Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution Created the Legislative Branch of Government
Section 1
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
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Article II of the U.S. Constitution Created the Executive Branch of Government
Section 1
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term,
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Article III of the U.S. Constitution Created the Judicial Branch of Government
Section 1
The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
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The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Granted Freedom of Religion
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
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The Treaty of Paris 1783 Provided for the end of the American Revolution and Britain Recognized American Independance
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States on September 3, 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the Thirteen Colonies, which had been part of colonial British America, to be free, sovereign and independent states.
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The President Elect was sworn in on March 4; before the Constitutional Amendment, the last President Elected and Sworn in on March 4 was Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The U.S. Constitution originally directed that a president be inaugurated on March 4 of the year following a presidential election. This date was used from 1793 to 1933. However, the four months when a defeated president would continue to serve until the president-elect was sworn in was often a time of political inaction.
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The President Elect was sworn in on January 20 after the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first President Sworn in on January 20.
The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was adopted on January 23, 1933
Section 1
The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
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The United States Congress had the Power to issue Letters Marquis allowing piracy of ships and property on land seized
Article I, Section 8, Clause 11:
The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; . . .
In Brown v. United States,1 Chief Justice John Marshall addressed the legal position of enemy property during wartime. He held that the mere declaration of war by Congress does not effect a confiscation of enemy property situated within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, but that Congress could subject such property to confiscation by further action.
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Women Obtained the Right to vote in National Elecctions when Congress passed the 19th Amendment, which Granted women the right to vote. The Amendment passed on June 4 1919 and was Adopted after Ratification August 18, 1920.
The Nineteenth Amendment (XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and the states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, in effect recognizing the right of women to vote.
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The "Volstead Act" prohibited the Sale and Manufacture of Alcohol within the United States.
Prohibition, legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933
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The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution also known as the "Volstead Act" prohibited the sale and manufacture of Alcohol within the United States
Volstead Act, U.S. law enacted in 1919 (and taking effect in 1920) to provide enforcement for the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
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The Bull Moose Party was Created by Theodore Roosevelt
The Progressive Party, popularly nicknamed the Bull Moose Party, was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protégé turned rival, incumbent president William Howard Taft
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The Cause of World War 1 was when Germany, a signatory to the Treaty, crossed Belgium to attack France.
When World War I began, Germany invaded neutral Belgium and Luxembourg as part of the Schlieffen Plan, in an attempt to capture Paris quickly by catching the French off guard through an invasion via neutral countries. It was this action that technically caused the British to enter the war, as they were still bound by the 1839 agreement to protect Belgium in the event of war. Gernany and England were members of the Treaty and when Germany violated the Treaty, England Declared War on Germany.
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The Treat of Versailles Ended World War 1
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers. It was signed in the Palace of Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which led to the war
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Germany went into an Economic Depression and ultimately went Bankrupt as a result of the Treat of Versailles' provision of reparation.
The treaty required Germany to disarm, make territorial concessions, extradite alleged war criminals, agree to Kaiser Wilhelm being put on trial, recognize the independence of states whose territory had previously been part of the German Empire, and pay reparations to the Entente powers. The most critical and controversial provision in the treaty was: "The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies.
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President Roosevelt in an attempt to shore up the U.S. Economy, ordered the closing of all banks for a period of time and reopened only those banks that could survive.
At 1:00 a.m. on Monday, March 6, President Roosevelt issued Proclamation 2039 ordering the suspension of all banking transactions, effective immediately. He had taken the oath of office only thirty-six hours earlier. The terms of the presidential proclamation specified that “no such banking institution or branch shall pay out, export, earmark, or permit the withdrawal or transfer in any manner or by any device whatsoever, of any gold or silver coin or bullion or currency or take any other action which might facilitate the hoarding thereof; nor shall any such banking institution or branch pay out deposits, make loans or discounts, deal in foreign exchange, transfer credits from the United States to any place abroad, or transact any other banking business whatsoever.”
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President Roosevelt Created the Civilian Conservation Corps to hire Unemployed Men during the country's depression.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), established by Congress on March 31, 1933, provided jobs for young, unemployed men during the Great Depression. Over its 9-year lifespan, the CCC employed about 3 million men nationwide. The CCC made valuable contributions to forest management, flood control, conservation projects, and the development of state and national parks, forests, and historic sites. In return, the men received the benefits of education and training, a small paycheck, and the dignity of honest work. Three CCC companies operated in the North Dakota badlands between 1934 and 1941, contributing to projects that today’s visitors can still appreciate.
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The American Revolution Began on July 19, 1775 atLexington Common when the "Shot Heard Round the World" was fired. As a result a fight between the Colonists (Minute Men) and the British Army ensued
The Battles of Lexington and Concord was the first major military campaign of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in an American victory and outpouring of militia support for the anti-British cause. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge. They marked the outbreak of armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Patriot militias from America's thirteen colonies.The British troops after the battle at Concord retreated back to Boston,
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The First Ten Amendments to the United States Constitution is the BILL OF RIGHTS
The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate over the ratification of the Constitution and written to address the objections raised by Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights amendments add to the Constitution specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, clear limitations on the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and explicit declarations that all powers not specifically granted to the federal government by the Constitution are reserved to the states or the people.
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All Presidents are elected and assigned consecutive numbers, for example Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. Jefferson Davis was only the president of the Confederate States, those states that susceeded from the United States
Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 - December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederates States from 1861-1865.