He helped Congress passed the Pacific Railway Act, which authorized the construction of a transcontinental railroad. The first such railroad was completed on May 10, 1869. ... Four of the five transcontinental railroads were built with assistance from the federal government through land grants.
After the American Civil war (1861 -1865) and the victory of the Union, a process of Reconstruction (1865-1877) took place. This process aimed to transform the 11 ex-confederated states in a "republican form of government" via laws and constitutional amendments.
The Southerners felt Northerners were getting rich at their expense because since the end of the war many moved to the south as social reformers. Several of them were businessmen who acquired or rented plantations and became wealthy landowners, choosing freedmen to do the labor. Following the Civil War, Northerners often obtained plantations at fire-sale rates. Because of this, they were commonly considered to be taking advantage of those living in the South.
The Tenth Amendment upholds both federalism and the state's rights. It identifies the rights of the people (state rights) not only of government power to the people. The bill of rights is implemented in the US, which means it extends to all the states. The US Constitution applies the law to all its jurisdiction which is all the states.
