The causes of the Economic Boom of the 1920s were the Republican government's policies of Isolationism and Protectionism, the Mellon Plan, the Assembly line and the mass production of consumer goods such as the Ford Model T Automobile and luxury labor saving devices and access to easy credit on installment plans.
major events of the early years of the civil war from 1861-1863:
The Civil War began. The South had advantages as they were better prepared, had better war plans and generals. North was not well prepared and did not have good generals to command their soldiers.
Major events of the middle years of the civil war from 1863-1865:
As the war dragged on, the advantages of the North from having more factories and better economy showed their effects to the various battles. Key victories for the North at Gettysburg, Forts Henry and Donelson .
Major events of the ending years of the civil war after 1865:
After Gettysburg and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the South recognized it was losing the war. Cities of Petersberg and Richmond were taken by the North. The South retreated further and further. Even after Lincoln was killed in an assassination in 1865, the South had lost and surrendered.
After the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court favored a process called “selective incorporation.” Under selective incorporation, the Supreme Court would incorporate certain parts of certain amendments, rather than incorporating an entire amendment at once.
