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This was the first era of American Federalism
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They faced off against supporters of states rights.
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The bank dispute.
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SC legislators voted to remove taxes
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Abraham Lincoln was elected president.
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Shots rang out of Fort Sumter, this continued for 34 hours.
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On April 14th For Sumter surrendered to the confederate forces.
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The US was devided by the Civil War
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Confederacy surrendered and the Union was restorred.
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The population doubled.
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Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act to regulate the railroad industry.
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Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act to prevent monopolies, or the exclusive control of a good/service in a particular market, and to encurage fair compitition in all industries.
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The Court ruled that a combination of sugar refining companies operated locally, they couldn't be regulated by the national government.
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The American stock market crashed, creating te Great Depression
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An economic crisisled to another expansion of the authority of the national gov't
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Roosevelt responded with a plan to bring immediate releif.
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The congressional elections ran with a political message they called the Contract with America.
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President Johnson further expanded the powers of he national gov't with the Great Society program.
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Grants for subsidized housing/ urban renewal increased $212mill. in 1964 to more than 1bill. in 1970.
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Congress authorized funds for states to set up Medicaid, a program that provides free health care for poor people.
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Many political leaders worked to reverse this trend by returning authority to state gov'ts.
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President Ronald Regan supported returning th epower to the states.
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The Sherman Antitrust Act was used to break up a number of large monopolies, including that of the American Tobacco Company.
