Tag: Legal history
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Phlippines
Phlippines in the United States Introduction to TAFT-KATSURA AGREEMENT: (1905) In the context of the legal history: Japan promises that she has no interest in the Philippines and the United States agreed to approve of Japanese domination of Korea. Resources In the context of the legal history: […]
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Establishment Clause
Establishment Clause in the United States Introduction to the Establishment Clause According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, three themes dominate recent Supreme Court decision making under the First Amendment’s establishment of religion clause. First, the Court has […]
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Establishment Clause
Establishment Clause in the United States Introduction to the Establishment Clause According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, three themes dominate recent Supreme Court decision making under the First Amendment’s establishment of religion clause. First, the Court has […]
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Gold Standard Act, 1900
Gold Standard Act, 1900 in the United States Introduction to Gold Standard Act, 1900 In the context of the legal history: This was signed by McKinley. It stated that all paper money would be backed only by gold. This meant that the government had to hold gold in reserve in case people decided […]
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Birds of Passage
Birds of Passage in the United States Birds of Passage in the U.S. Legal History Summary Immigrants who never intended to make the United States their home. Unable to make a living in their native countries, they came to America, worked and saved, and returned home. About 20 to 30 percent of […]
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Birds of Passage
Birds of Passage in the United States Birds of Passage in the U.S. Legal History Summary Immigrants who never intended to make the United States their home. Unable to make a living in their native countries, they came to America, worked and saved, and returned home. About 20 to 30 percent of […]
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Independence War
Independence War in the United States Roderigue Hortalez & Cie. in the U.S. Legal History Summary Prior to its formal involvement in the War for Independence, the French government supplied the American rebels with critically needed war goods through a bogus private trading firm known as […]
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Independence War
Independence War in the United States Roderigue Hortalez & Cie. in the U.S. Legal History Summary Prior to its formal involvement in the War for Independence, the French government supplied the American rebels with critically needed war goods through a bogus private trading firm known as […]
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Flapper
Flapper in the United States Flapper in the U.S. Legal History Summary Term for a liberated woman who bucked conventional ideas of propriety in dress and manners during the 1920s.
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Flapper
Flapper in the United States Flapper in the U.S. Legal History Summary Term for a liberated woman who bucked conventional ideas of propriety in dress and manners during the 1920s.
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Beat Generation
Beat Generation in the United States Beat Generation in the U.S. Legal History Summary A cultural style and artistic movement of the 1950s that rejected traditional American family life and material values and celebrated African-American culture. They tapped an underground dissatisfaction with […]
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Beat Generation
Beat Generation in the United States Beat Generation in the U.S. Legal History Summary A cultural style and artistic movement of the 1950s that rejected traditional American family life and material values and celebrated African-American culture. They tapped an underground dissatisfaction with […]
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Bland-Allison Act
Bland-Allison Act in the United States Introduction to Bland-Allison Act (1878) In the context of the legal history: The original bill proposed by Representative Bland and supported by the western states suggested the unlimited coinage of silver, but it did not pass the Senate. Senator Allison […]
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Bland-Allison Act
Bland-Allison Act in the United States Introduction to Bland-Allison Act (1878) In the context of the legal history: The original bill proposed by Representative Bland and supported by the western states suggested the unlimited coinage of silver, but it did not pass the Senate. Senator Allison […]
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Colonization
Colonization in the United States Colonization in the U.S. Legal History Summary The effort to encourage masters to voluntarily emancipate their slaves and to resettle free blacks in Africa.