The free soil party emerged in 1848 and opposed the extension of slavery into the territories. They nominated former Democratic president Martin Van Buren. They failed to win any electoral votes but won ten percent of the popular vote. I finally answered a question. Dale Christian!

Man I have way to much time on my hands if I'm checking this thing this often or either I'm in desperate need of some extra credit points.

The Writ of Habeas Corpus was taken away from the people so that they could not resist the government during war time. This was issued mainly to the North for resisting the draft. With the Writ of Habeas Corpus gone the government could keep anyone in jail they saw fit during this time of war. It also kept them from making mistakes and having to release prisoners. The Writ of Habeas Corpus being thrown out for a time let the government put people in jail with out really having a reason. And made it easier to keep those whom they saw fit in their possession.

1. At Freeport, Illinois, in the second of the Lincoln Douglas Debates, Douglas made an effort to revive the doctrine of popular soveriegnty, which had been imperiled by the Dred Sctott Desion. He stated that slavery could legally be taken from the territories if the territory legislatures simply refused to enforce laws and regulations necessary to make slavery work. Without a legal framework and enforcement officials, slavery would be excluded.

Dred Scott had no standing in the court system because blacks, regardless of whether they were free or slave, were not and could not be citizens
A slave was the property of the slaveowner and that temporary residence north of the Missouri Compromise line did not bestow freedom
Congress didn't have the authority toto take property form anyone, a ruling that served to wipe out the slavery laws of the Missouri Compromise.

2. political party that started in 1847–48 mainly because of rising numbers of people against the extension of slavery into any of the territories newly acquired from Mexico.

4. Democrats-
Stephen Douglas of Illinios for President- (Popular vote- 29.5%), (electoral vote-12 votes)
Benjamin Fitzpatrick of Alabama for Vice President

Republicans-
Abraham Lincoln of Illinois for President- (Popular vote- 39.9%), (electoral vote-180 votes)
Hannibal Hamlin of New Jersey for Vice President

happy now shaina? i used cool colors.

remember west virginia didn't become a state until 1863 and it was rushed in so that there would be another union state. thus, more republican votes in congress. nathan did a good job answering the last three questions, let's see if anyone else can answer some.
1. someone compare and contrast the freeport doctrine with the dred scott decision.
2. what was the free soil party?
3. during the civil war, many civil liberties were denied. one instance of this was the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. for what reason was this done?
4. who were the presidential candidates in 1860, what party did they belong to, and how much of the vote did each get?

Maybe its in west virginia now...u know...the states have kinda changed since then ..i dunno..yeah ..

Whitney...all i could find is that it might be a national park now..i doubt we still keep our arms there anymore ..:-/

Nathan...Yeah, this whole blog thing is WACK!

Ummm I thought Dixon said it was in Virginia? I don't know though. Who all went with Brown? And I still don't understand why they didn't tell the slaves about it they were stupid.

And how did whitneys post pop up before mine when I got off my post was after dixons now there after whitneys

Whit... i looked it up and i think its in West Virginia...where the state borders Maryland

First, Texas won its independence in the mexican war you know remember the alamo and all that good stuff. Then they were an independent nation ,The Republic of Texas, for a time and that didn't work. And finally in 1845 Polk signed the legislation that made Texas the 28th state and gained all the problems the rest of the states already had(slavery,taxes, rep. in government)

Second, the reform era was when alot of things changed in the US I believe it was when the workers began to form unions and to protest thier low pay and poor working conditions that was later shanged when congress passed a law requiring all work places to meet certain conditions. I don't know if thats right it could have also been when women ans slaves were working to gain there rights as people as well

Third, the era of good feelings was at the end of the war of 1812 when states conflicts had gone down a bit(slavery, tariffs, etc.) and the US had its freedom to develop the way it wished. The US also had signed peace treaties with Brittian and Spain meaning all it's bounderies and shores were secure. It was a time of peace, liberty, and prosperity for the US. Although the problems were gone for that time they would soon explode and have to be delt with.


Now with all typing I better have gotten a few points. If anyone has something to add feel free I know I left something out.

Nathan Chapman

Do we still use that place to keep arms or is it just like a memorial???

