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American Federalism: Prerevolutionary UnderpinningsThe Civil War and ReconstructionProgressive Era: Federalism GrowsIncorporating The Bill of RightsExpanding Federal Power: The New DealFederalism TodayCivil War: Federalism in Civil War: Federalism in CrisisThe Civil War threatened the survival of the American experiment. Could states legitimately claim a right to secede from the nation? President Lincoln vehemently opposed the idea. “Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.”52There was the bond of geography: “Phy… Post Civil War: Reconstructing FederalismWhen the Civil War ended, the country entered “Reconstruction,” a period that included rebuilding the roles of the federal and state governments. There was significant disagreement in the country about how to treat the former Confederate states, implicating whether the basic relationship bet…
Civil War: Federalism in CrisisThe Civil War threatened the survival of the American experiment. Could states legitimately claim a right to secede from the nation? President Lincoln vehemently opposed the idea. “Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.”52There was the bond of geography: “Phy…
Post Civil War: Reconstructing FederalismWhen the Civil War ended, the country entered “Reconstruction,” a period that included rebuilding the roles of the federal and state governments. There was significant disagreement in the country about how to treat the former Confederate states, implicating whether the basic relationship bet…
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