Northwest Ordinance

Confederate states, resulting in casualties of more than 600,000 Northern and Southern soldiers. Since the beginning, the North and South had been divided and several acts were passed to preserve the delicate balance. These resolutions included the Northwest Ordinance, high protective tariffs, and most importantly, The Compromise of 1850. The United States was evenly divided with fifteen free states and fifteen slave states through the Compromise of 1850, until the additions of new territories…

Twelve years of basic math, english, and science does not teach students how to cure cancer or perform brain surgery; only extra schooling can teach these. In today's society, people believe post secondary education is overrated. Millennials believe that it is not necessary to attend post-secondary education because there are many different ways we can build careers. Self employment and small business is booming. Also, with the high cost of college students are frightened they can never leave…

Next, Taney affirmed that the fifth amendment did not allow for seizing of one’s property and since slaves were considered property he could not be freed. Lastly, Taney came to the conclusion that the Northwest ordinance of 1787 and the Missouri Compromise of 1820 were unconstitutional. Southerners were content with the decision of the court because it served as a defense for their rights, the ownership of slaves. In a sense the Dred Scott decision was a justification…

The expansion to America across the Atlantic Ocean was a significant historical breakthrough at the time. Even though, half millennium before Christopher Columbus accidentally discovered America in 1492, Vikings where the first to set foot on the North American loam by their leader Leif Eriksson. The discovery of the new world was viewed by many world power country leaders as not only a financial opportunity but also control the flow of precious materials and trade goods coming out of the…

Abraham Lincoln 's presidential proposals caused slave holding states to fear and completely loathe that thought of his potential election into office during his campaigns for the Election of 1860. The most important, as well as most exaggerated, proposal to the slave holding states was his proposal to not administer any more slave states. Every new state entering the union would be a free state where slavery would be illegal (Link 149). However, many slave states thought of this as a threat to…

The newly independent Americans, who freed themselves of a suppressed British power, began to think about politics, the economy and society of the newly independent nation. After breaking away from what they thought was a corrupt and suppressive government, Americans possessed the desire to construct a plan of government that would reflect their values and what they fought for. They would then use the system to govern their society, even though after the battle for independence they turned to a…

Written in 1787, the United States Government defines the Constitution as the “supreme law of the United States,” providing the framework of our national government, laws, and basic freedoms we see today However, by the end of the Revolutionary War in 1776 up until 1787, Congress originally operated under the Articles of Confederation. Considering that the Articles of Confederation got the young nation through its war with England, over time, it was soon realized that this first governing…

Apartheid, economic/political disempowerment and two-tiered pluralism are three minority exclusion models that shaped the political opportunities and barriers for minorities in the United States. Apartheid was a system of government in South Africa that separated whites and non-whites. It was harsh on nonwhites politically and economically. It was enforced using violence and was very expensive to be maintained. The Same system was adopted by the US in South. Economic and political disempowerment…

dissatisfied Americans Framing A New Government • 1783 - members (from Philadelphia) of the Confederation Congress went to New Jersey, then Annapolis, before settling in New York in 1785 to escape vengeful veterans • Eighteen members voted on the Northwest Ordinance Advocates of Centralization • The majority believed they had fought the Revolutionary War to avoid tyrannical authority and wanted to keep political power in the states • Wealthy and powerful groups supported a strong national…

In 1781, Congress approved the purchase of Bibles to be used in schools (An Outline History). To become a state they had to meet certain requirements. One of the requirements for the governments of new territories the Northwest Ordinance outlines that in Article 3: Directs the people of the territories to establish schools “to teach religion, morality, and knowledge.” Nearly every state admitted to the Union, they all used the Bible as the bases for their teachings. In 1890…