... and most, if not all of them, do not seem to be coincidental. The first of these contributions to a diminishing competition is name recognition. When an individual is successful in securing an elected office, it is believed that their name becomes a familiar one that most of their new ... recognize their incumbent's name) rather than recall it purely from memory, which he states, "The shift in focus from name recall to name recognition nicely resolves the apparent anomaly of voters favoring incumbents without even knowing who they are" (Jacobson, 123). Nevertheless, this is a minor facto...

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... Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt The president is the single most important and highest political unit in the United States. Though the president of a country is viewed with much praise and recognition, it can be said that there is actually a number if individuals who perform similar duties and have quite an impact on the presidency and their respective roles. One of the ... Mrs. Roosevelt traveled extensively. She visited Puerto Rico, Portugal, and even the Philippines when her son, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was Governor of these islands. Generally, First Lady Edith refrained from public ...

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... be turned on for the NSA to gain access to your phone and operate your camera. Moreover a handheld computer device called a BPac can perform facial recognition and is successful even if it doesn't scan the entire face. Furthermore, the NSA has the legal right to spy on all foreigners anywhere. Now ... clients in federal prisons and deny lawyers' access to their clients. This means no more right to legal representation. No more right to a speedy and public trial either. Pre 9/11 policy ensured some innocent Americans freedom, but because of policy change the American government can jail Am...

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... addition to almost every oth! er school of painting, sculpture and the graphic arts including prints and posters. The New Deal arts project, or Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), provided work for jobless artists, but they also had a larger mission: to promote American art and culture and ... for the first time, attend their first professional live theater, or take their first music or drawing class. It also gave the artists worldwide recognition for their art. As to be expected there was mass controversy about the program. Politicians were beside themselves. Some believed the program ...

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... addition to almost every oth! er school of painting, sculpture and the graphic arts including prints and posters. The New Deal arts project, or Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), provided work for jobless artists, but they also had a larger mission: to promote American art and culture and ... for the first time, attend their first professional live theater, or take their first music or drawing class. It also gave the artists worldwide recognition for their art. As to be expected there was mass controversy about the program. Politicians were beside themselves. Some believed the program ...

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What is the federal government's single greatest responsibility to the public? In my opinion the federal government has many responsibilities to the public, but most importantly is its pledge of protection to the public. When I say protection, I mean not only from military attacks from other countries, but by supplying funds for all the needs of the citizens. As the population in the U.S. increases and ... that this is most important in crime-ridden, overpopulated cities, such as New York or Los Angeles. These are the great tourist attractions in America, but they don't receive the recognitio...

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... to the Presidency; [the constitution's] purpose was that the election of the President and VP should be determined by the fair expression of the public will by a majority."" Electoral pandemonium propelled debates restructuring the selection of Vice President, in time for the next election in 1804. John Randolph ... that there occurred a VP transformation these last fifty years. In 1952, the vice-presidency of Richard Nixon was the beginning of a new activeness and recognition of VPs to come. Nixon was said to "have went about the vice-presidency as a house guest who insists upon making...

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... Grant was given a commission of the 21st Illinois. Under his command he turned his men into a real fighting unit instead of a bunch of "hellions" as they were know. Grant received recognition when he took Fort Henry and Fort Donelson and 15,000 prisoners. Grant became known as "Unconditional Surrender" Grant. Grant took Nashville and Vicksburg and then took leadership of the ... stop the southerners that started segregation. Heading into the election of 1872, Grant's administration was faced with widespread public disapproval. Grant's Southern policy along with public scandals and his n...

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... enough to run a welfare state. Although a stronger efficient and more responsible national government required the freedom from the "constrictive grip of localized democracy" (7) it had the effect of alienating the public from politics by weakening the party system that citizens depended on as their effective agent in democratic participation. In the wake of the New Deal era reformers in the 1960s ... lessening the administrative power of the president it did so by making political institutions more bureaucratic. There it failed to nurture civic culture and lead to an increase in the publ...

