Prior to the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, abortion was illegal in most states. The 5-4 decision favoring the plaintiff in this case defined a constitutional right to privacy on the basis of which the Court said abortion should be allowed in certain cases. Rather than offering a sweepi...

1. Background. With dissatisfaction mounting against the Articles, Congress although reluctant to initiate any change, in 17787 issued a call for a convention at Philadelphia for the "sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation." 2. Absentees. The delegates to the Philadelp...

Like most Indian Nations, the Cherokee were systematically subjugated, robbed, dispossessed and finally forced out of their ancestral homelands. The only difference between the Cherokee Nation and other Nations is that they were more assimilated to the dominant white culture and thus left behind a l...

As the government was newly establishing its stronghold on the nation, forging its way to a powerful republic and instituting precedents for the future, a struggle to preserve the foundations of American society instituted by Washington and John Adams existed as Thomas Jefferson took office. In an a...

As the government was newly establishing its stronghold on the nation, forging its way to a powerful republic and instituting precedents for the future, a struggle to preserve the foundations of American Society instituted by Washington and John Adams existed as Thomas Jefferson took office. In ...