History of the United States I / Unit 17 USH1 2411 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Early Federal Government
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The idea
In the eighteen twenties and thirties the constitutional objection to federal spending on internal improvements was strong enough to constrain what Congress would fund.
In practice
A federal government with no income tax, no conscription and no national currency.
Where people slip
Unit 10 covers the tariff fight that followed. The question was never only what government should do, but what the document allowed it to do.
Your place on the trail
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