Born in December 4th‚ 1892 the young Spanish general and dictator of Spain ruled from 1939 and became known as the youngest general in Europe in the 1920s. During the general election of 1936 the ruling centre-right coalition collapsed amid the Straperlo corruption scandal and new elections were scheduled. The new coalitions formed were the Popular Front on the left‚ which ranged from the Republican Union Party to Communists‚ as well as the Frente Nacional on the right‚ which ranged from the center
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Organizational is based on the assumption that since most constituents don’t know how their senator voted‚ it is not essential to please them. But it is important to please fellow members of Congress. The attitudinal is based on the assumption that there are so many conflicting pressures on members of Congress that they cancel one another out‚ leaving them virtually free to vote on the basis of their own beliefs. The representational view has merit under special circumstances‚ like when the constituents
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stated in Document A‚ the Immigration Act of 1924 restricted "the number of each nationality who may be admitted annually is limited to 2 per cent of the population of such nationality residents in the United States...". Some factors that influenced Congress to pass the Immigration Act include the need to preserve American ideals‚ the need to preserve jobs for the "native" Americans‚ and to restore national and personal income. In Thomas Bailey Aldrich’s poem‚ "The Unguarded Gates"‚ he describes immigrants
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Parties matter in part because they influence the actions of elected officials. But scholars also note that lawmakers from the same party may not vote together. Party cohesion has varied over time - sometimes party members stick together on many key votes‚ at other times they are no more likely to vote with fellow party members than with the opposition. Parties have various means at their disposal to encourage members to cooperate in achieving a party program. Sometimes these tools are sufficiently
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but the powers granted to Congress to regulate commerce are found. Exactly stated‚ "Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations‚ and among the several States‚ and with the Indian tribes." This clause has no definite interpretation‚ but has included many aspects of regulating. The word "commerce" is defined as the exchange or buying and selling of commodities on a large scale involving transportation from place to place (Webster 264). Congress has exercised this delegated
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Before Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1924‚ there were several restrictions for immigrants who desired a better life in the United States. "Immigrants and anyone else perceived as "un-American" seemed to threaten the old ways" (Nash pg. 749). Several Acts had been passed‚ one of them passed in 1882 prohibited the entry of criminal‚ paupers and the insane‚ and special agreements like the one that restricted both Chinese and Japanese immigration in 1908. Another Act was passed in 1917 over
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1. Main Idea Even though a party congress is mainly about domestic political power and domestic policies‚ it can be an important indicator of the country’s future foreign policy directions and power structures in the foreign policy arena. The future policy indicators usually can be found in the congress work report while the power structure indicators in the official membership roster. Thus‚ the future trends of policy and policy-related personal can be predicted through examine the evidence in
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‘Members of congress are out of touch with people that elect them’ Discuss? It’s been argued ever since the constitution was made how in touch the congress members where with the people who elect them and this argument still goes on today. With the 425 members of the House each has a district which averages nearly 650‚000 people‚ this is a vast number with many arguing that there is little chance that congress can be in touch with the people when they have to represent such vast numbers. However
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Before the Congress of Vienna the French occupation had far reaching affects on Italy. The power of the Church and the Pope was reduced‚ changes were made in landownership and land was redistributed. A new middle class began to appear. Agriculture was improved and the peasants were freed from their old feudal ties and obligations. Then when Napoleon was defeated and the restoration of the old regime and monarchs was started‚ Italy again became a country divided into eleven independent states‚ excluding
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Congress is a group of individuals elected by the people of the country to represent us based on our interests and to give us a voice for how we are governed‚ this protects our freedom. This is why Congress has the power to pass laws and to regulate the president’s power. Some of the key powers granted to congress are; lay and collect taxes‚ money suitable for the specific purposes‚ regulate commerce‚ establish rules on naturalization‚ declare war and raise and support armies. Representative democracy
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