ZACHARY TAYLOR.
1. what major issue did taylor have to deal with when he entered office?
2. where did taylor stand with respect to the extension of slavery in the west?
MILLIARD FILLMORE.
1. did the compromise of 1850 satisfy both sides?
2. fillmore was the last president from which political party?
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
1. what tragedy at the beginning of pierce’s administration, cast a long shadow over his presidency?
2. the passage of what act doomed pierce’s presidency and brought about significant chaos?
JAMES BUCHANAN.
1. what position did buchanan take with regard to the dred scott decision?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
1. what bold, unprecedented, moves did lincoln make to grow the power of president in an effort to save the union?
2. what was lincoln’s more profound accomplishment in the office?
Shah's request to seek asy- lum in the to antagonize the new Iranian government and to do whatever was possi- ble to build a
He interviewed explorers and propagandized their stories in a popular book.
<span>Certainly not. The United States has never, since its founding, consisted of a small number of citizens, still less of citizens that could practically assemble in one place at one time and debate their actions. A pure democracy in this classical Greek city-state sense was never practical, and was not seriously considered.
What the Framers created was a constitutional representative republic. Sovereignty is vested in the people, like a democracy (and unlike a constitutional monarchy), but the people do not rule directly. Instead, they elect representatives, at regular intervals, and these rule in the peoples' stead. Their powers are limited, first, by the fact that they are elected for only short terms, and must be re-elected if they wish to continue in power, and secondly, and much more importantly, by the Constitution itself, which puts express written limits on their powers even between elections.</span>
