In 1857 a landmark case in American history before the American Civil War took place. Dred Scott was a slave who was raised in a slave state by his owner and then moved to a free state. After his owner’s death, Dred Scott sued for the freedom of both he and his wife. Scott based ...
On December 18, 1860, a man by the name of John Jordan Crittenden approached the House of Representatives and Senate with a proposal, which had previously failed, that would lead to the Civil War. This Compromise, the Crittenden Compromise, was an attempt to preserve slavery and the Union itself that was being threaten by secession. ...
The Dred Scott case was a very influential case during the 1800’s that created much domestic disturbance. The case is known as Dred Scott v. Sanford, and it took place in 1857. It was a Supreme Court case, with Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, that involved the freedom of a slave Dred Scott. Scott argued ...
Historian David McCullough is the narrator of this splendid piece on the Congress of the United States. He has the help throughout of interjections by Cokie Roberts, Charles McDowell, David Broder and Alistair Cooke, all experts in their field and in their knowledge of Congress. Congress is the Legislative branch of government consisting of 100 ...
The Dred Scott Case of 1857 was on of the most influential court cases in in American history. It was an opportunity for abolitionists to win an early victory against the institution of slavery in the United States. Their failure to do that prolonged the abolition of slavery and added fuel to the ongoing feud ...
In 1837, Lincoln moved to Springfield and began to practice law. He was re-elected four times as representative to the Board of Illinois. He then aspired to become representative of the Illinois House of Representatives in Washington. He was elected in 1846 and sits to the end of 1847. In Washington, he opposed the war ...
The bloodiest war in American History was the Civil War (1861-1865). It is widely known as The Brother’s War’. During its four year term, over 620,000 solders were killed or missing in action, and countless others were left maimed with rope burns, severed limbs, swamp rot, and many other various ailments. The total Northern and ...
