Selective Service System

The twenty-second amendment now limits the president to serve only two terms, this was created so that the presidents did not become too powerful. The twenty-sixth amendment deals with voting rights. The change in 1971 gave the right for people eighteen years and older to

One is how he was the Texas commander at the Battle of the Alamo, but he sadly passed during this war at the age of twenty six. Historians know of eight letters that Alamo commander William Barret Travis sent out while the Alamo was under siege. The Alamo siege began on February 23, 1836, and continued for almost two weeks. Travis’s appeal from the Alamo for reinforcements has become an American symbol of unyielding courage and heroism. Although a few reinforcements arrived before the Alamo fell, Travis and over 180 defenders gave their lives for Texas independence on March 6, 1836.

On August 28, 1775, when congress recessed John finally took the opportunity to marry his fiancee Dorothy Quincy, they had two kids but neither one live to be adults. On July 4, 1776, something big happened in John 's life him and Continental Congress were the only two to sign the original version of the Declaration of independence on that day. The reason John said he wrote his name so big was so John Bull could read it without his glasses, John Bull was the general in England at the time. In October of 1777 John was forced to resign from Presidency because of health problems. By 1778 he recovered from his problem and was given the order as a Major General of Massachusetts Militia.

This stalemate brought on another revision to the constitution where it was proposed to vote separately for President and Vice. This was known as the 12th amendment which was ratified in 1804. Jefferson served as the 3rd president of the United States and served for two terms. He was sworn into office in 1808 as the first to ever be sworn in at Washington D.C. His biggest achievement as president was accomplished during his first term where he was able to successfully achieve the Louisiana Purchase.

Tecumseh had a very small continent of few tribesmen. Tecumseh had around 1808 tribesmen. When him and men traveled they decided to join his brother Tenskwatawa. Tenskwatawa became a prominent Native American religious leader.

Beginning in the 1880s, the Senate began to have a filibuster occur about once every two years.10 This emergence of filibustering was met with opposition. Frustrated Senate leaders began attempting to pass legislation that would limit the use of the filibuster, such reform attempts occurred in 1850, 1873, 1883, and 1890.11 Finally in 1917, filibuster reform was finally successfully passed with the adoption of Rule XXII as requested by President Wilson.12 Rule XXII established cloture that would end debate with a two-thirds majority.

These three marches alone spurred a national change; President Lyndon Johnson delivered his “The American Promise” speech as a special message before congress, the 1564th Senate bill, a voting rights bill, was introduced in the 89th United Stated Congress, the passage of voting rights bill in Congress was hastened, and Rev. Martian Luther King, Jr., delivered his “How Long? Not Long” speech on the final day of the 3rd march on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Then, on the 45th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday”, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan delivered a speech detailing how far equality in America has come since then and how far America has yet to go in achieving true

Ronald Reagan was the 40th presidents of the United States of America, he was an actor. Ronald wanted to be in the entertainment business when he was younger, and he did so by being in more than 50 films. Reagan served in World War II; he had bad eyesight, during his time in the war he sent most of his time making training films. Ronald Reagan became president at the age of 69, he was one of our oldest presidents on record. On March 30, 1981, a 25-year old named John Hinckley Jr. shot Ronald just outside the Washington D.C Hilton Hotel.

The original plan was for the statue to be only ten feet high, but this was changed so that the figure of Lincoln would not be dwarfed by the size of the chamber. The Memorial is visited by millions of visitors each year and is the site of many large public gatherings and protests. Martin Luther King, Jr. also delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech to a crowd by the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 during the March on Washington

He gives a one sentence statement of resignation, and becomes the first president to resign from being President of the United States. Nixon gives a resignation speech in which he states, “I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.” {PBS, 1974)[6] After his resignation, the nation was somewhat divided. The presidency was handed over to Gerald Ford, who was serving as the Vice President.

Significantly, his disapproval rating climbed in direct relation to the fall in his approval rating. When people changed their minds about President Nixon they were skipping ambivalence and going straight to disapproval. As the 37th President he ended American Involvement in the war in Vietnam in 1973 and brought the troops back home. At the same time, he ended military draft.

After years of judicial opposition and close two years of congressional quarrel, on June 25, 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Fair Standard Act (FLSA). President Roosevelt describes the Act as “the most far-reaching, far-sighted program for the benefit of workers ever adopted in this or any other country." () Before the passage of the Fair Standard Act there were multiple efforts on the state level to restrict hours of work and set minimum wages. In 1840, the longer existing National Trade Union convinced President Van Buren to make an executive order restricting a 10 hour government work day. The National Labor Union made making the 8 hour work week a priority after the civil war had ended.

Congress passed ‘The Judiciary Act of 1801’ and President Adams signs it on February 13, 1801, less than three weeks before the end of his term. This act reduced the size of the Supreme Court from six justices to five and eliminated the justices ' circuit duties. To replace

The case study lasted for sixteen months, and was composed of personal interviews with over 72 Osage people, as well as weekly meetings with the Osage Government Reform Commission, which was in charge of writing the new constitution. Part of the case study examined the feedback from the referendum, which was administered to the Osage people, and was concerned with options for the new constitution. Another aspect of the case study analyzed the new membership system. The study found that in 2004 only four thousand descendants of the nearly sixteen thousand total descendants have full citizenship. This could have originated from the fact that the tribal roll in 1906 only acknowledged 2,229 people who held

On March 18, 1981, the entire island was listed on the National Register for Historical Places and designated the Kaho`olawe Archaeological District. At the request of then representative/senate candidate Patricia Saiki, President Bush, two weeks before the 90s election, told the Secretary of Defense to immediately cease the use of Kaho 'olawe as a weapons range. During the same period of time, Senator Akaka, was competeing with Mrs. Saiki for the senate seat, introduced legislation to create a Kaho 'olawe conveyance commission. This proposal became part of the 1991 Defense Appropriations Act [PL 101-511, Sec. 8118]. Section 8118 established the Kaho`olawe Island Conveyance Commission to recommend terms and conditions for the conveyance of