Thomas Paine (1737–1809) was a radical writer who emigrated from England to America in 1774. Just two years later, early in 1776, Paine published Common Sense, a hugely influential pamphlet that convinced many American colonists that the time had finally come to break away from British rule.
Because Lincoln believed that the South had never legally seceded from the Union, his plan for Reconstruction was based on forgiveness. He thus issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction in 1863 to announce his intention to reunite the once-united states.
If my memory serves me well, the Federal Trade Commission act made sure that antitrust laws were enforced and also protected small businesses so that they had a chance to survive against powerful corporations. FTC is needed to prevent unfair methods in trading competition. This allowed small businesses to compete with large corporations. FTC eliminated anticompetitive business practices, like coercive monopoly.
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weaknesses
inflation
jealousy and arguing among states
tax wars
foreign affairs and shambles