The First Amendement (Freedom of Speech) was the basis for Charles Schenck's 1919 Supreme Court arguments that his distribution of flyers and leaflets during WWI to promote draft resistance among young men was Constitutional.
Schenck was arrested under the Espionage Act of 1917. The Supreme Court upheld the decision finding that draft resistance in the midst of WWI was unconstitutional.
Northern states saw slavery as cruel and agianst humanity. Southern states saw slavery as the economic backbone of their economy and felt it was necessary.
