Examples of Lecompton Constitution in the following topics:
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- The Lecompton Constitution, drafted by proslavery factions, was a state
constitution proposed for the state of Kansas that rivaled the constitution proposed by the
Free-Soil faction.
- The Lecompton Constitution was the second of
four proposed constitutions for the state of Kansas.
- Nevertheless, both the Lecompton and Topeka Constitutions were sent to
Washington for approval.
- Douglas broke with the Democratic Party leadership over the Lecompton Constitution.
- Discuss the purpose of the Lecompton Constitution and its impact on the slavery debate
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- Supreme Court ruled that
slaves were not protected by the Constitution and were not U.S. citizens.
- In 1857, settlers in Kansas were faced with voting on a
constitution that outlined a government for the territory.
- The Lecompton
Constitution was the second of four proposed constitutions for the state of
Kansas.
- The Lecompton Constitution guaranteed the protection of slavery in the
region and received the support of President Buchanan and the Southern
Democrats.
- Northern Democrats, however, opposed the Lecompton Constitution
after it was voted down by the majority of Kansas settlers, believing that passage of the Lecompton Constitution would violate popular
sovereignty.
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- Article Six of the United States Constitution establishes the Constitution and the laws and treaties of the United States made in accordance with it as the supreme law of the land.
- All debts contracted and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.
- This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
- The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.
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- In the United States, each state has its own constitution.
- Many state constitutions, unlike the federal constitution, also begin with an invocation of God.
- Some states allow amendments to the Constitution by initiative and many states have had several constitutions over the course of their history.
- These constitutions are subject to congressional approval and oversight, which is not the case with state constitutions.
- 1st Constitution of the Territory of American Samoa, 1 July 1967.
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- To protect the Constitution from hasty alteration, the framers of the Constitution wrote Article V.
- To protect the Constitution from hasty alteration, the framers wrote Article V .
- This article specified how to amend the Constitution, showing that the Constitution could adapt to changing conditions with an understanding that such changes required deliberation.
- This has never been used due to fears it would reopen the entire Constitution for revision.
- Thus, Article V of the US Constitution, ratified in 1788, prohibited any constitutional amendments before 1808 which would affect the foreign slave trade, the tax on slave trade, or the direct taxation on provisions of the constitution.
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