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. 13.2 Organizations A tall red brick building in the center of a city skyline punctuated by steeples and other shorter buildings, World War II further increased government activity adding to the number of federal employees in the capital; by 1950 the District's population reached its peak of 802,178 residents, The Watergate complex was the site of the Watergate Scandal which led to President Nixon's resignation! Washington's cabinet members formed rival parties with sharply opposing views most fiercely illustrated between Hamilton and Jefferson. He restricted cabinet discussions to topics of his choosing without participating in the debate He occasionally requested cabinet opinions in writing and expected department heads to agreeably carry out his decisions. .

A Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait of Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury. Washington's army went into winter quarters at New Windsor New York in December 1780 and Washington urged Congress and state officials to expedite provisions in hopes that the army would not "continue to struggle under the same difficulties they have hitherto endured". On March 1 1781 Congress ratified the Articles of Confederation but the government that took effect on March 2 did not have the power to levy taxes and it loosely held the states together. Office Name Term 8 Battalions District of Columbia Infantry {3 months unit-1861} 1 Origin Congress's "power of the purse" authorizes taxing citizens spending money and printing currency; . . 7.6 Judicial appointments Morrill Tariff Captain William Mervine landed 350 sailors and Marines at San Pedro on October 7. They were ambushed and repulsed at the Battle of Dominguez Rancho by Flores' forces in less than an hour. Four Americans died with 8 severely injured Stockton arrived with reinforcements at San Pedro which increased the American forces there to 800. He and Mervine then set up a base of operations at San Diego, The Lincoln Cabinet On June 13 1847 Commodore Perry assembled the Mosquito Fleet and began moving towards the Grijalva River towing 47 boats that carried a landing force of 1,173 On June 15 12 miles (19 km) below San Juan Bautista the fleet ran through an ambush with little difficulty Again at an "S" curve in the river known as the "Devil's Bend" Perry encountered Mexican fire from a river fortification known as the Colmena redoubt but the fleet's heavy naval guns quickly dispersed the Mexican force. Its trans-state location reflected a compromise between the Southern and Northern states Virginia lobbied for the selection an idea opposed by New York and Pennsylvania both of which had previously housed the nation's capital Maryland whose State House was older than that of Virginia and like Virginia a slave state was chosen as a compromise at Washington's request the City of Alexandria was included in the District though with the provision that no federal buildings could be built there the new capital district was at about the center of the country, The resulting constitutions in states such as Maryland Virginia Delaware New York and Massachusetts featured:, American Slavery As it Is Southern theater and Yorktown 6.1.3 Television and negative advertising.