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. . 3.3.2 "A positive good" Prominent Founding Fathers writing in the Federalist Papers felt that elections were essential to liberty that a bond between the people and the representatives was particularly essential and that "frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured" in 2009 however few Americans were familiar with leaders of Congress the percentage of Americans eligible to vote who did in fact vote was 63% in 1960 but has been falling since although there was a slight upward trend in the 2008 election. Public opinion polls asking people if they approve of the job Congress is doing have in the last few decades hovered around 25% with some variation. Scholar Julian Zeliger suggested that the "size messiness virtues and vices that make Congress so interesting also create enormous barriers to our understanding the institution . Unlike the presidency Congress is difficult to conceptualize." Other scholars suggest that despite the criticism "Congress is a remarkably resilient institution . its place in the political process is not threatened . it is rich in resources" and that most members behave ethically. They contend that "Congress is easy to dislike and often difficult to defend" and this perception is exacerbated because many challengers running for Congress run against Congress which is an "old form of American politics" that further undermines Congress's reputation with the public:.

. Other participants Prior to the American Revolution masters and revivalists spread Christianity to slave communities supported by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in the First Great Awakening of the mid-18th century Baptists and Methodists from New England preached a message against slavery encouraged masters to free their slaves converted both slaves and free blacks and gave them active roles in new congregations the first independent black congregations were started in the South before the Revolution in South Carolina and Georgia; The most famous and most visited memorials are Lincoln's sculpture on Mount Rushmore; Lincoln Memorial Ford's Theatre and Petersen House (where he died) in Washington D.C.; and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield Illinois not far from Lincoln's home as well as his tomb, 17.5 Documentary films Each territory and Washington D.C elect a non-voting delegate to the U.S House of Representatives as they have throughout Congressional history They "possess the same powers as other members of the House except that they may not vote when the House is meeting as the House of Representatives." They are assigned offices and allowances for staff participate in debate and appoint constituents to the four military service academies for the Army Navy Air Force and Coast Guard. . . . .