Southern Hemisphere

In 1896, The Supreme Court ruled in Plessey v. Ferguson that segregation was a constitutional right. Plessey V. Ferguson was a case in which an African American train passenger refused to sit in a specific car for African Americans, breaking a Louisiana law (History.com, 2009). This case paved the way for the exploitive Jim Crow laws; this Supreme Court case destroyed any progress African Americans made during the Reconstruction, in the early 1870s. The Jim Crow laws originated from a song…

The Civil War was the darkest and bloodiest period in American history with 620,000 lives lost. After it’s end America needed a period of rebuilding, Reconstruction. Reconstruction lasted throughout the U.S. from 1865 to 1877. Who, the North or South, put an end to America’s reassembly in 1877? The South killed Reconstruction through violent, political, and social conflicts. Hate crimes ran rampant in the South during the Reconstruction Era. The amount of violence was so extreme it was even…

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declared that slaves in rebellious states were now free. However, it didn't actually end up freeing any slaves. The states in rebellion ignored it because they believed they were no longer under the power of the United States government, and the proclamation didn't apply to the border states - slave holding states that were still loyal to the Union. It also could be viewed as a war measure, which would make it only…

BLACK CODES The black codes are laws that were passed by southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the civil war. These particular laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans freedom and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt. The enforcement and impact of the black codes were restrictive and widespread enraged many in the north, who argued that the codes violated the fundamental principles of free labor ideology. The presidential…

the black codes. The black codes were implemented to ensure blacks would still work, if not by choice, then with the black codes, by force. Under the 13th amendment of 1865, no longer could white men own another human, but with the black codes the southern whites found a way to make certain black men were still not allowed to vote, assemble freely, bear arms, nor hold office. It was these extreme sets of restraints that proved to republicans in congress that the plan of reconstruction provided…

The New York City draft riots were violent disturbances in New York City during 1863 that resulted in not only African American death, but extreme social tension. The animosity was a result of the new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War. Spanning three days, July 13th through the 16th, 1863, the riots were the culmination of the longstanding working class and largely Irish racial, political and religious resentment of the government. Working…

In 1846, a slave named Dred Scott sued for his freedom in a St. Louis city court. The had what seemed to be a very strong case. They had lived with their owner, who was an army surgeon in the free Territory of Wisconsin. Dred Scott sued on the fact that he had been held as a slave in a free state, then taken back to a slave state. Many courts had ruled that once you're a free man you are always a free man. This looked to be just a simple case in which Scott should've been ruled a free man.…

This was the Crittenden Compromise. The Crittenden compromise of 1860 was created by John J. Crittenden. This compromise was to dissolve the conflict between the north and southern states by proposing six constitutional amendments and four congressional resolutions. All of these were saying that the established line for slavery would be increased and guaranty the permanent existence of slavery. Now the south was all for these…

it is meant for racism cause it was frown during the racist times in America with blacks getting more freedom. Yes I can understand why others want it down cause of a racial way but it wasn’t for that reason others flung it for the reason of their southern pride and the glory and remembrance of the confederate soldiers…

Andrew Jackson was one of the most popular presidents in the history of the United States. He was born on the border between North and South Carolina in 1767, and was a tough kid that never backed away from a fight. At the age of 17, Jackson began studying the law. In 1824, Jackson ran for president, but lost to John Quincy Adams. Finally, in the year of 1828, he was elected the 7th president of the United States. Jackson was reelected in 1832 (BGE). The question constantly debated is…