- •3. Native Americans: their origin, their ancient and present history.
- •Colonial America
- •Early colonial attempts
- •New England
- •The Pilgrims
- •The Puritans
- •The Middle Colonies
- •7. Ties to the British Empire. The unification of the British colonies. The great Awakening. From unity to revolution
- •8. The American Revolution. The continental Congresses and the declaration of Independence.
- •9. The Constitutional Convention. The Constitution of the us.
- •10. The Revolution: Winners and losers. Federalists and Antifederalists.
- •11. The American Civil War.
- •12. U.S. Industrialization and immigration.
- •13. The rise of u.S. Imperialism
- •14. The progressives
- •15. The roaring 20s
- •16. The great depression.
- •17. President Franklin d. Roosevelt and his “New deal for the American people”
- •18. The u.S. Wartime economy. The Marshall Plan(epr)
- •20. The Vietnam War
- •21 Us political scandal of the 70’s 80’s and 90’s.
- •22. The Reagan revolution
- •23. The Reagan administration –
- •24. Clinton administration.
- •25. The George w. Bush administration.
- •Each house of Congress has the power to introduce legislation on any subject dealing with the powers of Congress, except for legislation dealing with gathering revenue.
- •29. Executive branch.
- •30. Presidential elections
- •31. Constitution of the United States, its structure and current role.
- •32.Politics of the United States
- •33. Political parties, political culture and strength
- •34. America’s Global Role. U.S. Superpower and Global Economic Influence.
- •35. U.S. Foreign policy. Foreign relations of us with other countries.
- •37. The us banking system
- •38. The us Population
- •Lexico-semantic differences They differ in affixes while lexical meaning remains the same:
29. Executive branch.
Cabinet, whose 15 members are appointed and confirmed. The president is the executive and Commander-in-Chief, responsible for controlling the U.S. armed forces and nuclear arsenal. The president may veto legislation passed by Congress; he or she may be impeached by a majority in the House and removed from office by a two-thirds majority in the Senate. The president may not dissolve Congress or call special elections, but does have the power to pardon convicted criminals, give executive orders, and appoint Supreme Court justices and federal judges.
The president must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, at least 35 years of age, and have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.
Amendment 22
limits the president to either two four-year terms
The Constitution provided that, if a President were to die, resign, or be removed from office, the "powers and duties" of the office would devolve upon the Vice President.
The executive departments. The heads of the 15 departments, chosen by the president and approved by the Senate, form a council of advisers generally known as the president's "Cabinet." The Cabinet is a part of the executive branch of the U.S. federal government consisting of the heads of federal executive departments.
Cabinet members can be fired by the President or impeached and removed from office by Congress. Usually, all Cabinet members resign shortly after the inauguration of a new President.
The Cabinet as a governmental institution is not provided for in the Constitution o. Aside from its role as a consultative and advisory body, the Cabinet has no function.
30. Presidential elections
are held every four years. The President and the Vice President are the only two nationally elected officials. .Presidents are elected indirectly, through the Electoral College.
In most U.S. states, the presidential candidate who wins a majority of the popular votes in a state also earns all the votes of the state’s electoral college members. Each state has the same number of electoral college members as the total of its senators and representatives.
Electoral College, the institution through which Americans elect the president and vice president of the United States.
Each state is allotted a number of electors equal to the number of its representatives and senators in the Congress.
Congress determines the number of presidential electors to which each state is entitled.
The electors have only one responsibility: to select the president and vice president
The electors vote for the presidential candidate who received the greatest number of votes in their state. The electoral college simply ratifies the results of the popular vote.
The candidate who wins the presidency is the one who wins a majority of the electoral college votes, rather than a majority of the popular vote.
The modern Presidential election process begins with the primary elections, during which the major parties each select a nominee to unite behind; the nominee in turn selects a running mate to join him on the ticket as the Vice Presidential candidate. The two major candidates then face off in the general election, usually participating in nationally televised debates before Election Day and campaigning across the country to explain their views and plans to the voters. Much of the modern electoral process is concerned with winning swing states, through frequent visits and mass media advertising drives.