In retaliation, the federal government issued a series of tariffs that would promote the selling and trading of American goods rather than European products. ... The tariffs would increase the profits in America, allowing the nation to grow economically and serve to expand America westward into new frontiers. ... 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. ... The Nullification theory was set forth in order to assure more power resided with th...

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Lincoln took this as an act of war and immediately called for 75,000 volunteer to serve for three months. He also called congress into special sessions, but set the convening date for July 4, which was eighty days away. ... On May 4, Lincoln called for 42,000 additional volunteers to serve for three years. ... Another quarter of a billion dollars was loaned on the government's credit, all without statutory authority. ... Inheriting the spoils system, he made good use of it, disposing of government jobs in such a way as to strengthen his administration and further its official aims. ...

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For so many years, blacks had been loyal the United States government and still received lesser rights than the white population. ... Nevertheless, each of these amendments proved to be a revolution in itself and set new foundations for future change. ... (Document H) The acts gave the federal government superiority over state courts and the power to try crimes of individuals in federal courts. ... As a result, the Republican government established a public school system in the South and expanded the opportunity for black landownership. ... Social changes made during these years served as ...

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At first recruiting stations were set up in small towns in both North and the South, officers were then elected by the enlisted and Colonel and higher. ... All able-bodied white males 18-35 would be required to serve in the military for three years. ... Both wartime governments faced mounting dissent and disloyalty. ... Similarly, Lincoln faced these challenges in the North, where the democrat minority opposed emancipation and the centralization of the government due to wartime growth. ... They said that the government was to destroy the South and make an apology impossible. ...

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In contrast, the radicals expect that Johnson to set stricter factors for southern states to reentry the Union. ... The influence they inherited from the Civil War continued to serve them well politically during Reconstruction. ... That is the peculiarity of the situation, or rather of this government. ... It also ensured the balanced power distribution of the three branches of government that were stated in the Constitution. In addition, the process of Reconstruction set precedent on how each branch should use its power properly....

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In December 1863, President Lincoln set up a process for Political Reconstruction for reconstructing the state governments in the South so that Unionists were in charge rather then secessionists. ... It would also provide that a state government could be reestablished and accepted as legitimate by the U.S. president as soon as at least 10% of the voters in that state took the loyalty oath. ... "I myself prefer that it were now conferred on the very intelligent, and on those who serve our cause as soldiers." ...

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Present-day controversies may shed light on the mind-set of Southerner's respect for their past. ... The very foundation of the new government would rest upon the truth that Negros weren't equal to the white man (14). ... Dew states, the only way to find clear evidence of the role slavery played in secession is to study the speeches and letters of the men who served as commissioners of the lower South. ...

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At the start of the Civil War Custer served in the staff of General George B. ... But the problem with the expedition was that the U.S. government gave the Black Hills area to the Lakota Indians just six years before. This campaign help set up the next big assault on the Lakota Indians that would undeniably be one of the biggest military defeats of all time. ...

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