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

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969 - 400 páginas

The groups to which we belong_	1

Some of our first settlers	10

How we qualify for group membership__	11

The Federal system	16

Ways in which all our groups are somewhat alike 1	20

Ways in which all our groups are somewhat alike 2	30

The advantages and obligations of group membership	39

How the colonists defended their freedom and started a new nation	50

The objectives of our Federal Government	218

Objectives of government agencies and units_	226

The Legislative Branch 1	228

The voters send representatives to Washington	234

Figure Page 48 Makeup of the Congress	238

The Legislative Branch 2	241

The Presidency	250

The President of the United States___	251

How a new constitution was planned and adopted__	63

Establishing the Constitution which gave a central government to our Nation___	75

How our Constitution has grown__	90

Development of our Federal Constitution by informal methods	98

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 Government units that represent the people	133

How the people make their wishes known by voting_	136

The voters select many representatives	142

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

The mayorcouncil form of city government organization	170

Problems of my city	176

The objectives and organization of our other local governments	179

The countymanager plan of organization_	185

The objectives of our State governments	191

How our State governments are organized	201

How the organization of government in Cities States and the Nation	203

A study of our Federal and State Constitutions	212

The executive branch of our Federal Government_	257

The Executive Agencies 1	260

The President and the executive agencies having cabinet rank_	261

The Executive Agencies 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 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

Título	Our 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
Autor	Catheryn Seckler-Hudson
Colaborador	United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Edición	revisada
Editor	U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969
Procedencia del original	Universidad de Harvard
Digitalizado	15 Oct. 2019
Largo	400 páginas

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