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In 1789, Congress created
three executive departments: Department of State, Department of Treasury, and Department of War.
The necessary and proper
clause created implied powers necessary for the government to operate.
Jefferson, Madison, and
others pointed out that establishing a bank was not one of the federal government enumerated powers
Federalist had promised to
add a bill of rights to the constitution which detailed the rights of American citizens
With the case of Marbury v.
Madison , the court asserted its right of judicial review.
To finance his plans for
European conquest, the French leader, Napoleon Bonaparte offered to sell all of the Louisiana Territory
The United States paid $11.25
million and absorbed $3.75 million of French debt to purchase Louisiana Territory
The Industrial Revolution,
which begun in Britain in the middle of the 1700’s brought wide spread change to transportation, business, and industry. The presence of people from different cultures, with different languages and religions, produced feelings of nativism.
Labor unions formed because
1.3 million Americans worked in factories and men, women, and children worked long hours with little pay in dangerous conditions.
Eli Whitney invented the
cotton gin which increased the amount of cotton produced and slave cotton pickers
Free African Americans
occupied an ambiguous position in Southern society. In cities like Charleston and New Orleans, some were successful enough to become slave owners themselves