America's Documents of Freedom 1848-1857
This item is included in the following series/curriculum: Just the Facts Series - America's Documents of Freedom
- Grade Level: Junior High (7-9)-Senior High (10-12)
- Subjects: History
- Produced By: Cerebellum Corporation
- Year: 2003
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Running Time: 30m
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American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. This video, looks at the documents conceived in a period when the civil rights of women and Native Americans were in question, and slavery was driving a wedge between slaveholders and abolitionists. Educators from noted American universities share their insights on: Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments (1848), Married Women's Property Act (1848), Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851), Gadsden Purchase (1853) and Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857).