This bill declared that indgenous people were no longer cons…

This bill declared that indgenous people were no longer considered members of “sovereign nations” and that the U.S. Government could not establish treaties with them.  Basically, it put an end to the federal government making treaties with individual Native American tribes.

Doctrine of Double Effect is used to distinguish  passive fr…

Doctrine of Double Effect is used to distinguish  passive from active euthanasia. For instance, you can use the Doctrine of Double Effect to demonstrate that a terminally ill patient that dies from complications from morphine was not “actively” euthanized.  

This political group wanted to punish the South for leaving…

This political group wanted to punish the South for leaving the Union.  They wanted civil rights (such as voting) for freedmen and wanted to limit the political rights for former Confederate officials and military officers.  This group wanted to see the South dramatically reconstructed.