Northwest Ordinance

The question of the rights of Native Americans in the Americas was not a new one when the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was passed. European colonial empires mostly chose the route of oppression. The United States of America, a new nation lacking precedent, had to decide the path it would take regarding the Native American. After nearly a half-century of discussion (of varying intensity) of the issue, the pressure to make a decision reached its peak, and in 1830 the United States determined to…

In the eighteenth century, education became a main priority of the American Federal Government. After the Northwest Land Ordinance of 1787, each town was required to establish a public school for children. Later, in 1852, the Federal Government passed a law mandating all children to attend primary school. Although these events made it possible for many more to attend school, the of education during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was not sufficient. This issue was recognized by Horace…

for his freedom in 1857 in Dred Scott v. Sanford; the case is commonly known as the Dred Scott Decision. Scott would base his suit on the fact that he once lived in both Illinois and Wisconsin, and both territories were free according to the Northwest ordinance of 1787; Scott therefore believed he was entitled to freedom. However, the US Supreme Court would rule against Scott, not only to issue a verdict for the trail, but also to settle issues related to slavery and congressional authority. In…

The Tenth Amendment, which is part of the Bill of Rights and was ratified in December 1791, clearly declares that all powers that are not granted to the federal government are reserved for the state government and its constituents. However all state governments mimic that of their federal counterpart, and subsequently they all follow the same organized system using three, equal in power and authority branches consisting of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches; this system is known…

Confederation and Constitution After fighting the British in the Revolutionary War, our new independent nation faced some difficult and challenging times economically. This critical time was a danger to colonists and the new future of the delicate republic. Independence had been declared and the recent state and national governments needed to make some very difficult decisions about how to stabilize the suffering economy (Ushistory.org, 2016). Articles of Confederation vs Constitution on…

The antebellum was the period prior to the American Civil War. During this era, political disputes were instrumental towards the build up that ultimately ended in the break out of the Civil War. In addition, the experimentation of the government, which created different ideologies, led to the dividing of the government into two groups, democrats and republicans. There were economic/political problems such as the nullification crisis, which resulted in the seceding of the slave states from the…

Powderly William Graham Sumner John P. Altgeld Samuel Gompers What was the impact of the transcontinental rail system on the American economy and society in the late nineteenth century? 2) How did the huge industrial trusts develop in industries such as steel and oil, and what was their effect on the economy? 3) What was the effect of the new industrial revolution on American laborers, and how did various labor organizations attempt to respond to the new conditions? 4) The…

Both were members of Washington"'"s cabinet¡ªJefferson was secretary of state and Hamilton was secretary of treasury. Hamilton was somber and haggard, a mood unlike his personality. The reason for this mood was because his financial plan for recovery of public credit was trapped in congressional gridlock. Congressman James Madison managed to block its approval based on the key point of assumption. Assumption is when state debts are assumed by the federal government. Hamilton thought that if…