The Preamble Museum
We The People
Indian Removal Act
The United States government wanted to expand more and they needed to force Native Americans out to do so.
“By persuasion and force they have been made to retire from river to river and from mountain to mountain ... ... this fate surely awaits them if they remain within the limits of the states does not admit of a doubt.” - President Jackson
This showed how the Indians did not meet President Jackson’s definition of people, as they were constantly being pushed away so that the whites would have more room, showing how whites were considered moe of “people” than them.
Independence Day Speech
Frederick Douglass made this speech to a group of abolitionists on July 5, 1852 about Independence Day …show more content…
States are “required to have separate but equal accommodations for white and colored persons.” - Chief Justice Harlan, Dissenting Opinion
This Supreme Court decision did not help form a more perfect union as it made segregation legal and did not bring the races together to form a better country.
Double V Campaign
The United States was in World War II, and blacks were still not getting equal rights back home in the country.
The Pittsburgh Courier started the Double V Campaign in an effort to promote the fight against the Axis Powers, and to help fight discrimination and racism in the country.
This effort helped form a better union because it tried to bring to light how blacks needed more rights at home, while still showing how the country needed to win the war.
Relations with the Soviets under Reagan
The Soviet Union and America were still in the Cold War and relations between the two countries were not very good, with the fear of nuclear weapons at the heart of it.
President Reagan started a good relationship with Gorbachev to try and create a better union; summits were held to discuss peace and …show more content…
soil, and this led to the American entrance into the war.
The government did not ensure domestic tranquility because it was not able to calm the people and maintain calmness following the attack.
Kent State
This was one of hundreds of protests going through the country regarding the Vietnam War.
The National Guard was at the protest, and they killed four students in the shootings that occurred.
The inability of the government and National Guard to handle the situation properly resulted in death and injury to students exercising their constitutional rights, showing how the country was not ensuring domestic tranquility as this led to even more protests in the country. provide for the common defense,
The Monroe Doctrine
The United States were concerned about European expansion in America, and this was the United States’ foreign policy in 1823 by President Monroe.
“We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety.” - President
We The People
Indian Removal Act
The United States government wanted to expand more and they needed to force Native Americans out to do so.
“By persuasion and force they have been made to retire from river to river and from mountain to mountain ... ... this fate surely awaits them if they remain within the limits of the states does not admit of a doubt.” - President Jackson
This showed how the Indians did not meet President Jackson’s definition of people, as they were constantly being pushed away so that the whites would have more room, showing how whites were considered moe of “people” than them.
Independence Day Speech
Frederick Douglass made this speech to a group of abolitionists on July 5, 1852 about Independence Day …show more content…
States are “required to have separate but equal accommodations for white and colored persons.” - Chief Justice Harlan, Dissenting Opinion
This Supreme Court decision did not help form a more perfect union as it made segregation legal and did not bring the races together to form a better country.
Double V Campaign
The United States was in World War II, and blacks were still not getting equal rights back home in the country.
The Pittsburgh Courier started the Double V Campaign in an effort to promote the fight against the Axis Powers, and to help fight discrimination and racism in the country.
This effort helped form a better union because it tried to bring to light how blacks needed more rights at home, while still showing how the country needed to win the war.
Relations with the Soviets under Reagan
The Soviet Union and America were still in the Cold War and relations between the two countries were not very good, with the fear of nuclear weapons at the heart of it.
President Reagan started a good relationship with Gorbachev to try and create a better union; summits were held to discuss peace and …show more content…
soil, and this led to the American entrance into the war.
The government did not ensure domestic tranquility because it was not able to calm the people and maintain calmness following the attack.
Kent State
This was one of hundreds of protests going through the country regarding the Vietnam War.
The National Guard was at the protest, and they killed four students in the shootings that occurred.
The inability of the government and National Guard to handle the situation properly resulted in death and injury to students exercising their constitutional rights, showing how the country was not ensuring domestic tranquility as this led to even more protests in the country. provide for the common defense,
The Monroe Doctrine
The United States were concerned about European expansion in America, and this was the United States’ foreign policy in 1823 by President Monroe.
“We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety.” - President