The constitution protects the rights of citizens from unlawful imprisonment. By suspending habeas corpus, Lincoln would be limiting the rights of American citizens and extending his own power as president. He also likely considered that no president before him had suspended habeas corpus.
The constitution protects the rights of citizens from unlawful imprisonment. By suspending habeas corpus, Lincoln would be limiting the rights of American citizens and extending his own power as president. He also likely considered that no president before him had suspended habeas corpus.
The 1862 Homestead Act accelerated settlement of U.S. western territory by allowing any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land.
True. The Soviets
were the first to send unmanned satellites then rockets that had animals in
it. The U.S. in response funded space
projects and gave additional support to NASA.
It also promoted scientific studies in school as part of their campaign
to gain supremacy in the space race.
