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Crash Course Government and Politics
Constitutional Compromises: Crash Course Government #5
Season 1
Episode 5
The United State’s didn’t always have its current system of government. Actually, this is it’s second attempt. Craig will delve into the failures (and few successes) of the Articles of Confederation, tell you how delegates settled on a two-house system of representation and discuss the issues of slavery and population that have been imbedded into our constitution.
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9:22
All about how the president gets things done.
6:11
All about delegation and informal powers.
7:48
All about the presidential powers NOT found in the Constitution
6:26
All about the expressed powers of the President of the United States.
6:31
All about the three motivating factors of congressional decisions.
6:56
The process of how a bill becomes a law can be pretty complex.
8:10
All about the leadership structure of congress.
8:26
Learn about standing committees, joint committees, conference committees, and caucuses.
8:52
All about the importance of congressional elections.
9:13
In the US, power is divided between the national government and the 50 state governments.
8:30
All about the US Governments Separation of powers and the system of checks and balances
9:04
All about the United States Congress, and why it's bicameral, and what bicameral means.