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 25
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 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

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TitluOur 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
CoautorUnited States. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Edițierevizuită
EditorU.S. Government Printing Office, 1969
Exemplar original de laUniversitatea din Michigan
Scanată la15 oct. 2008
Lungime400 pagini
  
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