How Did Congress Affect America

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Congress is the legislative branch of the government, responsible for creating and enforcing laws. The impact that Congress had on America is enforcing laws to better the people and ensure their freedoms are protected. The legislative branch accompanies others to assist, the Constitution authorizes the president to implement the laws and the judiciary branch is to interpret them. Throughout the late 19th century, Congress passed laws dealing with the railroad system. In 1862, Congress passed the Pacific Railway Act, which authorized the construction of a transcontinental railroad (Railroads in the Late 19th Century). Many other railroads were built since the act was first passed, but the people could not do it alone. The federal government helped built four of the five transcontinental railroads, through land grants (Railroads in the Late 19th Century).…show more content…
Congress also helped women gain their right to vote with the 19th amendment. Women had become politically active in the mid-19th century; created the women’s suffrage movement (Congress passes the 19th Amendment). Women were not given the right to vote for years, but there needed to be a change if “equality” was truly present in America. Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucy Stone all led organizations, which formed as one, the National American Woman Suffrage Association to push for an amendment in the U.S. Constitution during 1890 (Congress passes the 19th Amendment).People may have been unsure at first about women’s’ right to vote, but over time many notice the excellent progress that they helped
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