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    Women during the civil war were a very crucial part of the lives of men and children. If it weren’t for women many people wouldn’t have been able to survive‚ let alone eat or enjoy life. Women helped to keep food on the table while husbands and sons were away. Women really enjoyed going to work while man were away because it allowed them to get out of their houses. Not only could they get out of their houses but they could gain new experiences in the workforce. Although‚ men did not like their wives

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    majority by having a robust republic. James Madison is arguing for a dexterous federal government to be protect the people. Madison support this point in of protecting individual right by evidence found in the Federalist 10. James Madison is trying to persuade the people of America that his view for the government is the right one. Madison see what happen when a weak federal government is in control it lead to government who is ineffective at providing the state the assistance that it need then the

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    Advantages and Disadvantages of Federal System of Government Federalism that also we can say federal system is political concept in which a group of members are bound together by covenant with a governing representative head. It is one that divides the powers of government between the national government and state and local governments. The Constitution of the United States established the federal system‚ also known as federalism. Under federalism‚ each level of government has sovereignty in some areas

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    The problems that eventually caused the Civil War had been brewing since the formation of the United States. It became a perfect storm; everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong. One issue in particular‚ slavery‚ had been contentious since the signing of the United States Constitution in 1787. Slavery was an issue of economy and political influence at the time but became integral to the southern economy in 1794 with the invention of the cotton gin. The cotton gin dramatically decreased the

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    of the state and abolished the slavery. Lasting impact had been made on American society. For decades after the war‚ Northern Republicans "waved the bloody shirt‚" brought up wartime casualties as an electoral tactic. Memories of the war and Reconstruction held the segregated the South together as a Democratic block—the "Solid South"—in national politics for another century. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s had its neoabolitionist roots in the failure of Reconstruction. Ghosts of the conflict

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    Our government has not always been as successful as it is today. America’s government began with the Articles of Confederation and separate state constitutions. This was difficult. The country was not united. Each state took care of everything on their own and the national government could not do anything. Our country had no national money or militia. Traveling was almost impossible. There were very few positive concepts with the Articles of Confederation. Our present government is a federalism.

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    During the decades leading up to the Civil War‚ the American people argued and compromised over the sensitive subject of slavery. It seems that the inflammation caused by slavery had reached its peak by the beginning of the war in 1861‚ and suddenly exploded at the battle of Fort Sumner. But did slavery really play the main role in igniting the American Civil War? Prior to the war it looked as if the government got stronger and more influential in the decisions of southern states in an attempt to

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    rights and place limits on the federal government. They include the freedoms of speech and religion‚ the right to bear arms‚ the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures‚ and an assurance that the powers not delegated to the federal government in the Constitution are reserved to the states and the people. Many of these provisions were based upon similar protections provided by state constitutions that limited the power of state and local government authorities. Written by James Madison

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    US Government POS2041 Chapter 3 Study Guide Answers 9/13/12 In a unitary system‚ the central government is sovereign – it is the ultimate governing authority‚ with no legal superior. It can create other governments (regional governments) and delegate powers and responsibilities to them. The central government in a unitary system can also unilaterally take away any responsibilities it has delegated to any regional governments it creates and can even eliminate the regional governments. In a confederal

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    Savery The American Civil War was one of the most defining moment in American history. It lasted from 1861 until 1865. Because the Northern and Southern states could not resolve their conflicts involving whether or not American would continue to be one of the largest slave-holding countries‚ it caused a division between the two. Along with the issue of slavery brought many economic and political disagreements that divided the states furthermore. Northern victory in the war preserved the United States

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