D STATES OF AMERICA 1 '41 CONTENTS 10. Some rights and opportunities of group life in the United States_---- 11. Giving our Government the authority needed for its work------ 29. Some basic principles of the United States Government: (1) Princi- ples of government organization in our democracy---- 30. Some basic principles of the United States Government: (2) Princi- ILLUSTRATIONS 13. Examples which guided the "Fathers" of our Constitution___. 14. Ratification of the National Constitution____. Figure 1. The Statue of Liberty 2. Map: The United States of America__ 3. Our different kinds of groups-. 4. Our Government groups....... 5. Work project: Improvements in my community 6. Basic factors in group living-----. 7. Obligations to our groups__-. 8. Why we must have taxes in a democracy--. 9. Work project: Obligations as group members-- 10. Some of our first settlers_____ 11. The signers of the Declaration of Independence_ 12. The old Liberty Bell.. 15. The objectives of our National Government: Preamble of the Constitution. 16. The Federal system.... 17. Our "Ladder of laws" 18. Four ways of amending our National Constitution___. 19. The Constitution and its growth by amendments: The Constitution___ 20. The Constitution and its growth by amendments: Amendments 1 to 10. 21. The Constitution and its growth by amendments: Amendments 11 to 21 22. Development of our National Constitution by informal methods. 23. Map: The United States of America___ 96 98 27. The people delegate authority-. 24. Some important rights of our citizens.... 25. The right to vote_.. 26. Final authority in the Government of the United States- 28. Delegated powers in the Federal system__. 29. The Government units which represent the people- 107 115 123 126 127 131 30. The voters elect many representatives-- 31. The organization of each major political party-- 32. Ways in which our political parties serve the people---. 140 142 143 33. Our citizens must use good judgment in forming their opinions__ 34. The mayor-council form of city government organization__. 149 167 35. The commission form of city government organization_. 36. The city-manager form of city government organization__ 37. Work project: Problems of my city- 40. How the organization of government in cities, States, and the Nation is much alike---. 201 41. Work project: A study of our National and State Constitutions_. 48. Make-up of our National Congress___ 210 212 214 224 228 232 234 236 Figure 49. The President of the United States----. 50. The executive branch of our National Government_ 51. The President and his 10 executive departments_. 56. The American's creed______ 57. Work project: Services of Government units_-- 58. The strong foundations of the United States Government_ 59. The principle of checks and balances__ 60. Some basic principles of our Government____. Page 251 257 260 287 293 299 303 308 317 320 324 329 |