Woodrow Wilson Analysis

“The president 's power is felt all over the world.” No nation is so remote from the U.S. that they can avoid the repercussions of American diplomacy. The president can abuse their powers and it will affect the U.S as well as other countries that associate with us. “The formal powers as listed in the Constitution say little about a modern president 's real power.” Modern presidents have way more power than was is listed in the constitution, they do not have to follow the guidelines completely like past presidents would have had to.

and when the tax on whiskey was placed he opposed it, saying “The first error was to admit it by the Constitution.” (Doc A). He didn’t like the constitution because of the fact that it would make central government stronger. When the alien act was passed he was opposed to it and said that the central government should only have a set of specific purposes and the leftover purposes should be left to the states individually.(Doc B) Determining the amount of time it takes to be a citizen, and the ability to jail people opposing the government was too much power to Jefferson. When he came into office he realized the necessity for more central power and took more matters into his own hands, he had become a loose constructionist.

Roosevelt hurt our country because of his power- hungry presidency. He changed the court system so that it would be in his favor, by changing the Constitution and adding court justices. This was unfair to all presidents before Roosevelt because they had to work with courts that may not have been on their side. As far as I know, however, other presidents knew that that was the way the court ran. That the court was not always in one's favor.

After the Boston Tea Party, Britain passed these laws to punish Boston and reinforce British control. The laws affected the lives of the Americans and through the Boston Harbour Act, they were unable to utilize the harbour. Due to Britain taking away the people of Boston’s ability to export and import goods, Samuel Adams’ words were valued and Americans wanted Britain to be held accountable for “cutting off our trade with all parts of the world”. Adams was the founder of the Sons of Liberty, a group of merchants, politicians and lawyers, involved in the protest of the Stamp Act. The refusal of the Stamp Act inspired Americans to confront the actions of Britain.

Both Alexander Mackenzie and John A. Macdonald contributed greatly to making Canada what it is today. However, due to being on opposing political parties, they both came up with completely opposite policies. First of all, while Mackenzie was seeking free trade with the USA, Macdonald implemented the National Policy. In addition, both Mackenzie and Macdonald had different intentions towards the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) project. Macdonald wanted to complete the CPR project, however, Mackenzie gave it no thought and immediately cancelled it.

“The Middle East, which has been converted by Russia ,Would today be prized more than ever by international communism.” Thesis: While all Cold War presidents wanted to stop communism,they all had different ideas on how to accomplish that issue. President truman used economic aid. President Eisenhower focused on military aid. President Kennedy used military use.

World War I changed society in many ways. One way that World War I changed society was that after men came back from the war the women did not want to go back to being the house hold wife. They wanted to work like men did, because women were working when men were at war. Also after the war women were given the right to suffrage, or in other words the right to vote. Before 1920 women were not allowed to vote.

This of course is predicated on the belief that the public’s opinion will influence the actions of their representatives in Congress since representatives want to be reelected. In modern use, particularly with television and looser campaign finance regulations, Presidents now are more sending a message to party leadership or interest groups, letting them either take up the issue in Congress or mobilize the people. Of the powers a President has, the power of influence; especially in modern, media-driven society, is paramount. Although another aspect of Presidential power is the idea of executive privilege, or being able to keep all conversations the President has private. This is perhaps one of the more controversial powers given to the President because it begs the question of how a President can be held responsible if the people don’t know what they are doing?

The many Americans that believed Hoover was at fault for the crisis, then began to look at Roosevelt for some sort of solution. One reason Roosevelt was so popular was because he was, unlike Hoover, very much in favor of Federal appropriation. One very important quote from Roosevelt was “Repeated attempts at their solution without the aid of government had left us baffled and bewildered… We knew that we must find practical controls over blind economic forces and blindly selfish men”(Hanes and Hanes 58). This quote is important because it is saying that Hoover 's attempts at trying to fix the crisis without Federal appropriation wasn’t working.

Government laws are necessary for our communities because if people do not agree with the government, it does not mean government decision are incorrect. In “Civil Disobedience,” Thoreau talks about government and points out the flaws in the government system. On the other hand, in “ The Grapes of Wrath,” Steinbeck talk on the birth of civilization from physical and governmental issues. Although, many cases Thoreau and Steinbeck perspectives on government contradicts with each other however they both share similar thoughts about self-government.

Roosevelt was elected as the United States president. He took office with the country mired in the depths of The Great Depression. FDR immediately acted on this issue and thus was born the New Deal programs. The New Deal expanded the government’s role in the depression economy, and also enhanced laws that regulated Wall Street. FDR’s

Jackson and the Democratic Party believed in limiting the influence of the federal government, with more power lying with the states. While in office, Jackson used his executive power to veto laws more times than any other president before him. One of these veto choices involved allowing the Second National Bank charter to expire. Jackson believed that the national bank only helped the wealthy, not the common people in America. He removed all the money from the national bank, transferred it to the states, and let the charter expire.

Patrick Henry was one of those famous powerful figures, patriots, who provided support for the antifederalists. Anti Federalists were in debt and they feared a strong central government who would make them pay-off their debts. They thought that it gave too much power to the national government at the expense of the state governments, and there was no bill of rights, thus, they opposed the ratification of the constitution. As shown on Document G, even in a political system, with checks and balances, a certain branch can be too powerful, which can lead to tyranny of the common people. This document was directed towards the Federalist by the antifederalist to explain a possible problem of the checks and balances system, after the drafting of the constitution and awaiting approval.

Though I agree with what the act it trying to accomplish because Congress in trying to stay in control of the power to declare war and limit the President’s power to declare war. I honestly feel that power is too much power for one person such as the President to control. I would hope in the future that Congress passes a more effective War Powers Act that the President will have to follow. One of the Presidents that has violated the War Powers Act was President Bill Clinton when he got our military involved in Kosovo. President Clinton didn’t receive Congress’s approval to get involved in the conflict in Kosovo, in fact they voted against it several times.

The powers granted to the federal government, like the abilities to “ascertain sums and expenses” and “borrow money or emit bills” were “recommendatory only” (Articles of Confederacy, Art. 9; Madison, HCR, 200). In theory, these laws were “constitutionally binding on the members of the Union,” but in practice, “they [were] mere recommendations which the States observe[d] or disregard[ed] at their option” (Hamilton, HCR, 243). Many times, the states chose to disregard the requisitions for funds because of the lack of penalties for failing to oblige; this often led to consequences, like national debt, and the absence of commerce or currency regulation. This weakness of the Articles needed to be improved to preserve the union, as the central government required a means to achieve their end goals of controlling the economy. The Constitution fixed this problem with the taxing and spending clause, the vestment clause, and the creation of an independent judiciary system.