Lad #17 Emancimation proclamation.

1. Summarize
It clearly says in the beginning that any slave in the states would be freed, and this protection would be protected by soldiers. He said that also people should try to not resort to violence. And finally said that the states that had seceded musty also follow this new law.

LAD #16 Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

1. Summarize
Abraham Lincoln opened his speech by saying he will not interfere with the issue of slavery, because he didn't feel he had the right to according to law. He also said that if slaves escaped, they should be returned. He also said that he understood that people wished to amened the constitution and that is was their right to do so. He finally addressed the issue of seceding, were he said the government wont assail you, and if you break away, you will be the aggressors.

LAD #15 Dred Scott

1. summarize
Dred Scott was a runaway slave who succesfully made it to Illinois. The slave's owners said that he had to be returned, however Scott sued saying that he was in a free state and therefor not a slave. However, even though he was free, he was not a citizen of the United States of America, and therefor not allowed to sue and was returned back to his owners. This decision helped widen the gap between North and South states and made Civil War closer.

LAAD #10 Seneca Falls Convention

1. Summarize

The Seneca Falls convention was a convention that was held to encourage more equal roles of women. It came up with a list of several things men did against women, some important ones being:
1. He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise
2. He has endeavored, in every way that he could, to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lessen her self-respect and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life.
3. He has denied her the facilities for obtaining a thorough education, all colleges being closed against her.
These along with others were arguments the women gave to being stamped on by men through the centuries.