You are a pioneer settler on a journey westward across the country during the period of Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny in the United States. On the journey you keep a journal with the details of your experience. In at least a page long journal explanation, explain why you are moving west and what you are experiencing and encountering on the journey.

- "schenck v. united states, case in which the u.s. supreme court ruled on march 3, 1919, that the freedom of speech protection afforded in the u.s. constitution's first amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.” "

- speech aimed to potentially create danger could be banned.

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the  wilmot proviso  was designed to eliminate  slavery  within the  landacquired as a result of the mexican war (1846-48). fearing the addition of a pro-slave territory, pennsylvania congressman david  wilmot proposedhis amendment to the bill.