HST 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thaddeus Stevens, Legislature
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President andrew"s program of reconstruction was initiated by the president. This new program would give financial support to the state and local governments of the united. States in the rebuilding of the nation from the ashes of war. To this end andrew, and his successors, sought to establish a government in washington that was strong, efficient and independent of private influence. "legislature has concurrent power with the president in all matters within the legislative jurisdiction of congress. " When these principles were presented to the house of. Representatives they were adopted in two branches of congress, in the house of. Representatives in 1801, and in the senate in 1802. By 1803, the united states government was under the control of an executive. Legislative power, has persisted, without any drastic changes, to the present day. In 1800, the united states suffered from an economic depression.
