Their decision was based on the desire to have a strong federal government with limited power for the provincial government. This was partially based on what the delegates had seen happen with the United States" government and the British system of government, which were the two extremes in terms of federal versus provincial levels of control. ... The criminal law system and military defense also made the list of powers for the federal government. ... Also, matters like infrastructure, and local trade and business the provincial government also controlled. The system decided on by the delegate...

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Calhoun's exposition proclaimed that state governments had a divine right to nullify laws created by the federal government if the government had overstepped the limits of its jurisdiction. ... South Carolina's statesmen believed that the federal government should not be allowed to design tariffs or laws to protect American industries from foreign companies. ... Robert Hayne of South Carolina defended the Carolina Doctrine by declaring that the states created the union; and, in order to maintain sovereignty, the states must be free to judge the laws which the federal government ado...

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Advocates for States' Rights, and advocates for a strong central government, found themselves at a standstill with each other. ... At the time, there were 2 dueling political parties, that each wanted a certain amount of power to be controlled by the central government and the state. The Federalists in the North, wanted a strong central government and chose to take a loose interpretation of the Constitution. ... The Democratic-Republicans believed that the Federalists frequently overstepped their power, and imposed laws on them that were done directly for the federal government's ben...

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The Republicans claimed that assumption was against the ideals of the American Revolution, and that if the assumption law were to pass, the U.S. would become exactly what they had so adamantly fought against during the Revolutionary War. The Federalists, however, countered Madison's concerns by stating that a country can only function with a strong government. ... The states were being asked to place all of their trust into one central government. ... Constitution specifically prohibits Congress from passing a law that abolishes the slave trade and slavery until 1808. ... After the revolu...

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Facing a crisis, the federal government vainly attempted to achieve a balance between the regions. ... Her antislavery sentiments originated in the morals of the Second Great Awakening and were heightened by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law. ... However, Uncle Tom's Cabin profoundly affected the North, fueling antislavery sentiments and passionate denials of the Fugitive Slave Law. ... Two opposing governments and settlers" feuds over land claims escalated into violence. ... The government was not fulfilling its obligations to protect the interests of its people; thus, the people mus...

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Facing a crisis, the federal government vainly attempted to achieve a balance between the regions. ... Her antislavery sentiments originated in the morals of the Second Great Awakening and were heightened by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law. ... However, Uncle Tom's Cabin profoundly affected the North, fueling antislavery sentiments and passionate denials of the Fugitive Slave Law. ... Two opposing governments and settlers" feuds over land claims escalated into violence. ... The government was not fulfilling its obligations to protect the interests of its people; thus, the people mus...

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Facing a crisis, the federal government vainly attempted to achieve a balance between the regions. ... Her antislavery sentiments originated in the morals of the Second Great Awakening and were heightened by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law. ... However, Uncle Tom's Cabin profoundly affected the North, fueling antislavery sentiments and passionate denials of the Fugitive Slave Law. ... Two opposing governments and settlers" feuds over land claims escalated into violence. ... The government was not fulfilling its obligations to protect the interests of its people; thus, the people mus...

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The biggest of these unresolved issues, was that of states rights vs. central government power. ... The disintegration of state sovereignty and the rise of central government power aided to the collapse of the Union. As a result of the fugitive slave law and the Dred Scott case, it was thought by many Northerners that any law so immoral must be broken. Ralph Waldo Emerson said it best in his address to the fugitive slave law, "The fugitive slave law is a statute which enacts the crime of kidnapping, a crime on one footing with arson and murder. ... States rights had been overruled by ...

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Grant, the Fourteenth Amendment was passed in order to help deal with the many problems during the reconstruction era; such as the readmission of states into the Union, slavery and the many injustices to the black population, and instituting a stable government that would represent the people correctly. ... It "gave the federal government responsibility for guaranteeing equal rights under the law to all Americans" (AP&P 460). In Section two of the amendment, it warned that if any state was denying voting rights to black men, the federal government would then reduce the congressional repre...

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The Southern states wanted their independence respected by the national government. ... In opposition to legislation that would strengthen the national government the Confederacy rejected the demands of the Union. ... Secessionist believed that the national government was a conglomeration of sovereign states and that any state had the legal right to remove itself from the Union. ... Popular-sovereignty was a compromised that would have allowed the territory itself to establish the laws on slavery, but proved damaging to the cause of the Anti-slavery activist because it allowed slavery in state...

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Given that the Constitution was strongly swayed by slave-owners, the Constitution is Pro-Slavery because slaveholders controlled the bureaus and ordered the policy of the Government enforcing the stability and repercussion of the Nation to the provision of slavery here and there; overriding the rights of the Free States, and thus forcing the courts of the nation to be their instruments. ... Primarily, the influence of the three-fifths division became prevalent, as its outcome was destructive since, fundamentally, it affected all of the branches of the National government, and offered the slave...

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However, even though this was the beginning of freedmen and women of the south working with the government, it was short lived. ... These laws were put in place to "control the labor, movements, and activities of the newly freed slaves. ... Guaranteeing that no state would make laws to abridge "the privileges and immunities of citizens" or deprive any person of "life, liberty or property without due process of law," or "deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws," these Amendments were Congress' answer to the problems that the African Americans were facing....

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In addition to the economic plight of blacks, former Confederate officials once again took over the legislature of the South and created new Francois 2 laws to accommodate their bigotry and racism. Among these new laws were the hated Black Codes, basically a legalized reinstitution of slavery. ... Stevens wanted the federal government to seize land from rich white land-owners and redistribute it among the newly freed slaves. ... Stevens's plan was quickly shot down, being called "brash and unfair", because the government did not fully understand the importance of economic equality. ....

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Most white southerners claimed that the blacks that won office during Reconstruction were incapable of running the government. ... Southerners simply were unwilling to accept any form of government in which blacks and northerners played a significant role. ... During the reconstruction, President Gran's efforts opposed the KKK, enforced voting laws, and civil rights, but his reputation suffered due to a number of scandals or instances of federal corruption for his administration from 1869 to 1877, such as the Black Friday and the Whiskey Ring. All this proves that the federal government h...

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Heeding to the threats of crippling sanctions, junior officer Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo agreed to hold a national convention to decide on a transitional government that would ultimately reinstate the democratic government that previously reigned. ... According to Malick Sarr, a professor of law at the University of Bamako, Captain Sanogo and his leaders may be relying on an article that allows for a transitional period of 24 to 45 days before elections decide on a new president. ... The rebels worked in conjunction with another group hoping to impose sharia law and create an independent sta...

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The southerners had tried to restore their white supremacy with these new laws that even allowed auctioning off black men. Northerners became outraged at these new laws and pleaded with Andrew Johnson to intervene, but to no avail. Worried that the Civil War would have been in vain with this sudden change in Southern politics and the lack of government intervention, Congress convened to reestablish laws and protect the civil liberties of black men and women that were fought for during the Civil War. ... No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunitie...

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The struggle between state and federal government is a large part of American history. The individual states have often tried to prevent a strong central government; even before our forefathers could build the framework of our constitution. As evidenced by the civil war, the states failed in their attempts to hold political dominance and the federal government prevailed. ... Nor did any of the new governments allow African Americans any political rights or provide in any effective way for black education. ... The war lasted from 1861 to 1865, with the North being the victor the next step was...

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They felt little need for a strong central government; in fact, they tended to see it as a potential source of oppression. ... Jefferson was widely supported in the South, which makes evident that many Southerners disagreed with the idea of a strong central government. ... In 1879, The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union as the law of the land. ... Under the Constitution, the Articles were replaced with a political system that consisted of a powerful central government with, ultimately, little state sovereignty. ... In the first of the essays, Hamilton set ...

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The National Government placed a tariff on imported goods in 1832 which angered South Carolina because they had to either pay taxes for their goods or trade with the north whom they disliked. ... This bill showed the imbalanced amount of power in the government between the north and south, the north got favorited since the national government was basically making the south trade with the north which only made them stronger and gave them a clear advantage knowing they had the government behind them and overall because the south was pro-state government the force bill went against what they said...

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This conflict between Congress and the chief executive was said to be "the most serious clash between two branches of government in the nation's history". ... Known as the 10 percent plan, when 10 percent or more of a state had taken the oath then it was allowed to set up a loyal government. ... The bill would guarantee the freedmen "full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens". ... It gave the federal government the responsibility of "guaranteeing equal rights under the law to all Americans". ...

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Another change that the Constitution brought was the concept of federalism, which set up a division of powers between the national and state governments. ... Therefore, the national government enforced the laws created by the state majority and what was not explicitly stated was given to the states to decide. The new concept of federalism brought by the Constitution brought a just government for the states. The opposition argues that because the national government has so much power, the threat of oppression on state rights is imminent. ...

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However it took a bloody civil war that engulfed the nation as Lincoln vowed to preserve the Union, enforce the laws of the United States, and end the secession. ... It came very close to destroying the American government and culture for good, yet it also saved the country. ... They question whether Lincoln was justified in stopping the South from leaving the Union and whether it was hypocritical for a government to uphold democracy and yet stop people from selecting their own government. ... George Washington refused to be appointed interim King, which would have threatened the whole conce...

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Bill of Rights - the first ten amendments to the u.s. constitution, which protect the rights of individuals from the powers of the government. ... In 1834 he overthrew Mexico's constitutional government, abolished state governments, and made himself dictator. ... Although the Wilmot Proviso did not become law, the issue it raised - the extension of slavery into the western territories - contributed to the growth of political factionalism. ...

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The 14th amendment guarantees to all citizens equal protection under the law. After the law was put into place African Americans still faced the struggles of segregation and discrimination. ... Johnson called for a voting rights law which was signed on August 6, 1965. The law made it illegal for the states to discriminate against black voters with things like literacy tests. ... Equality is one of the main foundations of the United States Government. ...

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The reconstruction era was a period after the Civil War that was critical in providing the defeated southern states with a Union led government in order to reconstruct the South immediately. ... These same people also had to support Lincoln's laws on emancipation; upon doing so the former confederate state would be able to form a union government. ... They wanted full citizenship for the freed African Americans, as well as a republican government. ... President Johnson was a strong believer in letting the state governments have most of the power in their own states, rather than the federa...

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