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STATE--(Continued).
Judicial Department; Purposes; Supreme Court; District, or Circuit
Court; Territories; Executive Department; Legislative Department;
Judicial Department; Representation in Congress; Laws; Local Affairs;
Purposes; Hawaii and Alaska; District of Columbia; Porto Rico and the
Philippines; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XI.
THE UNITED STATES.
Introductory; Formation; Form of Government; Purposes; Functions;
Citizens; Naturalization; Rights; Aliens; Constitution; Formation;

Necessity; Amendment; Departments; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XII.
THE UNITED STATES--(Continued).
Legislative Department; Congress; Privileges of the Houses; Privileges
and Disabilities of Members; Powers of Congress; Forbidden Powers;
Senate; House of Representatives; The Speaker; Other Officers;
Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XIII.
THE UNITED STATES--(Continued).
Executive Department; President; Qualifications; Election;
Inauguration; Official Residence; Dignity and Responsibility;
Messages; Duties and Powers; Cabinet; Department of State;
Diplomatic Service; Consular Service; Treasury Department; Bureaus;
War Department; Bureaus; Military Academy; Navy Department;
Naval Academy; Post-Office Department; Bureaus; Interior
Department; Department of Justice; of Agriculture; of Commerce; of
Labor; Separate Commissions; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XIV.
THE UNITED STATES--(Continued).
Judicial Department; Jurisdiction of U.S. Courts; Supreme Court of the
United States; Jurisdiction; Dignity; United States Circuit Courts of
Appeals; United States District Court; Court of Customs Appeals;
Court of Claims; Other Courts; Term of Service; Officers of Courts;
Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XV.
GOVERNMENT.

Origin and Necessity; For the People; Kinds; Forms of Civil
Government; Monarchy; Aristocracy; Democracy; Suggestive
Questions
CHAPTER XVI.
JUSTICE.
Rights and Duties; Relation of Rights and Duties; Civil Rights and
Duties; Industrial Rights and Duties; Social Rights and Duties; Moral
Rights and Duties; Political Rights and Duties; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XVII.
LAW AND LIBERTY.
Origin; Kinds of Law; Courts; Suits; Judges; Grand Jury; Trial Jury;
Origin of Juries; Officers of Courts; Legal Proceedings; Suggestive
Questions
CHAPTER XVIII.
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS.
Suffrage; Importance; Elections; Methods of Voting; Officers of
Elections; Bribery; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XIX.
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT SYSTEM,
Origin; In the United States; Principles; Requirements; Voting;
Advantages; Forms of Ballots; In Louisville; In Massachusetts; In
Indiana; Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XX.

PARTIES AND PARTY MACHINERY.
Origin; Necessity; Party Machinery; Committees; Conventions; Calling
Conventions; Local and State Conventions; National Convention;
Platform; Nominations; Primary Elections; Caucuses; Suggestive
Questions
CHAPTER XXI.
LEGISLATION.
Bills; Introduction; Committees; Reports; Amendments; Passage;
Suggestive Questions
CHAPTER XXII.
REVENUE AND TAXATION.
Revenue; Taxation; Necessity of Taxation; Direct Taxes; Indirect
Taxes; Customs or Duties; Internal Revenue; Suggestive Questions
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
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ELEMENTS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT

PART I.

CHAPTER I.
THE FAMILY.

INTRODUCTORY.[1]--People living in the United States owe respect
and obedience to not less than four different governments; that is, to
four forms of organized authority. They have duties, as citizens of a
township or civil district, as citizens of a county, as citizens of some
one of the States, and as citizens of the United States. All persons are,
or have been, members of a family; some also live under a village or
city government; and most children are subject to the government, of
some school. Many people in this country live under six
governments--namely, the family, the township or civil district, the
village or city, the county, the State, and the United States; while
children who live in villages or cities, and attend school, are subject to
seven different governments. These organizations are so closely related
that the duties of the people as citizens of one do not conflict with their
duties as citizens of the others. The better citizen a person is of one of
these governments the better citizen he is of all governments under
which he lives.
DEFINITION.--Each of us is a member of some family. We were born
into the family circle, and our parents first taught us to obey. By
insisting upon obedience, parents govern their children, and thus keep
them from evil and from danger. The family, then, is a form of
government, established for the good of the children themselves, and
the first government that each of us must obey.
PURPOSES.--The family exists for the rearing and training of children,
and for the happiness and prosperity of parents. All children need the
comforts and restraints of home life. They are growing up to be citizens
and rulers of the country, and should learn to rule by first learning to
obey. The lessons of home prepare them for life and for citizenship.

MEMBERS.
The members of the family are the father, the mother, and the children;
and the family government exists for all, especially for the children,
that they may be protected, guided, and taught to become useful men
and women. The welfare of each and of all depends upon the family

government, upon the care of the parents and the obedience of the
children.
RIGHTS.--The members have certain rights; that is, certain just claims
upon the family. Each has a right to all the care and protection that the
family can give: a right to be kindly treated; a right to