LAD #18

The decision of Dred Scott v. Sanford ruled in the favor of Sanford. This court case also made several changes to certain laws that had been passed in previous years. One such law was the Missouri Compromise. The decision of the case was that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional because it took property away from citizens of the United States if they should pass over the line of slavery. The decision was made be Supreme Court Justice Taney, he was put on the case after Justice Nelson felt that his decision was mostly his own and not the entire bench's.

This is Dred Scott

LAD#17

Sojourner Truth's viewpoint in he speech "Ain't I a woman?" is quite interesting. She points out that though white women don't have many rights, they get helped into carriages and, basically, taken care of. Meanwhile, she's been beaten and forced to do manual labor. Also, she has seen most of her children sold as slaves. She believes she has rights because women create men and that should allow her to have similar rights to them, as well as the white women.

LAD #16

Frederick Douglas is arguing in his speech made on the 5th of July that not all Americans are free. He feels that it is unjust for him to be celebrating his freedom when there are so many black people enslaved still in the south. Instead of celebrating Douglas mourns for the enslaved because he knows that there is a great deal of difference between him and the audience. He is obviously an abolitionist looking for rights for slaves.

LAD #15

The Gettysburg address followed the battle at Gettysburg. This was the turning point in the war essentially because this battle stopped the south from penetrating any farther north. Lincoln said in his short speech that the founding fathers, the men who signed the Declaration of Independence, deemed all "men are created equal". This meant black or white, so slavery was to be ended. He says that this great battlefield where so many American died will remain a cemetary for the fallen heroes and he says that they should not die in vain and that the United States needs to band together as a nation.

LAD #14

Lincoln's first Inaugural Address has several important factors. The first important factor is that he points out, quoting from his own past speeches, that he does not wish to end slavery even though he is a republican. He then goes on to talk about the United States as a whole and he points out that when the United States was under the Articles of Confederation(confusion), the states were unreliable and failed as separate states. By signing the Constitution it was like signing a contract to stick together and the south was not able to just succeed from the United States. Also, Lincoln says that he does not wish to end acts in which slavery is concerned, such as the Fugitive Slave Act. Lastly, President Lincoln warns the slave states that if they do not choose to be peaceful about how to come up with a solution then Lincoln will use force to come up with one.

LAD #11

The Declaration of Sentiments is essentially a rewrite of the Declaration of Independence, but instead of "all men are created equal" it is "all men and women are created equal". In the Declaration of Sentiments it states that women are subject to law that they have no say in. Women were created equal to men therefore they should have equal rights as them, including the right to vote. It basically says that it is a declaration of women against men, instead of in the Declaration of Independence when it was the colonies against the British. The Declaration of Sentiments declares that women should be educated on the laws and that they should be treated equal to men because they were originally created equal and should still be treated as such.

This is a photo of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.