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Southern planters exerted a powerful influence on the federal government. Seven of the first eleven presidents owned slaves, and more than half of the Supreme Court justices who served on the court from its inception to the Civil War came from slaveholding states. However, southern white yeoman farmers generally did not support an active federal government. They were suspicious of the state bank and supported President Jackson’s dismantling of the Second Bank of the United States. They also did not support taxes to create internal improvements such as canals and railroads; to them,
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Read The Last Days of Innocence: America at War 1917–1918, by Harries and Harries (Random House, 1997)
According to harries and Harries, what were two reasons the espionage and sedition acts were passed?
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The Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918) were enacted to grant the government more reliable means to control the information related to the word effort. On one hand, there was the need to control what citizens said publicly about the war, to make sure that messages that incite disloyalty don´t spread.
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At the same time, it was important to safeguard sensitive information about the war preparations, so the government being able of suppressing dangerous publications revealing secret details about the war.
The Eisenhower era ,benefiting from the war economy was a period of prosperity. In his rule, America saw a period of peace, increased GDP, and prosperity of the masses. Almost every American was able to own a car. In addition, the infrastructure of the country was rapidly developed leading to emergence of suburbs.
