Elements of Civil Government. Alexander L. Peterman
THE STATE
Introductory; Definition; Formation of Original States; Admission of New States; Purposes; Functions; Institutions; Citizens; Rights; Duties; Constitution; Formation and Adoption; Purposes; Value; Contents; Bill of Rights; Suggestive Questions
THE STATE--(Continued).
Government Departments; Legislative Department; Qualifications; Privileges; Power; Sessions; Functions; Forbidden Powers; The Senate; House of Representatives; Direct Legislation; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER IX.
THE STATE--(Continued).
Executive Department; Governor; Term; Qualifications; Powers; Duties; Lieutenant-Governor; Secretary of State; Auditor; Comptroller; Treasurer; Attorney-General; Superintendent of Public Instruction; Other Officers; Suggestive Questions
THE STATE--(Continued).
Judicial Department; Purposes; Supreme Court; District, or Circuit Court; Territories; Executive Department; Legislative Department; Judicial Department; Representation in Congress; Laws; Local Affairs; Purposes; Hawaii and Alaska; District of Columbia; Porto Rico and the Philippines; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XI.
THE UNITED STATES.
Introductory; Formation; Form of Government; Purposes; Functions; Citizens; Naturalization; Rights; Aliens; Constitution; Formation; Necessity; Amendment; Departments; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XII.
THE UNITED STATES--(Continued).
Legislative Department; Congress; Privileges of the Houses; Privileges and Disabilities of Members; Powers of Congress; Forbidden Powers; Senate; House of Representatives; The Speaker; Other Officers; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XIII.
THE UNITED STATES--(Continued).
Executive Department; President; Qualifications; Election; Inauguration; Official Residence; Dignity and Responsibility; Messages; Duties and Powers; Cabinet; Department of State; Diplomatic Service; Consular Service; Treasury Department; Bureaus; War Department; Bureaus; Military Academy; Navy Department; Naval Academy; Post-Office Department; Bureaus; Interior Department; Department of Justice; of Agriculture; of Commerce; of Labor; Separate Commissions; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XIV.
THE UNITED STATES--(Continued).
Judicial Department; Jurisdiction of U.S. Courts; Supreme Court of the United States; Jurisdiction; Dignity; United States Circuit Courts of Appeals; United States District Court; Court of Customs Appeals; Court of Claims; Other Courts; Term of Service; Officers of Courts; Suggestive Questions
GOVERNMENT.
Origin and Necessity; For the People; Kinds; Forms of Civil Government; Monarchy; Aristocracy; Democracy; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XVI.
JUSTICE.
Rights and Duties; Relation of Rights and Duties; Civil Rights and Duties; Industrial Rights and Duties; Social Rights and Duties; Moral Rights and Duties; Political Rights and Duties; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XVII.
LAW AND LIBERTY.
Origin; Kinds of Law; Courts; Suits; Judges; Grand Jury; Trial Jury; Origin of Juries; Officers of Courts; Legal Proceedings; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XVIII.
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS.
Suffrage; Importance; Elections; Methods of Voting; Officers of Elections; Bribery; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XIX.
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT SYSTEM,
Origin; In the United States; Principles; Requirements; Voting; Advantages; Forms of Ballots; In Louisville; In Massachusetts; In Indiana; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XX.
PARTIES AND PARTY MACHINERY.
Origin; Necessity; Party Machinery; Committees; Conventions; Calling Conventions; Local and State Conventions; National Convention; Platform; Nominations; Primary Elections; Caucuses; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XXI.
LEGISLATION.
Bills; Introduction; Committees; Reports; Amendments; Passage; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XXII.
REVENUE AND TAXATION.
Revenue; Taxation; Necessity of Taxation; Direct Taxes; Indirect Taxes; Customs or Duties; Internal Revenue; Suggestive Questions
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
INDEX
SUPPLEMENT - THE STATE OF GEORGIA
Arrangement of polling place as required by Massachusetts law.
First form of ballot type: City Ballot--no party names, candidate names in alphabetic order.
Second form of ballot type: Massachusetts Official Ballot.
Third form of ballot type: Indiana State Ballot.
ELEMENTS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT
PART I.
CHAPTER I.
THE FAMILY.