The main purpose of the Commerce Clause, it seems, was to prevent the balkanization of trade among the states following the Revolution by vesting Congress with the means to establish uniform policies for interstate trade (Levy and Mellor 38). The years before World War I were American agriculture’s Golden Years (Chen 5). But with the onset of the war, farmers were hard hit by a combination of
A. Louisiana B. California C. Texas D. New Mexico E. Arizona 9. Which of the following was not one of the chief factors for the outbreak of the American Civil War? A. The election of Abraham Lincoln B. The issue of slavery C. The imperatives of a budding industrial-capitalist system against those of an export-oriented plantation economy D. The traditional argument between a British or French alliance E. States' rights as opposed to the federal government's authority 10.
This power caused principles in Jacksonian Democracy including Manifest Destiny. The idea of Manifest Destiny basically is the belief that America has the power to expand its borders to the western land and all of America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. This is destiny that was given to America from God supposedly and Jacksonian Democracy completely defends it. Also, Jackson believed in a limited federal government even though he wasn’t satisfied on the idea of a strong state government. Jacksonian’s agree with a “hands-on” approach to the economy meaning that the government to strong control over the countries economy.
How far do you agree with the view that in the years from 1829-37, Andrew Jackson democratised American politics? Elected in 1829, Andrew Jackson ultimately became known as the “People’s president”, and is known to have democratised America during his presidency. Jackson founded the democratic party and developed its party politics, following this he attempted to end bureaucracy in Congress with the rotation of office, and can often be seen to put the needs of the country above his own views such as during the 1832 Nullification Crisis. However other aspects of his presidency may show Jackson to have been largely undemocratic in his personality and politics, such as his personal rivalry and feuds taking priority over his politics, his common disregard for the Constitution, linking to his oppression shown to certain social groups such as blacks, Indian tribes and women. This lack of democracy and in many cases, violence, towards the mentioned groups leads me to the overall conclusion that whilst Jackson may have attempted and possibly succeeded in democratising politics, at the same time he failed to democratise American society.
Not because of the morality of it all but because he didn’t want the south to maintain more power. Tallmadge came up with an Amendment called, “The Tallmadge Amendment”in which it stated no slavery allowed to incoming states. This was quickly refuted by Thomas’ plan. Thomas had a different idea for what to do about Missouri. Instead of abolitioing slavery and ultimately giving the north more power, he made a compromise.
Militarily, in order for the strategy to succeed, they only needed a decisive victory over Washington's fledgling army. However, the colonial leaders argued that the outcome of the Revolution depended upon keeping an army in the field harassing the British and merely had to avoid losing. Both George Washington in the northern campaign, and Nathaniel Greene in the southern campaign, executed similar strategies. Both leaders actively avoided direct battle with the British Army except when strategically useful. They looked for opportunities to attack isolated
Each party has their own beliefs on why or why not these documents should or should not be passed and what power is justified. It is these different ideas which helped shape the future of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The Anti-Federalists, such as Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry, were against ratification of the Constitution. They believed that the closer the government was to the people, the easier it was for the people to keep it in check and making it harder for the government to become tyrannical. Anti-Federalist tried to appeal to western settlers with ideas of voting right to everyone and not just rich land holders.
Paine used Common Sense as a great tool to let the commoners and less educated to gain some insight on the role and purpose of government. Firstly, Paine makes a distinction between government and society. Paine states: “Society is everything constructive and good that people join together to accomplish. Government, on the other hand, is an institution whose sole purpose is to protect us from our own vices. Government has its origins in the evil of man and is therefore a necessary evil at best.” He goes on to say that “government's sole purpose is to protect life, liberty and property, and that a government should be judged solely on the basis of the extent to which it accomplishes this goal.” Basically, Paine is stating to the common people that they have the opportunity to form their own representation of government and do it in a way that truly represents their wants and needs.
They also opposed a national bank nervous it would give too much power to t he central government. Republicans or anti- federalists believed the American economy should be based on agriculture while Federalists counted on industrial and commercial economy. With or without Hamilton and Jefferson’s intelligence and strongly backed up ideas, a division between government was unavoidable. Too many people had too many ideas and no matter what there couldn’t be a solution of plans in America. George Washington expressed a good point when he said “This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its roots in the strongest passions of the human mind.
France thought the war would not only help by stopping Germany’s increase in power. It would also help Napoleon III to regain his popularity after some of his failures after the commencement of his dictatorship, such as the Mexican adventure of 1867. I will now go onto the short term reasons. Firstly, Spain needed a king and Bismarck saw his chance to send Prince Leopold to become king there. France protested because they thought that having German influence on both sides would be too much if conflict would have occured.