The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898Sanford Levinson, Bartholomew Sparrow Rowman & Littlefield, 14 Jun 2023 - 272 halaman The 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory was a watershed event for the fledgling United States. Adding some 829,000 square miles of territory, the Louisiana Purchase set a striking precedent of Presidential power and brought to the surface profound legal and constitutional questions. As the nation continued to expand westward and into the Pacific and Caribbean, critical social, political and constitutional questions arose that greatly tested American resolve and reshaped the nation's founding premises. In this exciting collection, Sanford Levinson and Bartholomew Sparrow bring together noted scholars in American history, constitutional law, and political science to examine role that the Louisiana Purchase played in shaping both the expansionist policies of the nineteenth century and critical interpretations of the Constitution. The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898 provides a fascinating overview of how the U.S. Constitution and the American political system is inextricably tied to |
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... External and Internal : Territories , Government Lands , and Federalism in the United States Index Bartholomew H. Sparrow About the Contributors 231 251 259 Acknowledgments We would like to thank the persons who made vi Table of Contents.
... External and Internal : Territories , Government Lands , and Federalism in the United States Index Bartholomew H. Sparrow About the Contributors 231 251 259 Acknowledgments We would like to thank the persons who made vi Table of Contents.
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... Federalist Papers , it is not clear that Jefferson ac- tually agreed fully with Madison . In any event , the Union of 1788 , as had been defended by Madison , Hamilton , and other Framers , was significantly smaller than the Union ...
... Federalist Papers , it is not clear that Jefferson ac- tually agreed fully with Madison . In any event , the Union of 1788 , as had been defended by Madison , Hamilton , and other Framers , was significantly smaller than the Union ...
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... Federalist Party regarding the use of the Necessary and Proper Clause to justify the Bank of the United States or ... Federalists in Congress at the time , as well as the argument that would be made a half century later by Chief Justice ...
... Federalist Party regarding the use of the Necessary and Proper Clause to justify the Bank of the United States or ... Federalists in Congress at the time , as well as the argument that would be made a half century later by Chief Justice ...
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... Federalists were skeptical about the purchase , accu- rately perceiving it to be freighted with many dangerous implications with re- spect to slavery and political balance , there was certainly good reason to doubt whether the desired ...
... Federalists were skeptical about the purchase , accu- rately perceiving it to be freighted with many dangerous implications with re- spect to slavery and political balance , there was certainly good reason to doubt whether the desired ...
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... federalism - based doubts . See Robert Knowles , “ The Balance of Forces and the Em- pire of Liberty : States ' Rights and the Louisiana Purchase , " 88 Iowa Law Review 343 ( 2003 ) . We do not find those doubts persuasive , for reasons ...
... federalism - based doubts . See Robert Knowles , “ The Balance of Forces and the Em- pire of Liberty : States ' Rights and the Louisiana Purchase , " 88 Iowa Law Review 343 ( 2003 ) . We do not find those doubts persuasive , for reasons ...
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