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Social Civics

by William Bennett Munro

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Author
Ozanne, Charles Eugene, 1865-1961
Original Publication
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1922.
Credits
Charlene Taylor, KD Weeks,and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
H: Social sciences
Subject
Social sciences
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 72924
Release Date
February 10, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SOCIAL CIVICS
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.LIST OF MAPS, CHARTS, AND DIAGRAMS
  6. 6.CHAPTER I HUMAN SOCIETY
  7. 7.CHAPTER II THE PEOPLE, RACES, AND RACIAL PROBLEMS OF THE UNITED STATES
  8. 8.CHAPTER III ECONOMIC FACTORS AND ORGANIZATION — Some Essential Economic Activities
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV THE NATURE AND FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
  10. 10.CHAPTER V THE CITIZEN, HIS RIGHTS AND DUTIES
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI POPULAR CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT — Public Opinion and Representative Government — The Civil Service System. — Direct Legislation by the People
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS — Suffrage — Nominations — Elections
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII POLITICAL PARTIES AND PRACTICAL POLITICS
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX COUNTIES AND RURAL COMMUNITIES — County Government — Towns and Townships
  15. 15.CHAPTER X CITY GOVERNMENT
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI MUNICIPAL PROBLEMS OF TODAY — City Planning and Public Works
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII STATE GOVERNMENT IN OUTLINE
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV CONGRESS AT WORK
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET — The President — The Cabinet
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI THE COURTS, THE LAW, AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE. — The Courts — The Law — Judicial Procedure
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII THE AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND REGULATION OF COMMERCE. — Interstate Commerce and the Railroads — International Trade and Tariff Policy
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX THE ORGANIZATION AND CONTROL OF INDUSTRY
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI LABOR AND LABOR PROBLEMS
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII CURRENCY, BANKING, AND CREDIT — The Banking System — The Credit System
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII TAXATION AND PUBLIC FINANCE
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV EDUCATION
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII POOR-RELIEF, CORRECTION, AND OTHER WELFARE PROBLEMS
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII THE NATIONAL DEFENCE
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX FOREIGN RELATIONS
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXX THE UNITED STATES AS A WORLD POWER
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI THE UNITED STATES AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION
  38. 38.APPENDIX CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES — PREAMBLE — ARTICLE I LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT — Section 1. Two Houses — Section 2. House of Representatives — Section 3. Senate — Section 4. Elections and Meetings of Congress — Section 5. Powers and Duties of the Houses — Section 6. Privileges of and Restrictions on Members — Section 7. Revenue Bills: Veto of President — Section 8. Legislative Powers of Congress — Section 9. Prohibitions upon the United States — Section 10. Prohibitions upon the States — ARTICLE II EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT: THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT — Section 1. Term: Election: Qualifications: Salary: Oath of Office — Section 2. President’s Executive Powers — Section 3. President’s Executive Powers ( continued ) — Section 4. Impeachment — ARTICLE III JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT — Section 1. Courts: Terms of Office — Section 2. Jurisdiction — Section 3. Treason — ARTICLE IV RELATIONS OF STATES — Section 1. Public Records — Section 2. Rights in One State of Citizens of Another State — Section 3. New States: Territories — Section 4. Protection to States by the Nation — ARTICLE V AMENDMENT — ARTICLE VI NATIONAL DEBTS: SUPREMACY OF NATIONAL LAW: OATH — ARTICLE VII ESTABLISHMENT OF CONSTITUTION
  39. 39.AMENDMENTS [319] — ARTICLE I FREEDOM OF RELIGION, OF SPEECH, AND OF THE PRESS: RIGHT OF PETITION — ARTICLE II RIGHT TO KEEP ARMS — ARTICLE III QUARTERING OF SOLDIERS IN PRIVATE HOUSES — ARTICLE IV SEARCH WARRANTS — ARTICLE V CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS — ARTICLE VI CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS ( continued ) — ARTICLE VII JURY TRIAL IN CIVIL CASES — ARTICLE VIII EXCESSIVE PUNISHMENTS — ARTICLE IX UNENUMERATED RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE — ARTICLE X POWERS RESERVED TO STATES — ARTICLE XI [321] SUITS AGAINST STATES — ARTICLE XII ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT — ARTICLE XIII [323] SLAVERY — Section 1. Abolition of Slavery — Section 2. Power of Congress — ARTICLE XIV [324] CIVIL RIGHTS: APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES: POLITICAL DISABILITIES: PUBLIC DEBT — Section 1. Civil Rights — Section 2. Apportionment of Representatives — Section 3. Political Disabilities — Section 4. Public Debt — Section 5. Powers of Congress — ARTICLE XV [325] RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE — Section 1. Right of Negro to Vote — Section 2. Power of Congress — ARTICLE XVI [326] INCOME TAX — ARTICLE XVII [327] SENATE: ELECTION: VACANCIES — ARTICLE XVIII [328] NATIONAL PROHIBITION — ARTICLE XIX [329] WOMAN SUFFRAGE
  40. 40.INDEX
  41. 41.Footnotes

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