Henry Clay created the American System which created high tariffs to support internal improvements such as roads. The nation was in dire need of better roads to help move manufactured goods. Money poured into road improvement. The first national road was built connecting the Potomac River with the Ohio River. ... Industrial development enhanced national self-sufficiency and united the nation with improved roads, canals, and river transportation. ...

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Officers perform roadblocks and checkpoints to inspect drivers and vehicles passing along the road. ... Law enforcement officers are allowed to use drug dogs without reasonable suspicion at check points and road blocks. ... Basically, if the dogs are not on location during the checkpoint or road block the law enforcement officer would need to have reasonable suspicion or probable cause to detain you for further investigation. ...

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Also, Jackson used his power of veto toward the Maysville Road Bill. Jackson was antagonistic toward federally funded roads and canals within states. In 1820, he vetoed the bill for improvement because it was not an interstate road. The protection of the constitution increased because Jackson denied the federal funds for road construction within a state preserving the states' rights. ...

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The states play a key role in social welfare, public education, law enforcement, criminal justice, health and hospitals, roads and highways, and managing water supplies. ... For example, the power to tax citizens and businesses, build roads, charter banks, borrow money and manage public debts, administer criminal justice institutions and so on. " (American Government , Page number 68) . ...

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From March 1, 1781 to June 21, 1788 the Articles of Confederation provided the United States with a government. Though there is much debate as to how effective it was. The Articles of Confederation did exactly what a loose confederation was designed to do. It was truly an "outline" of powers. Congre...

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Ask any American to list some of the rights they have in this country, and they"ll start naming things like freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Where do all those freedoms come from? The United States Constitution and its Amendments, right? True, but first, there were the Articles of Conf...

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"The world is filled with violence because criminals carry guns. We decent, law abiding citizens, should also have guns - otherwise they would win and decent people would lose." - James Earl Jones The Second Amendment of the American Constitution states that every U.S. citizen has the right to own...

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During the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison, there were many deviations. The two political parties each had their beliefs and favored them until new situations occurred, like the Louisiana Purchase and expansionism. Although the Jeffersonian Republicans practiced strict construction and the f...

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ESSAY: Qualities of Good Citizens: A good citizen should provide a home that is loving and secure towards his or her family. They should also use common sense and consider other people's points of view in order to help prevent serious conflict. A good citizen respects people's rights and s...

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After gaining independence, our founding fathers created an extremely unique, and revolutionary government in order to set up a social contract between America and its people. Purposefully not trying to be anything like their previously rulers the British, Americans created a new one from the ideas ...

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During the years of 1801-1817, two political parties existed. One of them was called the federalists which was the loose constructionist, giving more power to national government. The second political party was called the Democratic-Republicans. They were the strict constructionist. This party g...

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The case California V. Greenwood in 1988 was a case on Greenwood being arrested for narcotics trafficking. The evidence obtained was a result of a police search of his trash. There was a search going on which was declared unconstitutional. Police got a tip that Greenwood was engaged in narcotics...

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Federalism in the American form of government is a distinctly unique form that is not practiced elsewhere. Quite unlike any other system established, American federalism was formed upon specifically American ideals of liberty. Federalism gives both the national and the state government separate sp...

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Part I: Provide a history of the formation of the constitution and of early American government through Jefferson's Presidency. Conclude this section with a description of the structure of American government [all branches] and politics at that time. The history of American government starts several year before there was even an American government with a series of events mainly between the British colonies and Great Britain developing into problems that would cause a change of power to the colonists themselves. Under British rule colonists were required to feed and quarter British so...

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