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Roger Taney- (March 17, 1777 ' October 12, 1864) was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864, he is most remembered for delivering the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
Daniel Webster- (January 18, 1782 ' October 24, 1852) leader of the Whig Party, he was one of the nation's most prominent conservatives, leading opposition to Democrat Andrew Jackson and the Democratic party. He was a spokesman for modernization, banking and industry
John Brown- (May 9, 1800 ' December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist, who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to end all slavery. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre in 1856 in Bleeding Kansas and made his name in the unsuccessful raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859
Charles Sumner- (January 6, 1811 ' March 11, 1874) was an American politician and statesman from Massachusetts he was also an academic lawyer and Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces or abolitionists in Massachusetts
Stephen Douglas- (April 23, 1813 ' June 3, 1861) was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Northern Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln, whom he had defeated two years earlier in a Senate contest following a famed series of debates
Preston Brooks- (August 5, 1819 ' January 27, 1857) was a Democratic Congressman from South Carolina, known for severely beating Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate with a cane in response to an insult
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The Wilmot Proviso (1846)
o The Wilmot Proviso would have banned any territory acquired from Mexico during the ...
Causes of the French Revolution On July 14, 1789, several starving working people of Paris and sixty soldiers seized control of the Bastille, forever changing the course of French history. The seizing of the Bastille wasn't caused by one event, but several underlying causes such as the Old Regime, the raising of taxes, the American rev...
Hood: slang for neighborhood or black area/life. Before 1991 this concept of hood life was never before portrayed or looked into until John Singleton produced the black social drama Boyz N the Hood. This is the first film by a black director that actually goes deep inside the ghetto or inner city. Singleton carefully directs this film so that...
On April 15, 1983 Henry James Jr. was born into the prominent and eccentric James Family. His father, Henry James Senior was a noted philosopher and his considered one of the most brilliant thinkers of the age. His brother William was to become one of the most important figures in the field of psychology. The wealthy James family traveled fr...
It is amazing how aspects of society can and will change so significantly over the course of a few hundred years. Between the time periods of the Medieval era and the Renaissance, one can note numerous significant changes, mainly those pertaining to religion and art, and specifically, drama. In Medieval times, people seemed to rely mainly on the...
The Indian Frontier of the American West tells a story of the different Indian tribes and whites from 1846 to 1890. This period of time is very famous in American history. It produced some of the most widely heard of names in the battles between Indians and whites. These names include Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe, Sitting Bull of the...
