101st U.S. Congress

(noun)

A meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, from January 3, 1989 to January 3, 1991, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President George H. W. Bush. 

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Examples of 101st U.S. Congress in the following topics:

  • Gridlock in Government

    • During the 101st U.S.
    • Near the end of the 101st Congress, the president and congressional members reached a compromise on a budget package with the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.
    • This chart illustrates the composition of the United States Senate during the 101st Congress.
    • Bush and the 101st U.S.
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  • Women of the Civil Rights Movement

    • In 1964 and 1965 Hamer ran for Congress, but failed to win.
    • s Poor People's Campaign.
    • Bates used her organizational skills to plan a way for the nine students to get into Central High, using ministers to escort the children and speaking with parents.
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    • Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division escort the "Little Rock Nine" African American students into the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

  • Desegregation in Little Rock

    • The U.S.
    • On September 24, the President ordered the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army to Little Rock and federalized the entire 10,000 member Arkansas National Guard, taking it out of the hands of Faubus.
    • By the end of September 1957, the nine were admitted to Little Rock Central High under the protection of the U.S.
    • Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division escort the Little Rock Nine students into the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

  • The U.S. Political System

    • The U.S. federal government is composed of three distinct branches—legislative, executive, and judicial—whose powers are vested by the U.S.
    • Citizens elect representatives to national, state, and local government; those representatives create the laws that govern U.S. society.
    • Although nothing in U.S. law requires it, in practice, the political system is dominated by political parties.
    • Therefore, much of U.S. politics boils down to party politics.
    • Individual citizens are not the only players in U.S. politics.

  • Congress of the Confederation

    • The Congress of the Confederation was the governing body of the United States from 1781 to 1789.
    • As the immediate successor to the Second Continental Congress, it referred to itself as the Continental Congress throughout its 8-year history.
    • The Congress of the Confederation opened in the final stages of the American Revolution.
    • The membership of the Second Continental Congress automatically carried over to the Congress of the Confederation when the latter was created through the ratification of the Articles of Confederation.
    • The Congress of the Confederation was succeeded by the Congress of the United States, as provided for in the Constitution, proposed September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia at the Constitutional Convention.

  • The Emergence of the Civil Rights Movement

    • These sit-ins led to increased national sentiment at a crucial period in US history. 
    • On May 17, 1954, the U.S.
    • He deployed elements of the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock to protect the students.
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    • The Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965, which dramatically opened entry to the U.S. to immigrants other than traditional European groups;

  • African Americans in Southern Politics

    • Because he preceded any African American in the House, he was the first African American in the U.S.
    • House of Representatives, the second black person to serve in the U.S.
    • Congress, the first African American to be directly elected to Congress (Revels had been appointed), and the first black presiding officer of the U.S.
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  • Government During the War

    • Republicans in Union Congress enacted national reforms.
    • The latter established a system of national banks in 1863, and promoted development of a national currency backed by bank holdings of U.S.
    • Agriculture prospered during the war due to the demand from Union troops and Britain, which was heavily reliant on U.S. wheat.
    • Much of the Confederate Constitution replicated the U.S.
    • This Congress followed the U.S. model of a bicameral legislature: Two senators represented each state, and members of the House of Representatives were apportioned according to free and slave populations within each state.

  • The Promotion of Global Human Rights

    • The inclusion of Human Rights in U.S.
    • The inclusion of Human Rights in U.S.
    • Following the Vietnam War, the feeling that U.S.
    • These measures were repeatedly used by Congress, with varying success, to affect U.S.
    • Despite the many advances in U.S.

  • The Second Continental Congress

    • It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met between September and October of 1774.
    • The First Congress established that the Second Continental Congress would convene on May 10, 1775.
    • Many of the same 56 delegates present at the First Continental Congress were in attendance at the Second Congress.
    • The delegates reappointed former Continental Congress president, Peyton Randolph; and secretary, Charles Thomson, to reprise their roles at the Second Congress.
    • At this point, Congress intervened and assumed leadership of the war effort.