Growth of the Federal Government

  • Articles of Confederation (creation)

    Articles of Confederation (creation)

    Introduced the concept of a federal government.
  • United States Constitution

    United States Constitution

    Repleaced the weakened government of the Articles of Confederation
  • Bills of Rights

    Bills of Rights

    First ten amendments that the government needs to follow.
  • Homestead Act

    Homestead Act

    A federal law that gave landowners the right to title up to 160 acres of none existance land.
  • Interstate Commerce Commission

    Interstate Commerce Commission

    It was a federal agency that looked at the railroads shipping rates and fraud.
  • Executive Order 9066

    Executive Order 9066

    The government interned many Japanese people on the west coast.
  • National Security Council

    National Security Council

    Introduced by the National Security Act, signed by Truman
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    It gave money to countries to postwar recovery in western Europe after World War II
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act

    The stopping of segregation in public places.
  • Environmental Protection Agency

    Environmental Protection Agency

    Created by Nixon to protect our environment and human health