HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NATION |
Из књиге
Резултати 1-5 од 38
Страница 1927
... methods of increasing the army . Newton D. Baker was made secretary of war . In the meantime Attor- ney - General McReynolds had been appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States , and Thomas Watt Gregory , special assistant ...
... methods of increasing the army . Newton D. Baker was made secretary of war . In the meantime Attor- ney - General McReynolds had been appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States , and Thomas Watt Gregory , special assistant ...
Страница 1942
... not now proclaim and make effective renunciation of its present methods of submarine warfare against pas- senger and cargo ships , the United States Govern- ment can have no other choice than to break off 1942 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN ...
... not now proclaim and make effective renunciation of its present methods of submarine warfare against pas- senger and cargo ships , the United States Govern- ment can have no other choice than to break off 1942 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN ...
Страница 1964
... methods of quantity production was early recognized . The re- sult of the efforts to meet this need was the Liberty motor - America's chief contribution to aviation , and one of the great achievements of the war . After this motor ...
... methods of quantity production was early recognized . The re- sult of the efforts to meet this need was the Liberty motor - America's chief contribution to aviation , and one of the great achievements of the war . After this motor ...
Страница 2044
... methods of settling labor disputes ; service pension to every honorably discharged soldier and sailor of the United States ; graduated income tax ; United States sena- tors elective by direct vote of the people ; absolute 2044 HISTORY ...
... methods of settling labor disputes ; service pension to every honorably discharged soldier and sailor of the United States ; graduated income tax ; United States sena- tors elective by direct vote of the people ; absolute 2044 HISTORY ...
Страница 2053
... methods of enabling Congress to regulate commerce . It drew up a report which condemned the existing state of things , declared that reforms were necessary , and suggested a further general convention in the follow- ing year to consider ...
... methods of enabling Congress to regulate commerce . It drew up a report which condemned the existing state of things , declared that reforms were necessary , and suggested a further general convention in the follow- ing year to consider ...
Друга издања - Прикажи све
Чести термини и фразе
action administration Allies amendment American appointed army authority bill body British cabinet called candidate chosen cities citizens colonies committee Congress convention courts debate declared defeated Democratic Democratic-Republican party dent district duties election electoral votes Elihu Root England English equal eral executive existence favor Federal Constitution force foreign France German governor gress House of Representatives impeachment issue Jefferson John Adams judges labor lature league League of Nations legislation legislature majority matter measure ment minister Monroe Monroe Doctrine national government National Greenback nominated organization passed peace persons platform political popular vote cast practically President presidential prohibition PROHIBITION PARTY provisions question received one hundred Republican party revenue Secretary Senate session ships slavery South Carolina South Dakota statutes suffrage tariff taxation term territories tion tional treaty troops Union United usually veto Vice-President Washington Whigs whole Wilson
Популарни одломци
Страница 1952 - The object of this war is to deliver the free peoples of the world from the menace and the actual power of a vast military establishment controlled by an irresponsible government...
Страница 2103 - House, in which case they shall be appointed by ballot; and if, upon such ballot, the number required shall not be elected by a majority of the votes given, the House shall proceed to a second ballot, in which a plurality of votes shall prevail; and, in...
Страница 1943 - In accordance with the general principles of visit and search and destruction of merchant vessels recognized by international law, such vessels, both within and without the area declared as naval war zone, shall not be sunk without warning and without saving human lives, unless these ships attempt to escape or offer resistance.
Страница 1952 - Punitive damages, the dismemberment of empires, the establishment of selfish and exclusive economic leagues, we deem inexpedient and in the end worse than futile, no proper basis for a peace of any kind, least of all for an enduring peace.
Страница 1952 - We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as a guarantee of anything that is to endure, unless explicitly supported by such conclusive evidence of the will and purpose of the German people themselves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting.
Страница 2059 - The votes are transmitted, sealed up, to the capital and there opened by the president of the Senate in the presence of both Houses and counted.
Страница 1945 - I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the Government and people of the United States...
Страница 2086 - The Senate now contains many men of great wealth. Some, an increasing number, are senators because they are rich ; a few are rich because they are senators ; while in the remaining cases the same talents which have won success in law or commerce have brought their possessor to the top in politics also. The great majority are or have been lawyers ; some regularly practise before the Supreme Court.
Страница 2119 - Under the system of congressional finance here described America wastes millions annually. But her wealth is so great, her revenue so elastic, that she is not sensible of the loss. She has the glorious privilege of youth, the privilege of committing errors without suffering from their consequences.
Страница 2198 - In every Territory, as in every State, the executive legislative and judicial departments are kept distinct. The Executive consists of a governor, appointed for four years by the President of the United States, with the consent of the Senate, and removable by the President, together with a secretary, treasurer, auditor, and usually also a superintendent of public instruction, and a librarian.