A dominant figure in Athenian Politics was Pericles. ( Fifth Century BC ). This era saw a peek of Athenian imortance. In turn, the figure of Pericles was so significant that this period of Athenian History is sometimes called "Age of Pericles". Pericles , appart from a statesman was also an Athenian General.
Amendments can be done by one of two proposed ways:
1- <span>a two-thirds vote of both the House and the Senate
2- </span><span>a national convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures
The farmers of the constitution made it so difficult to amend the constitution because they wanted to ensure that the document would endure and last for as many years as possible regardless who was in power.</span>
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<em>(May 25, 1961) "Yet the</em>re is much we can do--and must do. The proposals I bring before you are numerous and varied. They arise from the host of special opportunities and dangers which have become increasingly clear in recent months."
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President's speech:
President John F. Kennedy
Delivered in person before a joint session of Congress
May 25, 1961
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, my co-partners in Government, gentlemen and ladies:
The Constitution imposes upon me the obligation to "from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union." While this has traditionally been interpreted as an annual affair, this tradition has been broken in extraordinary times.
These are extraordinary times. And we face an extraordinary challenge. Our strength as well as our convictions have imposed upon this nation the role of leader in freedom's cause.
No role in history could be more difficult or more important. We stand for freedom.
That is our conviction for ourselves--that is our only commitment to others. No friend, no neutral and no adversary should think otherwise. We are not against any man--or any nation--or any system--except as it is hostile to freedom. Nor am I here to present a new military doctrine, bearing any one name or aimed at any one area. I am here to promote the freedom doctrine.
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By 1860 the population had increased to 3,952,760 56 % of which were under the age 0f 20 This Statistic gives an indication of the large numbers of slaves
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After the Civil War Abraham Lincoln was just the first of many US Presidents to encourage immigration through economic and politic measures (one of them was to give free land to anyone willing to work it). The country needed people to rebuild itself and to settle the west of the continent. And everyone was aware that there is plenty of space.
