Federal Government involved more in people's lives
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- Federal government involved more in people's lives
- Civil war
- Established that the states were not nations & that the USA was much more than a confederation between the states.
- Federal government as manager of the economy
- Spends more than imaginable two centuries ago and so has acquired much more weight and importance.
- Grants in Aid
- Made states more dependent upon Washington & constricted their freedom of action.
- 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act - If states didn't comply, funding for matinence would be reduced.
- Made states more dependent upon Washington & constricted their freedom of action.
- Westward expansion
- Settlement spread westwards across the country. A growing government was required for a growing country.
- Growing population
- A growing nature required management by a growing government
- Industriliasation
- Brought the need for government regulation
- Improvements in communication
- People can now communicate instantly with phones & email
- The Great Depression
- State governments could not provide enough resources. Roosevelt's New Deal gave schemes such as building roads, to help USA back to work.
- Foreign policy
- USA became a world superpower after WW2. The federal governments role increased significantly.
- Supreme Court decisions
- Enhanced the power of the federal government through interpretations of the constitution.
- Constitutional Amendments
- 14th amendment changed state-federal relationships & 16th amendment
- Civil war
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