Notes On United States Government And Administration

Author : W. W. Willoughby
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330132357
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Notes on U. S. Government and Administration written by W. W. Willoughby and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes on U. S. Government and Administration The necessity that American youths should be made acquainted not only with the leading events connected with the history of their country, but also be taught something in regard to the nature and workings of the Government under which they live, is now well recognized. In the Grammy Schools (8th grades) of Washington, to meet such a want, there has been introduced a course in history of political parties and forms of central and local government in the United States. As a teacher in one of these schools, one of the authors has found himself considerably handicapped by the impossibility of obtaining a text-book covering the ground of the course prescribed, and suitable either for his own use or for use by the scholars. He has been obliged to collect information from various sources, and give it to his class largely by dictation. The only attempts which have been made to supply this want have been text-books on Civil Government, which have been merely expositions of the Constitution, and in which no effort has been made to give, what is still more important, a description of the actual workings of the machine of government, its divisions and organization. Especially here in Washington, in the very heart of government, in the midst of its practical workings, and surrounded by the great Departments, and Congress and the Supreme Court, is it important that the working features or administration of government should be known and understood. These notes are intended as an aid to teacher and scholar, and for use in a class, the members of which are already familiar with the leading events and names in United States history. They are a collection of notes on various subjects in United States history, government and administration, and give supplementary information which can be obtained only with great difficulty by most teachers, and which cannot be obtained at all by the scholars. It is intended that, after finishing the study of the first four chapters, the Constitution should be taken up and thoroughly learned, and in connection with this, chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9; each chapter to be studied as that clause in the Constitution is reached which relates to the matter treated of in that chapter; thus showing the Constitutional provision and its practical working at the present time. Thus, in connection with Article III is to be studied that chapter entitled, "The Federal Judiciary," etc., etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.