court system. It can be argued that though Dred Scott was not successful in his attempt towards freedom‚ his case was a victory for the slave population. This is because the case examined whether African American should be viewed as citizens. Without this case there would be no example of slaveries inequality in the eyes of the legal system. The of Plessy v. Ferguson argued the how
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