Constitution - Representative Government https://eagleeyecitizen.org/ en Letter to the Citizens of Arkansas https://eagleeyecitizen.org/node/533 <span>Letter to the Citizens of Arkansas</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/5" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">scollini</span></span> <span>Fri, 10/27/2017 - 12:36</span> <div> <div>LOC URL</div> <div><a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.00103200/">https://www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.00103200/</a></div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Title</div> <div>To the citizens of the Territory of Arkansas: Fellow citizens: I offer myself to your consideration, to represent you in Congress ... Tho. P. Eskridge. Hempstead Court-House 9th January, 1823.</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Contributor Names</div> <div>Eskridge, Thomas P. </div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Created/Published</div> <div>Hempstead, 1823. </div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Standardized Date</div> <div>1823</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Notes</div> <div> - Positive Photostat.; Campaign.; Imprint 2. <br /> - Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. <br /> - Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 1, Folder 32. </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Creators</div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/126" hreflang="en">Thomas Eskridge</a></div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Source Day</div> <div>9</div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Source Month</div> <div>January</div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Source Year</div> <div>1823</div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Format</div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/1" hreflang="en">Text</a></div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Type of Source</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/12" hreflang="en">Government document</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Theme Topic</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/392" hreflang="en">Citizenship - Civic Participation</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/374" hreflang="en">Constitution - Representative Government</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/331" hreflang="en">Legislative Branch - Representative Government</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Index Number</div> <div>43</div> </div> <div>Off</div> <div> <div>EEC Theme</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/177" hreflang="en">Citizenship</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/176" hreflang="en">Constitution</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/184" hreflang="en">Legislative Branch</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Topics</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/171" hreflang="en">Civic Participation</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/198" hreflang="en">Representative Government</a></div> </div> </div> Fri, 27 Oct 2017 16:36:39 +0000 scollini 533 at https://eagleeyecitizen.org No Vote D.C. https://eagleeyecitizen.org/node/525 <span>No Vote D.C.</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/5" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">scollini</span></span> <span>Fri, 10/27/2017 - 12:05</span> <div> <div>LOC URL</div> <div><a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2009012031/">http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2009012031/</a></div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Title</div> <div>No vote. D.C. ballot boxes draped in black. Washington, D.C., Nov. 8. Election day was just another day for voteless District of Columbia. To impress upon Washingtonians what they are missing ballot boxes draped in black were places on the busiest corners of downtown. Members of the District League of Women&#039;s Voters attended the boxes but instead of receiving votes they handed out information on what it means to the citizens of Washington not to be able to vote. Left to right we see--Mrs.. Karl Bradford, Mrs. R. Shull, and Mrs. Henry Chalmers, 11/8/38 </div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Contributor Names</div> <div>Harris &amp; Ewing, photographer </div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Created/Published</div> <div>[19]38 November 8.</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Standardized Date</div> <div>1938</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Subject Headings</div> <div>United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.). </div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Notes</div> <div><br /> Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris &amp; Ewing Collection.<br /> Gift; Harris &amp; Ewing, Inc. 1955.<br /> General information about the Harris &amp; Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec<br /> Temp. note: Batch five.<br /> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Creators</div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/65" hreflang="en">Harris and Ewing</a></div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Source Day</div> <div>8</div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Source Month</div> <div>November</div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Source Year</div> <div>1938</div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Format</div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/4" hreflang="en">Image</a></div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Type of Source</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/22" hreflang="en">Photograph</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Theme Topic</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/392" hreflang="en">Citizenship - Civic Participation</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/369" hreflang="en">Constitution - 23rd Amendment</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/374" hreflang="en">Constitution - Representative Government</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Index Number</div> <div>35</div> </div> <div>Off</div> <div> <div>EEC