The Commanche were a dominant force in the West. They were known for their raids along the Texas border and into Mexico. They dominated the Comancheria, which were areas in New Mexico, west Texas and surrounding areas controlled and occupied by the Commanche up to 1860. After the Civil War ended, attempts to pacify Native American populations were in full swing. Increasingly, the need to settle the West, the discovery of gold, the development of the transcontinental railroad led to conflict. The hostilities of Americans toward the Comanche led them to fight. This situation characterized American engagement with the Comanche, especially after 1860.
The Cattle industry grew tremendously in the twenty years following the Civil War. This was due primarily to the spread of railroads throughout the new western territories. The west became a central focus for economic activity. The collapse of the plantation system led to the shift to the West.
The cattle trail led to the development of long cattle drives. This was necessary to get cattle to market in the areas of critical need.
The Knights of Labor organized workers across industries as well as skilled and unskilled workers. Members were never encouraged not to organize industry wide.
The National Security Act of 1947 was a major restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence agencies following World War II. The majority of the provisions of the Act took effect on September 18, 1947, the day after the Senate confirmed James Forrestal as the first Secretary of Defense.
It would be mostly "idealism" that was <span>more important in driving American foreign policy in the years 1895 to 1920, since this was a time when the US had largely finished expansion and instead was focused on liberation--as was the case in Cuba. </span>
The United States Constitution addressed the problem under the Articles of Confederation that Congress had no power to ensure its laws were followed by the states by creating an executive branch of government,
The Articles of Confederation came before the United States Constitution, but it was very weak and gave little power to the national government. Under the Articles, the government could not tax the states, create and enforce laws properly, draft soldiers, regulate trade, and other important things the government needed to do.
Eventually, people started to realize how the Articles of Confederation was hurting the country and they needed something more powerful, these people were called Federalists. On the other hand, the people who were in favor of the Articles of Confederation and wanted to keep a weak national government were called Anti-Federalists, they were scared of tyranny.
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was originally planned to just amend the Articles of Confederation, but they ended up getting scrapped altogether. The United States Constitution was created instead and addressed numerous problems that were evident in the Articles of Confederation.
One of these problems was that Congress had no power to ensure that laws were being followed by the states. Not only this, but since the national government had no power to tax, they had no money to raise an army or have anybody enforce anything if things got out of hand. The solution to this was creating the executive branch. When Congress passed a law, it was the state government's job to enforce it onto the citizens, but this rarely happened. <u>The executive branch was now the branch to enforce laws</u>, while the Congress makes them.
