The sinking of the USS Maine lead to the Spanish-American War because the American battleship was docked in Cuba, then a Spanish territory. When it blew up alot of American citizens thought it was the Spanish because it was docked on a Spanish island. The Spanish however told the US that it was rebels that blew it up. To this day no one knows who or what blew up the US battleship USS Maine. <span />
Dred Scott would remain a slave and, as a slave, was not a U.S. citizen and was considered property. The Chief Justice of this case, John Marshall, said that Scott shouldn't have even brought his case to court because he is a slave.
the counties are Macomb county and Wayne county.
Macomb County and Wayne County are the two local governmnet organization which can operate under a home rule charter type of government, and both have chosen the county executive form government. when a county or city is incoroprated it can change its charter or rules internally without the hands of the state.
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People who did not want to answer the questions from the Committee was indicted for contempt of Congress and were sent to prison. Some other people were put on a blacklist in the workplace and lost their jobs and found very difficult to find other company that hires them.
Many members of society considered that that represented such a "wich hunt," that only ruined people's reputation and limited their freedom of speech.