Theme</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/176" hreflang="en">Constitution</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/177" hreflang="en">Citizenship</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Topics</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/219" hreflang="en">23rd Amendment</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/198" hreflang="en">Representative Government</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/171" hreflang="en">Civic Participation</a></div> </div> </div> Fri, 27 Oct 2017 16:05:55 +0000 scollini 525 at https://eagleeyecitizen.org The People https://eagleeyecitizen.org/node/435 <span>The People</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/5" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">scollini</span></span> <span>Wed, 08/02/2017 - 09:09</span> <div> <div>LOC URL</div> <div><a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tr11a.html#obj82">http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tr11a.html#obj82</a></div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Title</div> <div>The Juvenile National Calendar</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Summary</div> <div>One of only five known copies of this rare American children’s book, published in Baltimore around 1825, the Calendar describes the duties and pay of various government officials including the president, vice president, cabinet members, and Congress. In verse that celebrates learning, virtue, and patriotic spirit, the “rising generation” is offered hope that “you, if you’re good, may be President yet.” The text and twelve hand-colored engravings are the work of a Baltimore lawyer who, in his youth, wrote and drew for the publisher Fielding Lucas in exchange for law books.</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Contributor Names</div> <div>John Latrobe</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Created/Published</div> <div> [ca. 1825]</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Standardized Date</div> <div>1825</div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Creators</div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/656" hreflang="en">John Latrobe</a></div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Source Year</div> <div>1825</div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Format</div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/1" hreflang="en">Text</a></div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Type of Source</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/13" hreflang="en">Illustration</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/21" hreflang="en">Manuscript</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Theme Topic</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/374" hreflang="en">Constitution - Representative Government</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/331" hreflang="en">Legislative Branch - Representative Government</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Index Number</div> <div>342</div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--big-picture-question paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div>Question</div> <div>What is the main idea?</div> </div> <div> <div>Correct Answer</div> <div>Representative Government</div> </div> <div> <div>Incorrect Answer</div> <div> <div>State Government</div> <div>Local Government</div> <div>Lawmaking Process</div> <div>Freedom of Assembly</div> <div>Voting Rights</div> <div>Political Parties</div> <div>Congressional Power</div> <div>Civic Duties</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--big-picture-question paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div>Question</div> <div>What is the source promoting?</div> </div> <div> <div>Correct Answer</div> <div>Representative Government</div> </div> <div> <div>Incorrect Answer</div> <div> <div>Freedom of Speech</div> <div>Freedom of Assembly</div> <div>Voting Rights</div> <div>Elections</div> <div>Congressional Power</div> <div>19th Amendment</div> <div>Due Process</div> <div>1st Amendment</div> <div>15th Amendment</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--big-picture-question paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div>Question</div> <div>What political group is represented?</div> </div> <div> <div>Correct Answer</div> <div>Voters</div> </div> <div> <div>Incorrect Answer</div> <div> <div>Interest Groups</div> <div>Lobbyists</div> <div>Republican Party</div> <div>Democratic Party</div> <div>Third Parties</div> <div>U.S. Senate</div> <div>U.S. House of Representatives</div> <div>Legislators</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Theme</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/184" hreflang="en">Legislative Branch</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/176" hreflang="en">Constitution</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Topics</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/198" hreflang="en">Representative Government</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:09:49 +0000 scollini 435 at https://eagleeyecitizen.org First African American Legislators https://eagleeyecitizen.org/node/149 <span>First African American Legislators</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/5" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">scollini</span></span> <span>Thu, 10/13/2016 - 12:14</span> <div> <div>LOC URL</div> <div><a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98501907/">http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98501907/</a></div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Title</div> <div>The first colored senator and representatives - in the 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Summary</div> <div>Group portrait of African American legislators: Robert C. De Large, Jefferson H. Long, H.R. Revels, Benj. S. Turner, Josiah T. Walls, Joseph H. Rainy [i.e., Rainey], and R. Brown Elliot.</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Contributor Names</div> <div>Currier &amp; Ives</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Created/Published</div> <div>New York : Published by Currier &amp; Ives, 1872.</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Standardized Date</div> <div>1872</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Subject Headings</div> <div>Legislators--United States--1860-1880.