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THE FIFTY STATES’
COUNTRY
Juan Daniel García Carballo
Victoria Hombría Cornejo
Álvaro Rodríguez Alcalde
Pablo Rodríguez Ramos
INDEX
 BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE U.S.A
POLITICAL SYSTEM
1. Historical Background
2. Most important political parties (Democratic, Republican & others)
3. Voting, Elections & Primaries
 THE CONGRESS
1. The House of Representatives
2. The Senate
a) What is the Senate?
b) Requirements
c) Powers of the Senate
d) Other features of the Senate
 MASSACHUSETTS
1. General Information about Boston
2. Boston Funny Facts
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Historical Background

‘Founding Fathers’:
Constitution (same document as two
centuries ago)

Two plans:
1. Virginia's Plan (representation for all
states)
2.
New Jersey’s Plan (equal representation
by the population)

Core principle: ‘Checks & Balances’
1)
2)
3)
Executive Branch (Presidential
Cabinet)
Legislative Branch (House of
Representatives)
Judicial Branch (Supreme Court)
 A Nation governed by two big parties
1. Democratic Party
2. Republican Party

The Democratic-Republican
Party
Came into power with Thomas
Jefferson & James Madison
(1801)
The most democrat members interpreted the Constitution in
a more liberal way.
Political Parties
MOST IMPORTANT
REPUBLICAN PARTY
OTHER
S
LIBERTARIAN PARTY
Donkey (‘jackass’)
Andrew Jackson
Ideology
1. Liberalism
•Defence of freedoms
•Individual initiative
•State intervention
2. Social liberalism
•Well-being
•Growth
3. Progressivism
•Idea of progress
•Economic development
•Improvement of human condition
Electoral program
1. Improve opportunities for the citizens
2. More control over economic matters
3. The government : no allowed to make
(religious or moral) legislation
4. Fought against discrimination & voting
rights
Presidents
1. Barack Obama (nowadays president)
2. J.F. Kennedy
3. Bill Clinton
4. Jimmy Carter
REPUBLICAN PARTY
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Elephant
GOP (1888)
Thomas Jefferson
Ideology
1. Conservatism
•Low taxes
•Supply-side fiscal policies
2. Capitalism
• ‘Laissez-faire’
3. Social conservatism
• Traditional beliefs, attitude & philosophy
RNC:
1. Develop & promote the Republican
platform
2. Coordinate fundraising
3. Election strategy
Presidents:
1. Abraham Lincoln (1st president in 1860)
2. Theodor Roosevelt
3. Herbert Hoover
4. George H. W. Bush


Voting

It’s included in Civil Rights
It’s established:
1. In US Constitution
2. By the State Law
Principle: ‘One man, one vote’
1st : The electors are selected
2nd Primary elections are carried out
3rd : The votes are counted

Elections


People vote for
representatives in the
Electoral College (President &
Vice-president)
1st Tuesday after the 1st
Monday of November
Every 4 years


Primaries= caucus= meetings
The speeches are given in
meetings for:
1. supporting a candidate
2. persuading people to join
them (join their party)

At the end: count the votes & say
who has won
Primaries
4th : The winners are appointed as
President & Vice-president of the
party
4th : The candidates campaign
(debates, campaign tours, show
up in the media, etc.)
5th : The general election takes place
6th : The winners (>270 votes) are
appointed President & Vicepresident of the USA
→In case of tie, the House of
Representatives choose the
President & Vice-president of the
USA.
100 senators
-Be 25 years old
- Have been US citizen for 7 years
- Live in the state which they
represent
war.
Be at least 30
years old
Have been a
US citizen
for at least
nine years
US
SENATOR
Live in the
state which
he/she
represents
NEW ENGLAND, MASSACHUSETTS
LARGEST CITIES OR TOWNS IN MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Worcester
Rank
Name
County
Pop. (1
December,
2014)
1
Boston
Suffolk
645,966
2
Worcester
Worcester
182,544
3
Springfield
Hampden
153,703
4
Lowell
Middlesex
108,861
5
Cambridge
Middlesex
107,289
6
New Bedford
Bristol
95,078
7
Brockton
Plymouth
94,089
8
Quincy
Norfolk
93,494
9
Lynn
Essex
91,589
10
Fall River
Bristol
88,697
Springfield
Lowell
NEW ENGLAND, MASSACHUSETTS
BOSTON
BOSTON
FUNNY FACTS ABOUT BOSTON
FUNNY FACTS ABOUT BOSTON