Source Passive – Page 4 – An Examination of Power, Governance, and Societal Dynamics

Ornate Bank

State Constitutions and the Rise of General Incorporation

In the early decades of the...

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Concentrated Power's Oppressive Nature

The Jacksonian Era and the Bank War

The election of Andrew Jackson to...

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Mid-19th century American West

Manifest Destiny and the “Greater United States”

When most people envision the United...

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Early 19th Century

McCulloch v. Maryland and Federal Supremacy

We now turn to a defining...

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A Tense Courtroom

Marbury v. Madison and the Power of the Courts

When the framers drafted the U.S....

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Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton’s Financial Architecture

When George Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton...

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Grand Classical American Courthouse

The Constitution, Compromise, and Property

While the U.S. Constitution is universally...

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Late 18th Century

Designing the Republic & The Fear of “Systematic Corruption”

When the framers gathered in Philadelphia...

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18th Century

1700's 1800's Pre-1676

1619 and the Economic Engine of Slavery

In August 1619, a ship arrived...

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Early 17th century America

1700's Pre-1676

The Dual Roots of American Democracy

The story of American democracy does...

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