<br /> African Americans--Political activity--1860-1880</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Notes</div> <div>Title from item.<br /> Currier &amp; Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2132<br /> Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).<br /> Exhibited: &quot;The Civil Rights Act of 1964 : A Long Struggle for Freedom&quot; at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., March - January 2016.</div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Creators</div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/253" hreflang="en">Currier and Ives</a></div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Source Year</div> <div>1872</div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Format</div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/4" hreflang="en">Image</a></div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Type of Source</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/13" hreflang="en">Illustration</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Theme Topic</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/366" hreflang="en">Constitution - 15th Amendment</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/374" hreflang="en">Constitution - Representative Government</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/331" hreflang="en">Legislative Branch - Representative Government</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--big-picture-question paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div>Question</div> <div>What political group is depicted? </div> </div> <div> <div>Correct Answer</div> <div>U.S. Congress</div> </div> <div> <div>Incorrect Answer</div> <div> <div>President</div> <div>Jury</div> <div>Republican Party</div> <div>Democratic Party</div> <div>Supreme Court</div> <div>Judicial Branch</div> <div>Executive Branch</div> <div>Prohibition Party</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--big-picture-question paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div>Question</div> <div>What is the main idea of the source?</div> </div> <div> <div>Correct Answer</div> <div>Representative Government</div> </div> <div> <div>Incorrect Answer</div> <div> <div>13th Amendment</div> <div>Voting Rights</div> <div>Civic Duties</div> <div>Campaigning</div> <div>Immigration</div> <div>Congressional Power</div> <div>Freedom of Assembly</div> <div>Interest Groups</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--big-picture-question paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div>Question</div> <div>What is the time period of this source?</div> </div> <div> <div>Correct Answer</div> <div>Reconstruction</div> </div> <div> <div>Incorrect Answer</div> <div> <div>Expansion and Reform</div> <div>Civil War</div> <div>Great Depression</div> <div>World War I</div> <div>World War II</div> <div>Postwar U.S.</div> <div>Revolution and New Nation</div> <div>Early Settlement</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Theme</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/184" hreflang="en">Legislative Branch</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/176" hreflang="en">Constitution</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Topics</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/198" hreflang="en">Representative Government</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/202" hreflang="en">15th Amendment</a></div> </div> </div> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:14:37 +0000 scollini 149 at https://eagleeyecitizen.org Taxation Without Representation https://eagleeyecitizen.org/node/105 <span>Taxation Without Representation</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/5" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">scollini</span></span> <span>Tue, 08/02/2016 - 12:45</span> <div> <div>LOC URL</div> <div><a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.02302400/">https://www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.02302400/</a></div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Title</div> <div>Taxation without representation one-sixth (353,702) of the population of Kentucky is disfranchised &quot;it was for less than that that the war of the revolution of 1776 was fought,&quot; said Judge Edward C. O&#039;Rear. [Louisville, n. d.].</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Contributor Names</div> <div>O&#039;Rear, Edward C.</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Created/Published</div> <div>Louisville.</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Subject Headings</div> <div>United States--Kentucky--Louisville</div> </div> <div> <div>LOC Notes</div> <div>- Page Order: Leaflet<br /> - Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML.<br /> - Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 23, Folder 24.</div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Creators</div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/243" hreflang="en">Edward C. O&#039;Rear</a></div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Source Year</div> <div>1911</div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Format</div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/4" hreflang="en">Image</a></div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Type of Source</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/15" hreflang="en">Map</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Theme Topic</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/374" hreflang="en">Constitution - Representative Government</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/331" hreflang="en">Legislative Branch - Representative Government</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Internal Notes</div> <div>E.C. O&#039;Rear ran for Kentucky governor in 1911, so that is the date I chose for this document. SC 8/2/16<br /> GK White reviewed 8/8/16</div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Theme</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/184" hreflang="en">Legislative Branch</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/176" hreflang="en">Constitution</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>EEC Topics</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/198" hreflang="en">Representative Government</a></div> </div> </div> Tue, 02 Aug 2016 16:45:18 +0000 scollini 105 at https://eagleeyecitizen.org