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The Cabinet
Category: Social Studies: Government
Grade Level: 4th Grade & Up
Author: Sam Wellman
Copyright/published Year: 2001 by Chelsea House
ISBN: 0791059936
Binding: Hardback
The Cabinet takes a look at the individual offices and
departments that act as an extension of the president during
times of peace, prosperity, and war. Using their combined
knowledge, members of the president's cabinet have always played
pivotal roles in shaping the nation. Throughout the history of
the country, cabinet members have both enhanced and hindered the
progress of the nation.
From the four members of President Washington's first cabinet to
the modern-day total of 14, the powers of the cabinet have
changed over the years. It now includes the president's most
trusted advisers on issues as far reaching as education, the
environment, and the ever-evolving course of modern
telecom-munications. The presidency of the United States holds
tremendous power, yet much of that power is left to trusted
cabinet members. It is a practice not likely to change, which
makes understanding the cabinet's role critical to understanding
the U.S. government.
From the start, Americans have regarded their government with a
mixture of reliance and mistrust. The founders of the republic
understood the importance of government. "If men were angels,"
observed the 51st Federalist Paper, "no government would be
necessary." But men are not angels.
The delegates who gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to write the
Constitution had two purposes in mind: They wanted to establish a
strong central authority and to limit that central authority's
capacity to abuse its power.
The series YOUR GOVERNMENT: HOW IT WORKS provides an in-depth
examination of our government and its processes and makes clear
how our informed partici-pation is crucial to government's
serving both the individual and the American people as a
whole.
Other Books in the Your Government -- How it Works
series
The Attorney General's
Office
The Cabinet
The Central Intelligence
Agency
The Drug Enforcement
Administration
The Federal Bureau of
Investigation
History of the Democrat
Party
History of the Republican
Party
History of Third
Parties
The House of
Representatives/a>
How a Bill is Passed
How to Become an Elected
Official
The Impeachment
Process
The Presidency
The Internal Revenue
Service
The Secretary of
State
The Senate
The Speaker of the House of
Representatives
The Supreme Court
The U.S. Armed Forces
The U.S. Constitution
The Vice
Presidency
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