Growth of the Federal Government

By traiashae

  • Articles of Confederation (creation)

    Articles of Confederation (creation)
    Introduced the concept of a federal government.

  • United States Constitution

    United States Constitution
    Repleaced the weakened government of the Articles of Confederation

  • Bills of Rights

    Bills of Rights
    First ten amendments that the government needs to follow.

  • Homestead Act

    Homestead Act
    A federal law that gave landowners the right to title up to 160 acres of none existance land.

  • Interstate Commerce Commission

    Interstate Commerce Commission
    It was a federal agency that looked at the railroads shipping rates and fraud.

  • Executive Order 9066

    Executive Order 9066
    The government interned many Japanese people on the west coast.

  • National Security Council

    National Security Council
    Introduced by the National Security Act, signed by Truman

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    It gave money to countries to postwar recovery in western Europe after World War II

  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act
    The stopping of segregation in public places.

  • Environmental Protection Agency

    Environmental Protection Agency
    Created by Nixon to protect our environment and human health