As the slavery debate heated up through the 1850's, they increasingly started bringing God into the picture and getting the church ministers to preach that slavery was an ungodly practice.
The past tense of justify is justified.
Example sentence - We simply could not justify his actions regardless of his excuses.
The statement was intended to justify a social welfare policy that aims to address income inequality and support those in need.
The verb form of "justifiable" is "justify".
The verb for justice is "to administer" or "to uphold."
Anti-slavery activists justified going against the institution of slavery using the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the realities of basic human rights. They showed the brutality of slavery and stated the issue that the slaves were human not animals.
Abolitionists, human rights activists, and those who believe in equality and freedom for all individuals would be most likely to disagree with Calhoun's attempt to justify slavery.
Greenpeace activists oppose whaling. Greenpeace believes that the whale watching industry will be more profitable (and environmentally beneficial) than the whaling industry. The organisation has stated that science does not justify killing whales.
The past tense of justify is justified.
I can give you several sentences.He tried to think of an excuse to justify his bad behavior.Can you justify that action?"Justify me; open my mind to the things I can be." (from the Nate James song "Justify Me")suzan had to justify the amount of time she would give me for the test
Prefix for justify
justify the purpose of an expenditure
Antiwar activists likely responded to President Johnson's speech with skepticism and outrage. They would have perceived his rhetoric as an attempt to justify the Vietnam War and downplay its human costs, contradicting their calls for peace and diplomacy. Many activists viewed his commitment to military escalation as a betrayal of democratic values and a further entrenchment in a conflict they believed was unjust. Overall, his speech probably intensified their resolve to protest and organize against the war.
She tried to justify her actions by explaining the reasoning behind her decision.
Justifyable, justifying,
Countries in Africa did not begin achieving independence until
You justify your sexual orientation by the fact that you don't have a choice about it.