I would say there were more than two things that motivated the Founding Fathers to write the Constitution. The motivations of these people were many. But in terms of broad motives, I think we can pin down two:
To create a workable government. In the eyes of many Founding Fathers, the Articles of Confederation did not give enough power to the central government. The Articles government did not work. They drafted a new document to fix its problems. They did things like allowing Congress to tax, creating an executive and judicial branch to enforce Congress’ laws, and establishing for sure that the Federal Government had supremacy over the states.
To create a limited government. Nevertheless, the Founding Fathers (nearly all of whom would be considered libertarians today) did not want the Federal Government to have broad authority over our lives. Their federalist beliefs convinced them that broad authority should rest in the hands of the states, or better yet, the individual. They accomplished this by giving all legislative power to Congress and then by assigning specific powers to Congress. The enumerated powers are intended to limit Congress’ actions and prevent it from assuming it has power in any area.
The correct matches are the following.
North.
-Led Reconstruction after the Civil War had ended.
-Developed the transcontinental railroad to boost Industrial growth.
South.
-Suffered huge losses in terms of property, railroads, and manpower.
-Faced economic failures that made its money and banks.
The Civil War started in April 1861 and ended in April 1865.
Abraham Lincoln won the elections and became President of the United States. The Southern states knew that this would be its worst nightmare. They did not support abolition because their economies depended too much on slavery. The states that seceded were South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, and Texas. They formed the Confederate States and the War began.
After the war, the northern states became very industrialized, meanwhile in the South, Lincoln first, and then President Jackson initiated the Reconstruction period to try to help the South that resulted in much damage and losses.
The reason why southern states vote for Hamilton’s plan to
assume state debts was because there was an agreement with the northern
representatives in regards of having federal capital to transfer from the
Philadelphia into a different location such as in the Potomac River.
A major focus of AIM in the 1960s was dealing with racism against Native Americans, but they also dealt with Native American sovereignty and treaty issues.
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