The original purpose was to allow for proper representation in the House of Representatives. This is still the main reason. There may be a variety of reasons that they may want to ask the additional questions on the current census questionnaires.
No, there was no change in government at the last federal election. The incumbent government remained in power after the election.
We won't have a definitive answer to that until the results of the 2011 census are published.
no
Radical Republicans wanted the Federal Governenment To force change in the South
yes
1975
Thomas Jefferson did change the federal financial policies by opposing a very strong centralized government.
The biggest change from the Articles of Confederation was the creation of a stronger federal government. The Constitution created an executive and judicial branch.
The United States Census Bureau, a branch of the Department of Commerce, takes an official census of Americans every ten years. Each state's federal representatives in Congress is adjusted according to the population change.
That the Confederation would not work and they had to form themselves into a Federal Government
The federal government can't make the states change their laws, but they use grants as incentive for the states to make the states laws what the federal government wants. They offer grants for the roads for states to change the speed limit on highways to 65 mph.
After the Civil War, the government more directly influenced the everyday lives of Americans.