The Congress Worksheet Respond to the following prompts in your own typed document. Your responses should be in your own words (don’t simply copy and paste!). You may include the prompts themselves in your submission. Submit your answers to turnitin.com as a word document by 7:25am on Friday‚ 12/4. 1. List four enumerated powers granted to Congress by the Constitution (Article I‚ Section 8) a. b. c. d. 2. The implied power of Congress comes from the "necessary and proper clause" which is also referred
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document for national unity‚ had become a source of regional disagreements and tension that eventually resulted in the failure of the Union. The Constitution never outright mentions slavery‚ and created an unsolved problem that later resulted in compromises and the failure of the Union it formed. The Constitution contributed to the failure of the union because it did not acknowledge slavery which lead to tensions between the Northerners who wanted to abolish it‚ and the Southerners who considered
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3. Describe the ways in which conservative political and social views shaped the peace settlement of the Congress of Vienna. Explain the consequences of the peace of settlement for the period 1815-1848. In Europe from the time period of 1814-1815‚ a peace settlement known as the Congress of Vienna was established which sought to restore social and political order. The Congress of Vienna was shaped with conservative political views‚ conservative social views‚ and was later reflected in the time
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HIST 2111 Taxation and Representation March 4‚ 2015 If you struggle with wanting more rights‚ or you do not believe you are a “free man”‚ you ought to look up the rights you would have had before the end of the Revolutionary War. You may find yourself thanking God for the rights and liberties you do have now as well as finding a new appreciation for the men who fought for those liberties. In the article‚ Samuel Adams‚ The Rights of the Colonists‚ we are informed that the colonist’s believed their
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The congress has special powers spelled out within the constitution. The most important place that the powers are in the constitution is article one‚ section eight. In this section‚ it lists powers of congress and what they entail. Congress in a way has more power than the president because after congress comes up with a law it is then taken to the president and if the president vetoes the new law‚ congress can still override the president’s decision. In addition‚ if the congress wanted to they
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Alexander the Great was born in Pella‚ the son of Philip II and Olympias. Even at a young age‚ people respected his abilities‚ like the taming of Bucephalus and his activities as regent. Despite these tales‚ I assert that he was in fact quit unfair‚ proud‚ and neglected to listen to any outside governments and the desire of their people. Alexander the “Great” should not be called great because of these and more. The first vestige of my case is his injustices and unfairness against others. In the
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Compromise is defined on a dictionary as “an agreement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.” But to compromise is more than the dictionary definition. Compromise will obtain peace between people‚ states‚ and countries‚ and it can even saves massive people’s lives and environment. “Compromise” sounds like easy solution to most people. However‚ many people‚ even governments‚ struggle to make a decision on whether to compromise or not‚ because they always have to “give up” something
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“To retain such fugitive in his custody‚ and to remove him to the State whence he fled‚ and there to deliver him to said claimant.” Much of the slave population was feed up with being retained from the outside world. African Americans were discriminated because of the color of their skin‚ and then forced to do free labor under cruel conditions. So slave men then started to rebel against the laws of 1793‚ and started to make escape plans. They were running away from slavery‚ and running towards
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the Bourbon autocracy fixed. once the tip of the Hundred Days‚ the finishing touches were placed on the Congress of national capital. Czar Alexander one‚ still probing for a peace system that may stop anyone
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At its core Congress should act as a representative body. Congress should seek to represent their constituents and ideals the constituents voted for. Moreover‚ at its core America is supposed to elect a barometer of the public opinion. Americans representatives should strive to represent the people that elected. The ability to participate in a national legislative body through electing a representative is the function of a free republic. Taken to extremes‚ if a type of representative democracy did
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