Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

1. The part played by your state in the last Presidential election.

2. Extent to which the President of the United States has made use of the militia of your state.

3. Compare the powers of the President of the United States with the powers of the Governor of your state.

4. Cabinet officers, past or present, who were natives of your state.

5. List some of the offices within the bounds of your state which are filled, directly or indirectly, by the President of the United States.

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6. The biography of some one President. (Consult an encyclopedia, standard works on American history, and special biographies.)

7. The history of some one important Presidential election. (Consult a standard history of the United States.)

8. The inauguration of a President. (Reinsch, Readings on American Federal Government, pages 1-5.)

9. The war powers of the President. (Reinsch, Readings on American Federal Government, pages 22-32.)