"<span>Slavery was abolished in the United States" has nothing to do with the Dredd Scott case, which instead said that blacks had no standing in court because they were not citizens. </span>
"The people" were originally White, Property-owning Males over 21. They were the only ones that could originally vote. The property owning portion will almost completely be gone by 1828 (this is what helped Andrew Jackson get elected). Non white men will begin being able to vote with the passing of the 15th Amendment after the Civil War. Women will earn suffrage (right to vote) in 1920 with the 19th Amendment. Lastly, we'll lower the voting age to 18 in 1971 with the 26th Amendment, due to the Vietnam War.
It was "John Marshall" who established the role of the Supreme Court in judicial review, since he believed that this was a necessary measure in order to ensure a proper system of "checks and balances" in the federal government.
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America was moving towards an industrialized, modern, capitalist economy:
Industrialized because industry was becoming more important than agriculture.
Modern because scientific and engineering progress were being applied to industry in order to increase production and efficiency.
Capitalist because people were producing goods for profit, not just for mere survival.
