President John Adams created the United States Department of the Navy "<span>D)to expand the United States' control over territorial waters". The US needed ships to protect US shipping overseas and to protect its coastline. </span>
The answer for this question is: The New Deal
The New deal was created during the great depression in order to alleviate the citizens from poverty.
The Government during that time make it easier for the people to make the mortgage payment and borrowed some capital in order to open up small businesses.
Televisions is the answer.
I think the thing your looking for is the fact that the government decided to count slaves as 3/5 of a person but you were not very specific hope i helped C: