Appendix C. The Constitution of the United States

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. DEDICATION v
3. CONTENTS xi
4. TABLES AND FIGURES xiii
5. ABOUT THE AUTHORS xv
6. FOREWORD xvii
7. 1. Government and the Economy 1
8. 2. Government in Colonial America 37
9. 3. The Founding Era, 1774–1791 56
10. 4. Property Rights and Federal Land Policy 89
11. 5. Reversing Financial Reversals: Government and the Financial System since 1789 115
12. 6. The National Era 148
13. 7. The Civil War and Reconstruction 188
14. 8. Government and the American Dilemma 232
15. 9. The Gilded Age 255
16. 10. The Progressive Era 288
17. 11. Government and the People: Labor, Education, and Health 323
18. 12. The Federal Bureaucracy: From Patronage to Civil Service 364
19. 13. The New Deal 384
20. 14. The World Wars 431
21. 15. The Growth of U.S. Farm Programs 456
22. 16. Shaping Welfare Policy: The Role of the South 490
23. 17. Seeking Security in the Postwar Era 507
24. Appendix A. Key Indicators of Economic and Government Activity 557
25. Appendix B. The Articles of Confederation 571
26. Appendix C. The Constitution of the United States 581
27. Appendix D. The Bill of Rights 593
28. Index 595