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Independent Assignments for Year 3, Foreign Policy
Calendar for Year 3 | Notes from Lectures | Independent Assignments Field Study at Rockefeller Archives


 * Assignment #1 for December 3 Workshop:**
 * In __Federalis__t 14, what does Madison mean by "factions" and what is his solution to the problem of factions?
 * Read __Calls to Arms__, Introduction and pp. 1 - 41. As you read, think about the following: How did John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Polk differ in their interpretations of the powers of Congress and the President in foreign affairs?


 * Assignment #2 for February 4 Workshop**:


 * Read the chapters on Polk, Lincoln, and Wilson in __Calls to Arms__, focusing on the following question for each of them:

Resolved, Presidents Polk, Lincoln, and Wilson all exceeded their constitutional authority as President of the United States and should have been impeached.