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…laws. Fifth, the Mississippi Resolution on Secession stated that if the Federal Government failed to protect and defend the States of the Union, the States had the right to secede from the Union. Finally the Civil War was the main and key factor…

…was however one of the presidents that had a great triumph over a major U.S. problem, economics and civil rights following a war. The United States was just coming out of the Civil War and was in need of a new president. They were in need of one that could lead…

…Fun Fact: During the Civil War, telegraph wires were strung to follow the action on the battlefield. But there was no telegraph office in the White House, so Lincoln went across the street to the War Department to get the news. Fast Fact: Abhorring…

…. According to the Marriage Equality California (MECA) website, "Civil marriage is a basic and fundamental right as well as a private and public commitment of love and support by adult couples." They claim that laws against same-sex marriages are a violation…

…of tolerance, equality, and civil rights. But they are really wedges designed to overturn traditional sexual morality and to win official affirmation, celebration, subsidization and solemnization of behavior that is harmful to the people who engage…

…BASIC PRINCIPLES OF WRITING The basic prinicples of writing are to relay thoughts, opinions and expressions on paper. The art of writing has been noted to originate in Mesopotamia. Cave dwellers of the ancient civilization carved pictures…

…10, 1988. Immediately after September 11, Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (NCRR) initiated a candlelight vigil in order to allow the Japanese American community a way to express its sympathy and sorrow for those who died and for their loved ones…

…The Sixties Many social changes that were addresses in the 1960s are still the issues being confronted today. The ‘60s was a decade of social and political upheaval. Inspite of all the turmoil, there were some positive results: the civil rights…

…be entitled to nearly full, if not complete, social equality because of congressional action such as the formation of the freedman's bureau and the passing of the civil rights act. However, they soon learned that the Southern whites were not about to let…

…by segregation codes, he often traveled in private railroad cars and stayed in good hotels. Any number of historic moments in the civil rights struggle have been used to identify Martin Luther King, Jr. -- prime mover of the Montgomery bus boycott, keynote speaker…