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Title: Civil government of the United States and Wisconsin for common schools and high schools
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Hewitt, W. G. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Educational publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ted, apportionment and number, qualifications. 2. Who is meant by the Electors in Article I, Section 2 ? 3. Explain the controversy that produced the three-fifthsclause. 4. Tell how the Southern States eliminate the Negro vote,and say whether you regard it as just or not. 5. What reason do you see for the people electing repre-sentatives, while the Legislatures elect senators ? 6. What might Congress do if any State should by lawopenly exclude Negroes from voting? 7. Who is the executive authority referred to in ArticleI, Section 2, Clause 4? 8. When a new State enters the Union, how is the numberof Representatives determined ? Why do not the first Senatorsalways hold office for six years? 9. Describe the method of electing Senators and Repre-sentatives. 10. What reason do you see for the prohibition on Congressas to the place of electing Senators ? 4^ GRAy^TSeuRG CELL5W0RTH R C E- -^ POPULATION OF COI(Censu WISCONSIN ficpcucd fo///eC BLUE BOOH or T//E STATE fVomOfTicial Records.1900.
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1st District ..191,491 2(i ..170,792 3d ..180,750 4th ..183,540 5th ..181,706 6th ,.184,517 7th ..193,890 8th ..194,634 9th10th ..179,097..190,975 ..217,650 T otal, 2,069.042 OF THE UNITED STATES 19 11. What qualification must a voter have to vote for Repre-sentatives in Wisconsin? 12. By a drawing, show what is meant by gerrymander- 13. What advantage is it to the United States to have acensus taken every ten years? 14. Explain how a President would be impeached andtried, did he commit treason. 15. Summarize the duties of a Senator as given by HenryCabot Lodge. 16. If you were to choose between being a Representative,or a Senator, which would it be, and why? 17. Here are some questions suggested by what ThomasB Reed says about being a Congressman: (i.) Why does a new member usually have a hardtime to get on? (2.) Why does not the vote follow the best speeches?(3.) Why out of 10,000 proposed laws do only 500become laws? (4.) What makes it difficult to be either seen orheard in the Halcivilgovernmento00hewi

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