U.S. History and Government Tutor (REA) - High School TutorsResearch & Education Assoc., 1. jaan 2013 - 238 pages Help for high school studies is here with REA's High School Tutor series! Each High School Tutor book makes it easy to learn difficult subjects. The High School Tutor for U.S. History and Government covers every American history and government topic taught in classrooms today including Pre-Colonization to modern America, the branches of the federal government, Supreme Court decisions, and more. In easy-to-follow, student-friendly language, students are tutored intelligently about U.S. history & government making the subject easy to learn, easy to understand, and easy to study. DETAILS - An essential companion to any high school textbook - Superb study guide for quizzes, tests and exams - An excellent aid when working on homework - Helps students grasp and understand U.S. History and Government more fully - Indexed for easy topic searches |
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... called the people living there Indians . What he had really found was part of the Bahamas - islands off the coast of what is now the United States of America . Columbus ' discovery was very exciting and sparked people's imaginations ...
... called the people living there Indians . What he had really found was part of the Bahamas - islands off the coast of what is now the United States of America . Columbus ' discovery was very exciting and sparked people's imaginations ...
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... called tribes . The tribes were very different from each other . Some were friendly to the people coming from Europe , such as those who helped the settlers at Plymouth , Massa- chusetts , in 1620. They taught the settlers how to farm ...
... called tribes . The tribes were very different from each other . Some were friendly to the people coming from Europe , such as those who helped the settlers at Plymouth , Massa- chusetts , in 1620. They taught the settlers how to farm ...
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... called Rhode Island and gave everyone religious freedom . CONNECTICUT : Connecticut was founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker , a minister , and members of his church . They wanted to leave the strict conditions in Massachusetts and believed ...
... called Rhode Island and gave everyone religious freedom . CONNECTICUT : Connecticut was founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker , a minister , and members of his church . They wanted to leave the strict conditions in Massachusetts and believed ...
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... called Quakers , but gave religious freedom to anyone who believed in God . Pennsylvania was called Penn's Holy Experiment because he wanted everyone in the colony to have freedom of speech and religion and to be equal before the law ...
... called Quakers , but gave religious freedom to anyone who believed in God . Pennsylvania was called Penn's Holy Experiment because he wanted everyone in the colony to have freedom of speech and religion and to be equal before the law ...
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... called the Mayflower Compact . It had the following two important principles : • The people would vote about the government and laws . The people would accept whatever the majority chose . These two principles were very important in ...
... called the Mayflower Compact . It had the following two important principles : • The people would vote about the government and laws . The people would accept whatever the majority chose . These two principles were very important in ...
Contents
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BEGINNING OF THE US GOVERNMENT | 31 |
EXPANSION OF THE NATION | 39 |
THE CIVIL WAR | 51 |
POSTWAR GROWTH OF THE NATION | 67 |
WORLD WAR I AND THE DEPRESSION | 79 |
WORLD WAR II | 91 |
COLD WAR POLITICS AND SOCIETY | 99 |
THE NEW CONSERVATISM | 111 |
US GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE | 127 |
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Page 212 - Section 3. Whenever the President transmits to the president pro tempore of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office...
Page 192 - All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives ; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.
Page 198 - President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE III Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good...
Page 42 - Oh, say, can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming; Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Page 36 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.