The Supreme Court declared segregation to be uncostitutional in 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education.
<span>James K. Polk’s intentions were clear from the start his famous campaign slogan, “54-40 or Fight!” indicated his intention to settle the status of the Oregon Territory with Great Britain on American terms. American naval forces arrived in Monterrey and took control of the port without firing a shot and tack over under Commodore Robert F. Stockton to capture San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles without bloodshed.</span>
The women's rights movement started in Seneca Falls, New York. They met in 1848, and in the first convention there was a historic document 'Declaration of Sentiments'. This demanded equal social status and legal rights for women. This included the right to vote.<span>
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In a federal system the federal government has more power than the state governments.