Where is Harpers Ferry that John Brown Raided???..Its obviously not in Kansas since he got ran out...lol

another note here. make sure that you sign your post if your user name is not the same as your name. i need to know who to give credit to and i'm not going to look up everyone's user name every time.

shaina is correct. bush had promised not to raise taxes, even going so far as to say "read my lips, no new taxes." however once he was elected, the nation was beginning to have to pay down the defecit from the reagan era and bush had no real choice- he had to raise taxes. i see we have some people who are beginning to post here and there. two new questions for you all today.
1. explain the process that went into texas becoming part of the u.s.
2. give me at least two instances of reform that came out of the reform era.
3. tricky bonus: i mentioned in class one day the "era of good feelings" someone tell me what it was.

Hey Nathan, the whole "Read My Lips" thing...Is when President Bush promised in his campaign that there would be "NO NEW TAXES"...And he broke his promise... (1988) but that's all I know...(I thought I would try and answer since DIXON has failed to check the Blog this weekend-just kiddin Dixon)

I think shainas right we need some extra credit up on this board!

DIXON!!! in the Animaniacs song it says that the first president Goearge H. W. Bush said "..Read My Lips..." I'm told he was talking to the democratic convetion after they lied to him about something. What where they lying about? Or is what I've said even correct?

The Senneca falls convention was where the Declaration of sentments was written. Just to add to what was already said.

Hey Dixon, how about some extra credit questions since i finnally got this whole blog thing a workin ;)

YAH! I finally figured out how to do this...or that should be I finally made time to figure out how to do this. Well, now I can make more time so I can actually answer some questions. ;-) Later...

The Seneca Falls convention was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott in 1848. It took place in New York. Men and women gathered for equal rights for women, and one of them was suffrage.

oh and i found the animaniacs (president's song) so if someone would want it just let me know and i could email it to you.

i have an answer to both of your questions. first, president clinton was talking to the starr investigators when he made his famous "it depends on what your definition of 'is" is" quote. remember starr was originally investigating clinton on the whitewater real estate deal that hillary made a lot of money off of. when monica surfaced the starr investigations quickly turned to her.
the other question, what is this for? it is for us to have a dialogue. you can really blog about anything. this particular site is about history and questions you may have about the class.
how about some more credit? someone please tell me what the seneca falls convention was and when did it occur?

I am finally figuring out how to use this blog web site. Why was this site invented is it just for history or anything?

ok I have obtained the ability to post.

Now I have a question. this has nothing to do with our class but who was Bill Clinton talking to when he asked the definition of "is"?

Nullification Crisis- South Carolina threatened to nullify tariffs that they said were "unauthorized by the constitution" and secede from the Union. Jackson got mad and said that SC was committing treason, so he threatened Calhoun and said he would full SC with US troops to enforce the tariff. Henry Clay stepped in and helped lower the bill and make overyone happy. Go Daniel Payseur

well, the correct post for the nullification crisis is still out there for credit for whoever wants it. while i'm on i should just go ahead and offer something else up for you people. i would be very happy if someone would give me a brief timeline of the foreign affairs events from 1789 to 1820 involving the united states. i want the important things we have talked about, in order, of things dealing with us and other countries. after the first post, we'll see if there is any room for people to fill in more stuff.

ok jeff, you are correctly describing the va. and kentucky resolutions but not the nullification crisis. you state that the va. and ky. resolutions were about nullifying the alien and sedition acts. that is right. nullification first came about in response to the a & s acts. but the nullification crisis- was something else. someone help him out.

The xyz affair was in 1797 where the French officials demanded a bribe from the US diplomats.

Kentucky viewed the Alien + Sedition acts to be unconstitutional. they wrote a resolution that stated that staes have the right to nullifyor consider void any acto of congress that they deemed unconstitutional. Virginia and kentucky said that the Alien + Sedition acts violated fisrt ammendment rights

ok, yeah, the xyz affair was between us and france and remember that's when the french wanted us to pay them to talk to their ambassadors and we, of course, didn't pay and it almost led to war with france. so yeah- steph's correct. let's go into a little more detail with this next one though, could someone please explain to all of us what the nullification crisis was. remember detail people.

the xyz affair was with the us and France....there were three men, and John Adams named them "X" "Y" and "Z". it involved a commision sent to france, to settle outstanding differences between the two counties.

just testin this thing to see if i did it right...........

a blog is short for web log. i assume that most of you are beginning to get your accounts set up so here is the first shot at some credit. first person to respond gets the credit although, if the answer is incorrect or someone can add more to it then i will still give more credit. someone please explain what the xyz affair was all about.

just trying out the blog spot!!

what's a blog?

hey look.. its the first post for us history honors