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Dual Federalism
the idea that both national and state governments were soverign within their own sphere. Supreme court leaders gradually increased the powers of the national government. -
The Great Debate
George Washington's secretary decided to make a bank, and Thomas Jefferson argued that the bank would be unlawful because he had no constitutional power to create a bank. Congress sided with Washington, and made a bank. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
Justice John Marshall argued that the bank was justified by the neccesary improper cause. The court ruled decisively in favor of the nations authority to start a bank. -
A House Divided
The United States became divided over slavery. Southern states believed that there was no right to take away slavery, while northern states believed that it should be abolished. -
Civil War
Abraham Lincoln tried to stop slavery which caused the Civil War. By 1861, the U.S. was completely divided by the Civil War, which turned out to be the bloodiest war in U.S. history. -
Post Civil War
The Confederacy surrendered and the Union was restored. No longer could states have the right to nulify, and cogress passed the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, known as the reconstruction amendments. -
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Turn of the century reforms
New technology, such as railroads, the telegraph, and industrial machinery changed how americans lived and worked. The population of the United States more than doubled. -
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The New Deal
In 1929, the stock market crashed, causing the Great Depression. In 1933, president Franklin Rosevelt was elected president. The new deal, which was created by Franklin Rosevelt, was to adress the needs of americans. One program was social security, to assess the unemployed and elderly. -
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Cooperative Federalism
The idea that all levels of government work together to solve problems. During the Great Depression, the national government created the WPA to give unemployed workers jobs. -
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Creative Federalism
The national government funded national programs. -
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The Great Society
Lyndon Johnson expanded the powers of the government with the great society program, a series of innitutives aimed at fixed poverty and social inequality. He thought this was creative federalism. The system greatly increased the size and cost of national government. -
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New Federalism
This type of federalism argued that decreased national spending and returning power to the states would improve government. -
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The Reagan Years
In the 1980's, Ronald Reagan believed returning power to the states. He believed that if the states had more to say, the government would be more powerful. -
The devolution of revolution
Republicans canadates made a message called the contract with America, which was the idea of returning power to the states. Some people opposed with the contract fearing that it will increase economic and social inequality.
