What Role Does the Government Play in Supporting or Hindering

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Essay

What role does the government play in supporting or hindering social movements? Illustrate it with an example.

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Definitions:

Direct Taxation

Taxes that are imposed directly on an individual's income or wealth, and on corporations' profits.

Tenth Amendment

An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that states powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Antifederalists

Individuals who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1787, fearing centralized power and a lack of protections for individual rights.

National Supremacy

The principle that federal law takes precedence over state law in the United States.