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... to organize and direct an American relief committee when World War I began. This committee assisted 120,000 Americans in getting home to the United States, because this role made Hoover a public figure, he was appointed head of commission for relief in Belgium. In the four years that he was head of commission relief for Belgium they spent $1.5 billion, and helped 10 ... it was the end of the Great Depression, it would last until the beginning of the civil war. But the summer of 1932 was the worst, public schools were closing because of the lack of public funding, one quarter of work for...

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... under this law. Eventually, the Supreme Court endorsed the Republican view that under the First Amendment the absolute freedom of speech and press were granted and thus the expression of public opinion toward the government wasn't a crime. The Alien and Sedition Acts expired quietly, and with this incident showed that the federal government was not only powerful, but the check and ... growth in the case of Flectcher vs. Peck, when the supreme court struck down a Georgia law taking back a land grant, which was considered a contract. This ruling undid the difference between public and pri...

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...  who had opposed Constitutional ratification, these amendments guarantee a number of personal freedoms, limit the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and reserve some powers to the states and the public. And last thing that prevents what's happening in Hong Kong in America are the American people. In the U.S. there are millions Americans that support and follow the Constitution and Bill ... they have in the country. For example, the African-American Civil Rights Movement, led by black Americans, to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans a...

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... 's decisions, and what could happen. Roughly eight ears ago, the Clinton Administration worked to a peace treaty with North Korea, basically ensuring peace in our time, all in exchange for diplomatic recognition. But a country that produces 500,000 tons a year of heavy fuel oil, and that has a pair of nuclear reactors; a global safety net must be placed upon them to make sure ... develop a strategy for stabilizing the region. The president's proposed resolution of war to Congress to me shows a disregard of the obvious, and show know reference to the essentials for good public policy. It ...

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... method of transportation was emerging. The railroad at first was a secondary form of transportation, and was usually used to link canals in different areas. The railroad however began to receive recognition as a more efficient and cost effective way to reach long distances in trade. By the end of the 1850's the railroad system had grew to about twenty-seven thousand miles ... the Leopard and an American frigate the Chesapeake, in which the Leopard opened fire on the Chesapeake when they refused to let the British board. This incident outraged the American public and many politicians tha...

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... 's decisions, and what could happen. Roughly eight ears ago, the Clinton Administration worked to a peace treaty with North Korea, basically ensuring peace in our time, all in exchange for diplomatic recognition. But a country that produces 500,000 tons a year of heavy fuel oil, and that has a pair of nuclear reactors; a global safety net must be placed upon them to make sure ... develop a strategy for stabilizing the region. The president's proposed resolution of war to Congress to me shows a disregard of the obvious, and show know reference to the essentials for good public policy. It ...

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... of the American government towards the so-called "banana republics" in Latin America. The expansion of the United States into the Pacific was also vigorous, if less firmly supported by public opinion. Ever since Commodore Matthew C. Perry opened Japan to American trade in 1853, American businessmen had taken an increasing interest in the commerce of the Pacific. Supported by farm-state ... . They persuaded Roosevelt to support a Panama. Bunau-Varilla engineered a revolution and U.S. warships prevented Colombia from stopping Panama's attempt to break away. (In 1921, the U.S. paid an indem...

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... ways outside the control of individuals and their government, and the United States should accept the development od a corporate capitalist economy. Roosevelt's most significant contribution to the debate was the recognition and acceptance of this new cooperate economy, and he continued to sound this theme. Roosevelt wasn't concerned with wealth in general or even the size of business, but about the ... large business organizations were inherently unnatural and socially destructive. Wilson was able to connect the specific economic issues of corporate power with the day to day concerns o...

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... touch with the people. Gore however even needed to employ a panel of twelve ordinary people to test his policies on. The press got hold of this and it showed the public that Gore had no idea what the thoughts and feelings of the people. This was a stark contrast to Bill Clinton who was a great orator and connected with people, "I can feel ... being a "compassionate Conservative". Prospective voting also helped Bush. He is seen to come from a political family, with his father of the same name having been President (this helped with name recognition). Also, his time as Texas Governor, whi...

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