2. ASSESSING ————————
Could your state pass a law
setting requirements for
becoming a citizen of the
United States? Explain.

Levels of Government
The United States has a federal system of government. In this
system, government power is divided between the federal, or
national, government and state governments. In each state,
local governments run towns, cities, and counties.
The national government has the highest level of authority
over U. S. citizens. It sets the basic rules for citizenship, and it
makes and enforces laws for the entire country. A state or
local government cannot make any laws that would go against
the laws of the national government or the US, Constitution
Each state government makes laws and decides matters for
the people of that state. States set rules for education,
organize elections, oversee public health, and build public
facilities such as roads. States also have the power to set up
local governments in counties, cities, and towns. Local
governments establish schools, provide police and fire
departments, and organize local court systems. They also
must obey the laws or authority of the national government.

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2. ASSESSING

————————

Could your state pass a law

setting requirements for

becoming a citizen of the

United States? Explain.

Levels of Government

The United States has a federal system of government. In this

system, government power is divided between the federal, or

national, government and state governments. In each state,

local governments run towns, cities, and counties.

The national government has the highest level of authority

over U.S. citizens. It sets the basic rules for citizenship, and it

makes and enforces laws for the entire country. A state or

local government cannot make any laws that would go against

the laws of the national government or the US, Constitution

Each state government makes laws and decides matters for

the people of that state. States set rules for education,

organize elections, oversee public health, and build public

facilities such as roads. States also have the power to set up

local governments in counties, cities, and towns. Local

governments establish schools, provide police and fire

departments, and organize local court systems. They also

must obey the laws or authority of the national government.

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from thales, who is often considered the first western philosopher, to the stoics and skeptics, ancient greek philosophy opened the doors to a particular way of thinking that provided the roots for the western intellectual tradition. here, there is often an explicit preference for the life of reason and rational thought. we find proto-scientific explanations of the natural world in the milesian thinkers, and we hear democritus posit atoms—indivisible and invisible units—as the basic stuff of all matter. with socrates comes a sustained inquiry into ethical matters—an orientation towards human living and the best life for human beings. with plato comes one of the most creative and flexible ways of doing philosophy, which some have since attempted to imitate by writing philosophical dialogues covering topics still of interest today in ethics, political thought, metaphysics, and epistemology. plato’s student, aristotle, was one of the most prolific of ancient authors. he wrote treatises on each of these topics, as well as on the investigation of the natural world, including the composition of animals. the hellenists—epicurus, the cynics, the stoics, and the skeptics—developed schools or movements devoted to distinct philosophical lifestyles, each with reason at its foundation.

with this preference for reason came a critique of traditional ways of living, believing, and thinking, which sometimes caused political trouble for the philosophers themselves. xenophanes directly challenged the traditional anthropomorphic depiction of the gods, and socrates was put to death for allegedly inventing new gods and not believing in the gods mandated by the city of athens. after the fall of alexander the great, and because of aristotle’s ties with alexander and his court, aristotle escaped the same fate as socrates by fleeing athens. epicurus, like xenophanes, claimed that the mass of people is impious, since the people conceive of the gods as little more than superhumans, even though human characteristics cannot appropriately be ascribed to the gods. in short, not only did ancient greek philosophy pave the way for the western intellectual tradition, including modern science, but it also shook cultural foundations in its own time.