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- 681: African - American Civil Rights
- ... declared that forced segregation in public schools was "inherently unequal" and thus unconstitutional. The landmark decision overturned the court's 1896 Plessey v. Ferguson ruling that "separate but equal" educational institutions were allowable under the constitution. The ruling was quickly tested in September 1957 when Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas called in the national guard to prevent nine black students from entering Little Rock's Central High School. Eisenhower, despite little ...
- 682: The Petersburg Campaign
- ... the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should be nothing left to him but an equal submission with the loyal section of our common country to the constitution and the laws of the land." To this end, he pulled many soldiers out of garrison duty throughout the United States and put them into the field against the enemy. He also gave each theater ...
- 683: History After 1820
- ... case was carried to the Supreme court where they made the infamous Dred Scott decision, which states Scott is a slave and has no right to sue. The decision further states that Congress had no constitution power to prohibit slavery in the northern territories and that the Compromise of 1820 was unconstitutional. In 1860, the Republican party, organized six years before, won the Presidential election with Abraham Lincoln. Many pro-slavery ...
- 684: Cuba, Castro, and the United States
- ... cold war. He was continually friendly and helpful to American business interest. But he failed to bring democracy to Cuba or secure the broad popular support that might have legitimized his rape of the 1940 Constitution. As the people of Cuba grew increasingly dissatisfied with his gangster style politics, the tiny rebellions that had sprouted began to grow. Meanwhile the U.S. government was aware of and shared the distaste for ...
- 685: Columbine High School and Its Effects
- ... made all of these requests in response to the Columbine shootings. Many of the attempts to either create new gun laws or to more strictly enforce existing ones have been defeated by means of the constitution. Many people still believe that the tragedy at Columbine High School showed us what happens when guns fall into the wrong hands. This large group of people is not giving up and will continue to ...
- 686: The Black Panther Party
- ... and jails." Ninth, "We want all black people when brought to trial to be tried in a court by a jury of their peer group or people from their black communities, as defined by the constitution of the United States." And their tenth point was, "We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace. And as our major political objective, and United Nations-supervised plebiscite to be held throughout the ...
- 687: Why the Civil War was Unavoidable
- ... down to the simple fact that the North wouldn't have slavery, and the South wouldn't live without it. The South took it as being constitutional because slaves were property to them and the constitution gave people private property rights. But both sides knew that the only way to solve their differences was war. By the Southern states seceding and the sectional differences between the two sides building up, compromises ...
- 688: The 1800s Were A Tumultuous Time for the US
- ... come up with this plan. The first part of this plan was that 10 percent of the men who had voted in the election of 1860 had to swear and oath of loyalty to the Constitution of the United States. Once the 10 percent had taken this oath they could then organize a government that would be recognized as the government of that state by by the president. After Lincoln's ...
- 689: Terrorism in the US
- ... are doomed to die a terrorist death. The Government is trying to do something about it, but can they do anything? It can't prevent Americans from possessing guns, that right is guaranteed by the Constitution. It is simply impossible to prevent the distribution of chemical and other warfare. The government; however, is trying to get the authority to bar members of terrorist groups from obtaining citizenship in the United States ...
- 690: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
- ... to be saved from patience that makes us patient with anything less than freedom and justice....If we are wrong then the Supreme Court of this nation is wrong. If we are wrong then the Constitution of the United States is wrong. If we are wrong, God almighty is wrong. ” The crowd roared with 'yeas' and 'right ons', all through Dr. Kings speech. The strongest show of emotion and applause came ...
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