Many debates, including the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, focused on this hot issue. ... Even the loud Senator from Illinois, by the name of Abraham Lincoln said: "The Supreme Court of the United States is the tribunal to decide such questions and we will submit to its decision." ... In l86l-1862, two very important things happened: Abraham Lincoln was elected president and Congress prohibited slavery in the territories without judicial restraint. ...

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Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) B. ... The Lincoln administration (1861-1865) was mostly centered on the liberal republican view and the beginning of the Reconstruction efforts closely mirrored those. Lincoln believed that ex-confederates and ex-confederate states should be readmitted into the union with little or no punishment. ... After Lincoln assassination on April 15, 1865 by actor John Wilkes Booth, Vice President Andrew Johnson assumed the position of President of the United States (1865-1869). ... Once becoming President of the United States, he acted as though he were a radical repub...

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The development of slavery in the United States of America started in the 1600's when demand for labour on plantations was far greater than previously expected. There are several other main reasons to explain this growth and why black people were a perfect choice to work on these plantations. The s...

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War & Peace When policy-makers discuss issues of war and peace they structure policy to ensure the prosperity of their own nation. They think only about the effects on their nations. There are a number of viewpoints for deciding when war is appropriate, some based on morals, some based on cos...

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Eugenics in the United States Eugenics, by definition, is "The improving of genetic code to make better human beings (Mattox)." Eugenics was researched thoroughly by Sir John Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin. Sir Galton attempted to figure out how it was that "genius" seemed to be ru...

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