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After wearing black armbands to school in protest of the Vietnam War, three students -- two of them siblings -- were suspended by the Des Moines...
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2018The Social Security Act of 1935 was created in response to social problems that had developed in the 19th and early 20th century. The act created the...
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2018Following World War II, tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States increased. As the Cold War began, the spread of communism and Soviet...
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2018Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution gives the President the power to "grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the...
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2019In the Constitution, the Congress is given the sole power of impeachment and removing the President and all civil officers from office. This power of...
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2018The Cold War was a period of heightened tension and conflict between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their allies throughout the world that...
Congressional oversight is the power of the legislative branch to review, monitor and supervise the actions of the federal bureaucracy. This lesson...
The legislative branch is divided into the House of Representatives and the Senate. While these chambers are both tasked with making laws, they...
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2020The Constitution divides power amongst the three branches of government. This lesson looks at ways that each branch influences and creates public...