Nebraska- Slavery decided by popular sovereignty. 1857 Dred Scott Decision Slavery was made legal in all territories; African Americans were denied citizenship rights. 1862 The Homestead Act Congress passed the Homestead Act in 1862. It offered a 160-acre plot to anyone who resided on the land for 5 years. Congress wanted to give the poor a chance to own farms. Homesteaders- settlers who acquired free land from the Government-on the Great Plains. 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Freed the slaves in the seceded states in the Confederacy (South) 1865 13th Amendment Banned Slavery throughout the nation 1866 14th Amendment Gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S. 1869 15th Amendment Forbade any state from denying males the right to vote. Marbury v Madison Established Judicial Review (the Supreme Court can declare laws passed by Congress unconstitutional) Gibbons v Ogden Steamboat case about a monopoly. Establishes that the Federal Government is above the states in cases involving interstate commerce. McCulloch v Maryland Case concerning the national bank, established the power of the national government over state governments. Dred Scott v Sandford Declared that African Americans did not have citizenship rights and that they were property. Slavery made legal in all territories. Plessy v Ferguson The Court said a law could require “separate” facilities, so long as they were “equal.” 1st Amendment Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition 2nd Amendment Right to bear arms 3rd Amendment Quartering Soldiers 4th Amendment Protects from unreasonable searches and seizures; warrants 5th Amendment Double jeopardy; due process; eminent domain
Nebraska- Slavery decided by popular sovereignty. 1857 Dred Scott Decision Slavery was made legal in all territories; African Americans were denied citizenship rights. 1862 The Homestead Act Congress passed the Homestead Act in 1862. It offered a 160-acre plot to anyone who resided on the land for 5 years. Congress wanted to give the poor a chance to own farms. Homesteaders- settlers who acquired free land from the Government-on the Great Plains. 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Freed the slaves in the seceded states in the Confederacy (South) 1865 13th Amendment Banned Slavery throughout the nation 1866 14th Amendment Gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S. 1869 15th Amendment Forbade any state from denying males the right to vote. Marbury v Madison Established Judicial Review (the Supreme Court can declare laws passed by Congress unconstitutional) Gibbons v Ogden Steamboat case about a monopoly. Establishes that the Federal Government is above the states in cases involving interstate commerce. McCulloch v Maryland Case concerning the national bank, established the power of the national government over state governments. Dred Scott v Sandford Declared that African Americans did not have citizenship rights and that they were property. Slavery made legal in all territories. Plessy v Ferguson The Court said a law could require “separate” facilities, so long as they were “equal.” 1st Amendment Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition 2nd Amendment Right to bear arms 3rd Amendment Quartering Soldiers 4th Amendment Protects from unreasonable searches and seizures; warrants 5th Amendment Double jeopardy; due process; eminent domain
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