American History – Constitution
The original Constitution did not protect the American citizens from human rights violation during that time, for the Constitution did not include a specific declaration, specified what the government could do but did not say what it could not do, and did not apply to everyone, as the “consent of the governed” meant propertied white men only ( 2002). In addition, the absence of a “bill of rights” turned out to be an obstacle to the Constitution’s ratification by the states, and so the people of America that time wanted strong guarantees that the new government would not hinder their newly won freedoms of speech, press and religion, nor with their right to be free from warrant-less searches and seizures ( 2002). With this, the entire Bill of Rights was created to protect rights the original citizens believed were naturally theirs, including the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, press, petition and assembly, privacy, due process of law, and equality before the law ( 2002). From the experiences of the Americans, the nation’s founders believe that containing the government’s power and protecting liberty was their most important task, and declared a new purpose for the government, which is to protect the individual rights of every American citizen ( 2002). Moreover, the resolutions declared that the Constitution merely established a compact between the states and that the federal government had no right to exercise powers not specifically delegated to it under the terms of the compact, should the federal government assume such powers, its acts under them would be unauthoritative and therefore void (2001).
The dramatic growth in the United States around 1820s and 1830s was brought about by the beginning of railroad construction, (1995), a transport revolution and related commercialization, which brought people and goods into much closer contact, communication, such as telephone and telegraphs, and technological change (2004). These factors helped in the economic growth of the United States, for due to the expansion and the development of transportation and communication, many businesses boomed and improved. These developments brought about the success in different aspects in the society, such as the advancement of science and technology, the conceptualization and actualization of a variety of marketing concepts and skills, and the improvement of production, which was brought about by the use of different machines invented during that time. These factors contributed largely to commercialization and to the economic success of America among other countries. Many states, such as Philadelphia and New York City became urbanized and became developed. In relation to its development is the increase in its population and its demands for sustenance. Aside from the positive effects are the negative effects of urbanization as well. Economic growth somehow brought deterioration in the biological standard of living, having no adequate public health and sanitation, integration of disease environments, growing inequality in wealth and income and impact of fluctuations in food prices (2004), and affected many citizens with the decline of the living conditions.
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