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- 901: Puritans Vs. Anti-puritans
- ... to the anti-federalists are that the federalists were successful in their attempt to rule the country and to keep it running, while the anti-federalists failed, and they were able to draw up a constitution that lasted for a very extended length of time. This meant overall that the federalists had a more lasting effect on the way that our country was run, and in this way displayed the kind ...
- 902: Frederick Douglass
- ... in Rochester. He helped raise two regiments of black soldiers during the Civil War, the 54th and 55th Massachusetts. After the war he fought for enactment of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution. He became U. S. marshal for the District of Columbia in 1877 and recorder of deeds in Washington D. C. in 1881. He was also the U. S. minister to Haiti from 1889 to 1891 ...
- 903: First Amendment
- ... by free trade in ideas
the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market
. That at any rate is the theory of our Constitution. It is an experiment. While that experiment is part of our system I think we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe
unless they so imminently threaten ...
- 904: Commercial Warfare
- ... The five years of embargoes led the American people to learn how to survive as an independent nation in all meanings, in trade, in foreign policy and in domestic policy in wartime under the new Constitution. The United States won the War of 1812, and destroyed British ideologies of regaining her colonies. The United States regained trading rights in Europe and returned to prosperity, and was finally recognized as a world ...
- 905: American Revolution
- ... Confederation. Under the articles, the central government was very weak and the states held most of the power, but it was a solid beginning. After Shays Rebellion, the Articles were disowned and the Federal Constitution was written, 1787. It is still the basic law of t he United States of America. Word Count: 969
- 906: Electoral College Is No Longer
- The electoral college has been our method of electing presiden's sinc eth constitution was formed. With increasing popoulations and the addition of third parties, it can be questioned however, as to wheth or not this i still a functional method of elections. There have been many cases in ...
- 907: Slavery
- ... do it themselves. Many of the American Statesmen felt that slavery was a dying insititution and they hoped it would end as soon as possible. When the Continental Congress met in 1787 to write a constitution for the new nation, many of the slaves were far from abolishing slavery. Many people were disgusted by the cruleties of the slave trade. By 1787 seven northern states had outlawed slavery. Unfortunately, because of ...
- 908: The Gilded Age
- ... in a flurry of strikes and labor protests that were caused by none other than the actions of the wealthy. For years the railroads of this country have been wholly run outside the United States Constitution
They have charged what they pleased for fare and freight rates. They have corrupted the state and city legislatures. They have corrupted Congress employing for the purpose a lobby that dispensed bribes to the amount ...
- 909: Suriname
- ... were able to keep the African traditions and cultures alive. The only reason some of the rituals were changed was do to the evolution of time. Everything must change, just as you see our American Constitution need amendments. Like in the Counter and Evens Film I Sought My Brother, a dance that was being done was changed. I believe it was when the men were doing a dance that involved the ...
- 910: Hamilton And Jefferson Debates
- ... bank. Madison, in fact, argued on behalf of the Republicans that the federal government had no righ to establish a federal bank because it was not among the enumerated powers of Congress found in the Constitution. The Republicans also ignored the Naturalization Act, nor did they ever enforce the Alien Act. The Republicans, which are in actuality the ancestors of todays Democratic party, formed around key issues such as the power ...
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