The years after the War of 1812 marked the beginning of the first modern "post-war" era. ... This increase in manufacturing created employment opportunities for many post war Americans in the North East. ... Many new state banks began operation following the war. ... It marked the end of the economic expansion that had followed the War of 1812. ... The period following the War of 1812 was a time of dramatic growth and intense nationalism. ...

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Soon after we moved into the era of dual federalism. ... One major leader during this era was Roger B. ... During this era, the Civil War occurred. ... In the early 1960s, began the era of Creative Federalism. ... This program included what LBJ, called the War on Poverty. ...

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Soon after we moved into the era of dual federalism. ... During this era, the Civil War occurred. ... Federal grants also made up a lot of this era big changes. The era of Creative Federalism began in the early 1960s. ... This program included what LBJ, called the War on Poverty. ...

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The period of 1789-1815 in the American history was an era of establishing America as a nation in the world. It was a period not long after the American Revolution, in a war which the Americans won their independence and then together formed a new nation. ... This era was also the start of a transformation that industrialized America and changed the American economy and society greatly. ... A year before the Whiskey rebellion, war broke out in Europe between France and England. ... This led to the Quasi-War, an undeclared war in which both navies were raiding each other's fleets. ...

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The author chose to write the book in order to demonstrate how the bureaucracy involved in intergovernmental relations works and how authorities benefit and suffer during Reagan's "new federalism" era. ... We Have No Leaders: African Americans in the Post Civil Rights Era State University of New York Press Albany, NY 1996 Smith writes the book in an attempt to educate the black community on where African-American fit in the scheme of politics and intergovernmental relations. ... He starts his discussion from the Civil War era and moves up into the time period that he is a part o...

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During one of the most significant periods of twentieth century America, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. sought to hypothesize the elements of American politics that allowed the United States to escape the Great Depression of 1929, Roosevelt's New Deal, and fight the second world's war, without the federal government becoming a dictatorship. ... Schlesinger illustrates his point with Jacksonians bank war and the hard money policy of 1836. ... The hard money policy was conceived from Jackson's bank war and was as the alternative to the conservative system of economic theory and to exclu...

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The civil war had just begun, and the country needed to reunite, the South was in ruins. ... I disagree with the statement "The under achievement Era remains to be one of the most harsh and undemocratic times in American history." Reconstruction was lenient towards the South because it wasn't necessary for the South to pay any money for losing the war, the Southerners easily avoided the 14th and 15th amendments, and no ex-confederates were put on trial for treason. The North didn't have to pay any fee or sum of money for winning the war. ... Reasons for this is because the South d...

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Under the Articles of Confederation, the government lacked the power to tax and regulate interstate commerce, could not act in any matters relating to war, foreign relations, money or requisitions without the approval of at least nine of the thirteen states. ... These include the power to hold specified powers such as to declare war, and coin money, and also implied powers. ... Each era calls for different guidelines, and all issues must be examined before a government is given the power. ... The change in this interpretation is positive for the era we are living in, and ensures continued ...

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The eighteenth amendment says after one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject of jurisdiction thereof for beverage p...

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These differences would culminate during the 1850s and would eventually ignite a divided Congress and country to fight a war it had already won- the war for freedom. ... The dividing of people on the issue of slavery turned into the sectionalism that fueled the Civil War. ... The differences between the regions were small and insignificant during the colonial era. These differences were set aside to fight a war for their freedom. The Revolutionary War united the North and South into one for a brief time. ...

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The fight in the 1833-34 session of Congress was fierce, but the Jacksonians held firm, and Jackson won the bank war. ... Many of them were replaced not for political reasons, but because they had misused government funds or were corrupt.1 (p.240) Andrew Jackson's presidency was known as the era of the common man. ...

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Alexander Hamilton the Visionary, Secretary and Statesman, and Banker; he predicted at the end of the Revolutionary War that the federal government should undertake the states debts to determine the nation's credit for the future (Blumer 2007). ... A futurist dream to the people of his era, Hamilton saw the industrial economy as achievable (Blumer 2007). ...

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The range of independence held by states is a very disputable question which historically raised many conflicts (the most vivid being the American Civil War). ... The evolution of judge selection process started in Jacksonian era with handing over the duty of selecting judges to the "will of the people" what in practice meant that they were elected by the citizens. By the time the Civil War began, 24 of the 34 states elected their judges. ...

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After the end of the Revolutionary War, the colonists eventually wrote, accepted, and started the enforcement of the United States Constitution with the Bill of Rights and other amendments. ... For example, during the Civil War era, President Abraham Lincoln, a sponsor of the Fourteenth Amendment, was killed. ...

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