Our Constitution and Government: Lessons on the Constitution and Government of the United States for Use in the Public Schools by Candidates for Citizenship

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The advantages and obligations of group membership
39
Obligations to our groups
42
Why we must have taxes in a democracy_
45
Obligations as group members
47
How the colonists defended their freedom and started a new nation__
50
Some of our first settlers
52
The signers of the Declaration of Independence
58
The Liberty Bell
60
How a new constitution was planned and adopted__
63
Examples that guided the Fathers of our Constitution
70
Establishing the Constitution which gave a central government to our Nation__
75
Ratification of the Federal Constitution__
77
Preamble of the Consti tution_
80
The Federal system
83
Our Ladder of Laws____
86
How our Constitution has grown
90
Four ways of amending our Federal Constitution_
91
The Constitution
93
Amendments 1 to 10
94
Amendments 11 to 26
95
Development of our Federal Constitution by informal methods____
98
The United States of America
100
Some rights and opportunities of group life in the United States
105
Some important rights of our citizens _
110
The right to vote___
118
Giving our Government the authority needed for its work
122
Final authority in the Government of the United States
125
The people delegate authority
127
Delegated powers in the Federal system__
129
The Government units that represent the people
133
How the people make their wishes known by voting__
136
The voters select many representatives
142
The organization of each major political party
144
Ways in which our political parties serve the people
145
How the people form their opinions before voting
148
Our citizens must use good judgment in forming their opinions
152
The objectives of our city governments
158
How our city governments are organized and operated__
168
How our State governments are organized
201
How the organization of government in Cities States and the Nation is much alike
203
A study of our Federal and State Constitutions___
212
The lawmaking branch of a State government_
214
The executive branch of a State government
217
The objectives of our Federal Government_
218
Objectives of government agencies and units
226
The Legislative Branch 1_
228
The legislative branch of our Federal Government_
229
The voters send representatives to Washington___
234
Our National Capitol
236
Figure Page 48 Makeup of the Congress_
238
The Legislative Branch 2 _
241
The Presidency__
250
The President of the United States___
251
The executive branch of our Federal Government
257
The Executive Depart ments 1
260
The President and the executive departments having cabinet rank
261
The Executive Depart ments 2____
270
The Judiciary
281
The judicial branch of our Federal Government_
285
How we pay for our Government_ __
290
We must pay for the services of our Government
292
Taxes and things we get for our taxes_
298
How our Government units work together
301
Flag of the United States
302
The Americans creed
306
Some of the ways in which our Government units cooperate with and keep in contact with groups of citizens
309
Services of Government units
315
1 Principles of government organization in our democracy
318
The strong foundations of the United States Government__
320
The principle of checks and balances_
324
2 Principles of the Governments relationship to the citizen_
327
Some basic principles of our Government_
328
The Declaration of Independence__
335
Constitution of the United States of America__
341
Glossary
367
Index
395

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TítuloOur Constitution and Government: Lessons on the Constitution and Government of the United States for Use in the Public Schools by Candidates for Citizenship
Federal textbook on citizenship
AutorCatheryn Seckler-Hudson
ColaboradorUnited States. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Ediciónrevisada
EditorDepartment of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1978
Procedencia del originalUniversidad de Indiana
Digitalizado3 Dic. 2012
Largo400 páginas
  
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