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- 71: Attempt At Reconstruction
- ... Transaction Publishers, 1993) p. 148. 4 Ibid. p. 152. 5 Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution (New York: Harper and Row, 1988) pp.229-231. 6 Daniel J. Mcinerney, The Fortunate Heirs of Freedom: Abolition and the Republican Party (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994) p.151. 7 Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution (New York: Harper and Row, 1988) pp.228-251. 8 The transformation of the goals ...
- 72: Slavery
- ... 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 the huge reliance on slaves for the plantation economics, abolition was not an option for most southerners. A master and a slaves relationship was an area where very little law consisted. A master could kill his slave, and bury them when they died. Later the ...
- 73: Underground Railroad
- ... law was passed to make it illegal to import anymore slaves. Agricultural improvements came along, and with the limited number of slaves left in the states, the value of the slaves went up very quickly. Abolition Societies began to form, and along with religious groups became active in helpin gslaves to freedom. The "Railroad" beggan to take shape. A shape that is to this day very hard to describe. Traks were ...
- 74: Marbury Vs Madison
- ... why such a writ should not be ordered, thus attempting to assort authority over the Executive Branch. Marshall was determined to assail upon Jefferson and used this case as an excuse, especially because of the abolition of the circuit courts and the postponement of the next Supreme Court hearing, to by time. Jeffersonians then attempted to obstruct the truth and sly away from responsibility, ultimately not facing up to the accusations ...
- 75: The Rise Of Communism In Russi
- ... replace the old Russian army which had dissolved during the revolution. Many Communists wanted to new military force to be built up on strictly revolutionary principles, with guerrilla tactics, the election of officers, and the abolition of traditional discipline. Trotsky set himself emphatically against this attitude and demanded an army organized in the conventional way and employing "military specialists" -- experienced officers from the old army. Hostilities between the Communists and the ...
- 76: Slavery
- ... convention stated: Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery... A blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization... There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union (Journal of State Convention, 86). One of the earliest proponents of the theory that the South was suffering economically from slavery was Cassius Marcellus Clay. The main assertion of ...
- 77: Caesar And Naopoleon
- ... revision and collection of French law into codes. The new law codes, seven in number, incorporated some of the freedoms gained by the people of France during the French revolution, including religious toleration and the abolition of serfdom. The most famous of the codes, the Code Napoleon or Code Civil, still forms the basis of French civil law (Marrin 90). Napoleon should have learned from Caesar's one mistake of having ...
- 78: Labor Unions
- ... pace due to operating in secrecy until the failure of railroad strikes that increased membership to over 700,000 in 1886 (Robinson, 1985). Their advance and efforts had persuaded legislation to enact the following laws: abolition of convict-made goods, establishment of bureaus of labor statistics, and prohibition of the importation of European labor under contract (Encyclopedia, 1996, p. 630). In 1890, the Knights of Labor membership had declined to only ...
- 79: Kent State Massacre
- ... administration. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were quickly adopted in the two originating states. The quick legislation was a victory to the Republicans, for now they had two states on their side clamoring for the abolition of the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Kentucky Resolution was adopted by the Kentucky House of Representatives on November 10, 1798 and passed by the State Senate on the 13th of the same month; the ...
- 80: Karl Marx Biography And Synops
- ... established his "intellectual standing." From December of 1847 to January of 1848, Engels and Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto, a document outlining 10 immediate measures towards Communism, "ranging from a progressive income tax and the abolition of inheritances to free education for all children." When the Revolution erupted in Europe in 1848, Marx was invited to Paris just in time to escape expulsion by the Belgian government. He became unpopular to ...
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