2007-11-09 08:37:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It's a matter of opinion but here's mine.
During the depression 1929-1932 while Hoover was President there were several marches on DC etc and there was a bgrowing Communist Party and Union agitation. The Feds overreacted and dispersed tent cities with armed forces lead by McCarthur (later hero Pacific theatre WW2)
This abrogation of constitutional rights is my number 1.
Number 2 the Civil War but more specifically the waiver of habeus Corpus by Lincoln after the NY March protest riots.
Third- I agree today's Patriot act
2007-11-09 09:11:04 · answer #1 · answered by Mike F 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Now is the most dangerous time in our history. Too many people vote against freedom to control some behavior they do not like. It is always a mistake to vote freedom away!
2007-11-09 11:02:48 · answer #2 · answered by helltoo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the answers of emucompboy and Mike F.
Here's an important quote to remember in this context:
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, 1776
2007-11-09 11:06:44 · answer #3 · answered by historybuff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look to times of war. U.S. Internment camps in WWII, Suspension of habeas corpus during the civil war, the Patrior Act now
2007-11-09 09:00:37 · answer #4 · answered by seanb1791 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the outset. Fortunately, George Washington wisely declined to become a king, or a "president for life."
2007-11-09 08:41:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever heard of the Civil War?
2007-11-09 08:41:37 · answer #6 · answered by livemoreamply 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The so called Patriot Act; when you surrender freedom for security you shall have neither.
2007-11-09 10:03:55 · answer #7 · answered by acmeraven 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably now, the introduction of the "Patriot" acts has done more to erode civil liberties than ever before.
2007-11-09 09:02:27 · answer #8 · answered by Efnissien 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both the GWashington coronation offer and the War of Insurrection - don't know that I could choose between them.
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2007-11-09 08:45:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