Essays Tagged: "Tennessee Supreme Court"
Andrew Jackson
life, a reminder of his hate for the British.After the war, Andrew Jackson began practicing law in Tennessee. While there he met and married Rachel Donelson Robards in August of 1791. Jackson develop ... r of U.S. House of Representatives from 1796-97, a United States Senator from 1797-98, a Justice on Tennessee Supreme Court from 1798-1804, the Governor of Florida Territory in 1821, and a United Stat ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Ida B Wells
Damsel Gets Damages. Although her success was short lived when the company appealed the case to the Tennessee Supreme Court, which reversed the decision.Wells willingness to use the courts to challeng ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
They Say: Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race, by James W. Davidson. Ida B. Wells as a parallel to African Americans trying to gain empowerment in post-emancipation America
they would not be given to different parents and separated. Later, she began teaching in Woodstock, Tennessee, a rural community in Shelby County, but moved to Memphis when she obtained a position in ... e train conductor. In December 1884 the circuit court ruled in her favor, but three years later the Tennessee Supreme Court reversed the decision. That experience prompted Ida B. Wells to write letter ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History
scopes trial
ed the Butler Act, it was forbidden by the law to teach evolution in any school within the state of Tennessee. The Scopes trial also had an additional purpose which was to begin the process of judicia ... y, and issued a fine. The sentence and verdict resulting from the Scope's trial was appealed to the Tennessee Supreme Court. The State's Supreme Court upheld Scopes' sentence, but set the sentence asi ...
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