How Congress Works and Why You Should Care Outline I. The Role of Congress A. Why Congress Exists 1. Our founders saw Congress as the foremast‚ dominant branch of our national government. B. Core Principle: Sovereignty of the People C. Core Principle: Balancing Powers in Government D. Congress and the President E. Why Federalism Works F. Key Power: Passing the Basic Laws of the Land G. Key Power: Controlling the Purse H. Key Power: Shaping Foreign Policy
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Describe the opposing visions of an American society as conceived by Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson After the successful American Revolution‚ political conflicts rapidly broke out between two major political groups. The Feudalist or the power of the states lead by Alexander Hamilton and the Anti-Feudalist power of the government lead by Thomas Jefferson had opposing views on the future of America. Both parties’ vision counterattacks each other’s beliefs. America was suffering from internal
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The Triumphant Side of the American Revolution The American Revolution was a war between the thirteen colonies of America and the British that took place from 1775 to 1783. The colonies‚ which had not yet been unified‚ wanted freedom from the domineering British and their "taxation without representation". This saying‚ coined up twenty years prior to the beginning of the war‚ was a major slogan for the revolutionaries. The quote means‚ "If citizens are not represented in the government‚ then the
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com/2012/04/02/half-of-pre-schoolers-not-playing-outside-daily/ Has development affected family morals? * http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/is_technology_ruining_your_mor.php?page=all How has a country like the US been shaped by development over time? * Ties into question #1 * http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/business/energy-environment/us-reliance-on-saudi-oil-is-growing-again.html?pagewanted=all (reliance on oil) * http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/study-carbon-dioxide-emissions-worldwide-up-again-2-degree
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“Do you want to know who you are ? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” -Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was born in Virginia on April 13‚ 1743 and later died on July 4‚ 1826. Jefferson grew up in the Shad well ‚ Virginia where his father peter Jefferson was very wealthy. Jefferson and his family moved to Tuckahoe in 1745 ‚ and later his father died in 1775. He is the third of ten children. On June 11‚1776 anticipated that the vote for independence would be unfavorable. Something that
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Thomas Jefferson is commonly most notable for his contributions to American political history. He was President of the United States‚ the first secretary of state to George Washington‚ minister to France with Benjamin Franklin‚ governor of Virginia‚ and congressman. (725) Jefferson ’s literary works strongly reflect the focus‚ love‚ and ambition that he had for this country. Aside from the aspirations for the United States‚ he also very much appreciated it ’s then un-tainted beauty‚ as he makes
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Thomas Jefferson had one of the biggest impacts on the United States. He was the third president‚ serving eight years in office. From 1801 to 1809‚ Jefferson was re-elected. He had two different vice presidents‚ the first being Aaron Burr and the second being George Clinton. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13‚ 1743‚ in Shadwell‚ Virginia. He grew up on the Shadwell plantation because his father was a slave owner. Jefferson started boarding school at the age of nine; he was in boarding school
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The Second Industrial Revolution affected the regions of the United States differently. Use this chart to compare the effects of the revolution on the North‚ South‚ West‚ and Midwest. In the chart‚ you will identify the political‚ social‚ economic‚ population‚ and transportation changes that the revolution brought to each region. Part 1 – Complete the following chart using information from the lesson. Regions Chart Category North South West Midwest Political Labor Union were formed and
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This quote’s meaning is very powerful to me. My second choice is "Henry‚ if love is all around you‚ like huckleberries‚ why do you pick loneliness?". I choose this quote as my second because of its truism. This quote is correct‚ love is all around us. The emotional atmosphere this quote created for me was both a sense of awakening and dissapointment. My third choice out of the eight is "You want to be a matchmaker‚ Lydian? Find me something innocent and natural and uncomplicated. A shrub-oak. A
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other side‚ becoming the voice for the slaves. He expertly writes a letter to Thomas Jefferson arguing the slaves deserve freedom by using rhetorical devices‚ such as analogies‚ allusions‚
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