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Chapter 6 Focus Questions

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US Gov and Politics
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Chapter 6: The Presidency as an Institution The dual nature of the presidency refers to how the power and role of the president is always changing. On one hand, the president has specific powers laid out in the constitution. On the other hand, the president loses some powers, gains others, and has his role changing. The president has always had the power to make treaties, grant pardons, and nominate the judiciary as well as other public officials. Over time presidents have been able to increase their power by taking control during war or another time of crisis. No the American president is not too powerful. Whenever any president attempts to make a grab for too much power, congress or the Supreme Court can shoot him down. This prevents any president from becoming too powerful.

Chapter 26 Notes

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European History
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Government of the Soviet Union
Politics of the Soviet Union
soviet union
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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Boris Yeltsin
revolutions
Mikhail Gorbachev
Marxism–Leninism
Cold War
Politics
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The Crisis in the Soviet Union125. Leadership was desperate, country in shambles? Studied as agriculture researcher ? Prepped to become leader? Came to attention of Andropov-party general secretary? Nice smile, iron teeth? Reform leader of Soviets Mikhail S. Gorbachev rose to power? Called it perestroika? Had to persuade economic restructuring? More productivity? Better quality? Decentralize? Proceeded cautiously, initially met with conflict? Old economy worked for industrialization, needed something new for contemporary world? Allowed criticism of system, introspection? Freed press? Glasnost ? Country thawed, newspapers, theater, arts and politics, as well as books and plays were freer to be published ? People freer? Legal codes revised? Possible tolerance for religion?

Chapter 25 Notes

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European History
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Soviet people
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De-Stalinization
Presidency of Richard Nixon
Soviet phraseology
Leonid Brezhnev
Richard Nixon
Cold War
vietnam war
Politics

Confrontation and D?tente, 1955-1975121. On and off periods of relaxed tensions? Dangerous confrontations began to mount? Stalin's successors recognized a need for cooperation with other countries? Korean War ended? Iron curtain still existed? Austria became independent and neutral? 1955, Cold War stabilized? Recognized necessity of peaceful coexistence? Eisenhower continued to build up arms and continued containment? Both recognized need for coexistence ? Khrushchev vowed to crush capitalism? East Berliners were fleeing? Demanded the US pull out, rejected? Tension mounted because of Berlin? Prevented Britain, France and Israel from taking action in Egypt? Prevented Russian intervention? Conflict in Suez Canal? Capable of destroying cities?

The Age of Jackson

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Second Party System
United States presidential election
Conservatism in the United States
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
Corrupt Bargain
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The Age of Jackson Outline The election of 1824 represented a break in the normal presidential nominating process As the reigning political organization, the Republicans chose their candidates by caucus The president usually sent the name of his secretary of state as his successor. Under this plan, in 1824, James Monroe would nominate John Quincy Adams The expansion of voting rights forced a change in the process in 1824 The caucus system seemed like an insider process. Divisions had grown up within the Republicans, with the National Republicans and the Democratic Republicans sponsoring different agendas The likelihood of Adam?s succession became clouded Although he had substantial experience as a diplomat, he still resembled a Federalist.

The Cold War

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Potsdam Conference
Harry S. Truman
Containment
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Winston Churchill
War
Politics

The Cold War The victors of WWII could not agree about the disposition of the postwar world President Roosevelt and Truman believed that European countries liberated from Germany should hold free elections. The ?Big Three? leaders met at Tehran (November 1943), Yalta (February 1945), and Potsdam (July 1945) to discuss war policy and the postwar situation Tensions and mistrusts among them were already evident before the fighting finished Stalin was determined to create a pro-Soviet zone in Eastern Europe. His armies were in place, enabling him to enforce his will. In the decades after WWII, the ?Iron Curtain,? a phrase coined by Winston Churchill, became both an economic and political dividing line

Unit 7 Slurves

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US History
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Politics of the United States
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Presidency of Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Deal
Herbert Hoover
William Howard Taft
Politics

Unit 7 Slurves Jennifer Lyon 4/8/13 1. The progressive movement contributed to a decline in party influence. This resulted in a decline in voter turnout. After 1912, the voter turnout never again reached 70%, when it had regularly been in the 80%s in the late nineteenth century. The power of the parties was replaced by interest groups. 2. Wilson was, in general, a trustbuster. He believed that big business was both unjust and inefficient. He thought that monopoly could not be regulated and thus had to be destroyed. This was the basis of his successful New Freedom program.

political globalization

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US Gov and Politics
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globalization
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International relations
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Global governance
Democratic mundialization
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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The political economy of the state: basic perspectives Sovereignty, State, and Government Sovereignty: Two Dimensions Scale Source The Difference Between State and Government Two views on the state Weberian State as the monopoly of coercion / violence Pluralism and Interest Groups Pluralist model of the state Two views on the state Weberian State as the monopoly of coercion / violence Pluralism and Interest Groups State-Centrism: Distribution of power within state Marxian The state as superstructure Instrumental Structural Origins of the modern state system Peace of Westphalia (1648) Basic principles Birth of the modern state system and the ?society of states? The French revolution Origins of the modern state system Peace of Westphalia (1648) Basic principles

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