The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898Sanford Levinson, Bartholomew Sparrow Rowman & Littlefield, 14. 6. 2023 - Počet stran: 272 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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... president . The Constitution listed no limits as to the proper subject matter of treaties , while the exchange of territory , often as a result of war , had been a traditional feature of the interna- tional system of states that the ...
... president . The Constitution listed no limits as to the proper subject matter of treaties , while the exchange of territory , often as a result of war , had been a traditional feature of the interna- tional system of states that the ...
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... president in 1800 the Union was larger -- Vermont had been added in 1791 , Kentucky in 1792 , and Tennessee in 1794 — but scarcely less ( relatively ) homogeneous than had been the case in 1787. The overwhelming majority of the three ...
... president in 1800 the Union was larger -- Vermont had been added in 1791 , Kentucky in 1792 , and Tennessee in 1794 — but scarcely less ( relatively ) homogeneous than had been the case in 1787. The overwhelming majority of the three ...
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... region reasonably feared that the entrance of new states , each with the right to elect two senators and to provide new members of the House of Representatives ( as well as to elect presidents 6 Sanford Levinson and Bartholomew Sparrow.
... region reasonably feared that the entrance of new states , each with the right to elect two senators and to provide new members of the House of Representatives ( as well as to elect presidents 6 Sanford Levinson and Bartholomew Sparrow.
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Sanford Levinson, Bartholomew Sparrow. House of Representatives ( as well as to elect presidents through the Electoral College and affect the politics of constitutional amendment ) , might tip the balance carefully achieved in 1787 ...
Sanford Levinson, Bartholomew Sparrow. House of Representatives ( as well as to elect presidents through the Electoral College and affect the politics of constitutional amendment ) , might tip the balance carefully achieved in 1787 ...
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... president and two - thirds of the Senate had for all practical purposes effectively limitless power to transform the nature of the Union . To interpret the Treaty Clause in such a sweeping fashion was the same kind of bad faith for ...
... president and two - thirds of the Senate had for all practical purposes effectively limitless power to transform the nature of the Union . To interpret the Treaty Clause in such a sweeping fashion was the same kind of bad faith for ...
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