History of the United StatesMacmillan, 1921 - 663 pages |
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... Question The Protective Tariff and Taxation The Railways and Trusts . 425 425 431 436 440 443 451 . 452 • 459 460 462 466 472 477 478 485 497 504 The Minor Parties and Unrest The Sound Money Battle of 1896 Republican Measures and ...
... Question The Protective Tariff and Taxation The Railways and Trusts . 425 425 431 436 440 443 451 . 452 • 459 460 462 466 472 477 478 485 497 504 The Minor Parties and Unrest The Sound Money Battle of 1896 Republican Measures and ...
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... Questions 1. America has been called a nation of immigrants . Explain why . 2. Why were individuals unable to go alone to America in the begin- ning ? What agencies made colonization possible ? Discuss each of them . 3. Make a table of ...
... Questions 1. America has been called a nation of immigrants . Explain why . 2. Why were individuals unable to go alone to America in the begin- ning ? What agencies made colonization possible ? Discuss each of them . 3. Make a table of ...
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... questions , was in no small measure aided by a free press . That too , like education , was a matter of slow growth . A ... question . Publishing , indeed , seemed to be a precarious business ; but in 1704 there came a second venture in ...
... questions , was in no small measure aided by a free press . That too , like education , was a matter of slow growth . A ... question . Publishing , indeed , seemed to be a precarious business ; but in 1704 there came a second venture in ...
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... questions arose in connection with freedom of the press . The Puritans of Massa- chusetts were no less anxious than King Charles or the Arch- bishop of London to shut out from the prying eyes of the people all literature " not mete for ...
... questions arose in connection with freedom of the press . The Puritans of Massa- chusetts were no less anxious than King Charles or the Arch- bishop of London to shut out from the prying eyes of the people all literature " not mete for ...
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... question as to whether any people could be called free who were subjected to governors and judges ap- pointed by the crown and paid out of funds raised independently . It invited the other colo- nies , in the most temperate tones , to ...
... question as to whether any people could be called free who were subjected to governors and judges ap- pointed by the crown and paid out of funds raised independently . It invited the other colo- nies , in the most temperate tones , to ...
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Page 618 - Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all...
Page 621 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.
Page 631 - SECTION 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. SECTION 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Page 631 - XVIII [SECTION 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. SECTION 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Page 619 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 491 - It is, of course, too early to forecast the means of attaining this last result; but the policy of the Government of the United States is to seek a solution which may bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly powers by treaty and international law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire.
Page 180 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens — a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Page 470 - To-day the United States is practically sovereign on this continent, and its fiat is law upon the subjects to which it confines its interposition.
Page 624 - 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 620 - States ; 5 To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; 6 To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States...