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The Presidency
Category: Social Studies: Government
Grade Level: 4th Grade and Above
Author: Kevin McNamara
Copyright/published Year: 2000 by Chelsea House
ISBN: 0-7910-5533-7
Binding: Hardback
The Presidency surveys the evolution of the office
throughout our history, from the Founding Father's fear that a
president might assume the powers of a kind to the expanded role
of the presidency in the 20th century, as America's participation
in foreign wars has continued to grow.
The Founding Fathers would probably be shocked at the power of
the U.S. presidency today. But they could not have predicted how
large, wealthy, and powerful a nation America would become. Wars
and other national crises have expanded the scope of the
presidency and demanded more of our presidents. These events
continue to determine how important presidents are and how much
power they will have.
From the start, Americans have regarded their government with a
mixture of reliance and mistrust. The founders of the republic
understood the importance of government. "If men were angels,"
observed the 51st Federalist Paper, "no government would be
necessary." But men are not angels.
The delegates who gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to write the
Constitution had two purposes in mind: They wanted to establish a
strong central authority and to limit that central authority's
capacity to abuse its power.
The series Your Government: How it Works provides an
in-depth examination of our government and its workings and makes
clear how our informed participation is crucial to government's
serving both the individual and the American people as a
whole.
Other Books in the Your Government -- How it Works
series
The Attorney General's
Office
The Cabinet
The Central Intelligence
Agency
The Drug Enforcement
Administration
The Federal Bureau of
Investigation
History of the Democrat
Party
History of the Republican
Party
History of Third
Parties
The House of
Representatives/a>
How a Bill is Passed
How to Become an Elected
Official
The Impeachment
Process
The Presidency
The Internal Revenue
Service
The Secretary of
State
The Senate
The Speaker of the House of
Representatives
The Supreme Court
The U.S. Armed Forces
The U.S. Constitution
The Vice
Presidency
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