Athens was one of the greatest examples of city-states in Ancient Greece. It established the foundations of direct democracy based on certain restrictions to be able to vote and have decision-making power. In order to vote for legislation a person had to be a male citizen, adult, not submissive or a woman, foreigners were also excluded from participation. Related to Athens' social structure, male citizens had the greatest advantages regarding political and social rights, property ownership, participation, etc.
Those who belong to the aristocracy through ownership of lands or long ago inheritance are the ones in control of the political power. Then, a middle class of land-owners whose wealth was quite limited and business men, such as merchants, traders who were closely watched by the Athenian citizens who had some limited rights depending if they could ascend in Athenian society. Below, in the social structure there's women, children and teens, laborers, slaves and foreigners. The people in these diverse groups were not considered citizens with very limited rights unlike male aristocrats. Being dependent on others to survive was a key element to be disenfranchised from the decision-making process in Athens, which was the case for the afore mentioned groups.
The National Recovery Administration was deemed unconstitutional as the court stated the combination of labor, industries, and the government was an overstep of the federal government's power. In particular it gave too much power to the executive branch as FDR's cabinet was responsible for meeting with labor and industry representatives.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act was also deemed unconstitutional for the same reason as the NRA--the government was too involved in economic affairs. The AAA was to correct the overproduction and surplus of the farming industry by buying livestock and grain surplus off of farmers. This would allow farmers to pay debts and to drive up prices of farm products. However, court stated the government could not be a consumer in the economy.
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1000 bce when the Greek alphabet first popped up, and it is directly or indirectly linked to all European alphabets that exist today.
The Gothic alphabet, created by Ulfilas in 4th century AD, the Glagolitic alphabet, created by one monk known as Saint Cyril in the 9th century, and the modern Cyrillic and Latin alphabet are all ultimately derived from the Greek alphabet.
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