The Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) would be considered a failure because it fails to protect the rights of newly freed slaves. Even though the 13th (which gets rid of slavery), 14th amendment (states that people born in the US are automatically citizens), and 15th amendment (government can not stop a person from voting based on race) are passed in hopes of helping these citizens, southern states find ways to ensure that African-Americans do not have the rights promised to them by the federal government.
A perfect example of this would be the creation of the Ku Klux Klan. This organization of white supremacist use terror and physical violence to prevent African-Americans from voting. Law enforcement officials in the south often let this group cause physical harm to African-Americans without punishing them. Another example of this would be the creation of literacy tests and poll taxes. These obstacles made it more difficult for African-Americans to vote in elections. As you can see, the Reconstruction era truly failed to protect and help African-Americans.
During the Dred Scott case the Supreme Court ruled that whether African Americans were enslaved or free could not be considered American citizens and thus could not bring a case in court to sue for their freedom in federal court. Therefore, slaves had no right to sue for free and and did not posses citizens' rights.
Answer:
The correct answer is that eyewitness can be very flaky and untrustworthy.
Explanation:
To the jury, yes their is a eyewitness of this allegedly robbery that my client is being accused of, however how can we be certain that what he says is true. I agree their is nothing that can tell us this person is lying but also there is nothing that is telling they are telling the truth. People sometimes think they saw something when that thing did not occured, it may not be their intentions but the consequences that my client could suffer if you belive in whatever the eyewitness says can be very detremental. As well, for all we know this eyewitness could be the thief and they are saying they saw someone else do it to take the fault out of their way.
So please jury, dont think just because someone says they think they saw somethin that saw the right thing and that they are not lying.
i would say bad king and queens tend to play god takeing lives for no reason they let popes take gold and riches while the people became poor and dieing of starvation kings and queens also took money and food from the people
