Congress
Members of Congress who wanted war in Britain were called War Hawks.
The Congress
The Congress
Congress has the ability to decide if the country should go to war. The president of the US creates all tactical planning of the war once Congress initiates the act. Congress does not have the ability to end a war once it begins. However, the president must depend on Congress to keep funding the war efforts.
Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil
In response to Pearl Harbor, the president advised congress to declare war, which they did.
He asked Congress to declare war on Japan. (they did)
President Roosevelt would have loved to aid Britain by sending over men and equipment to fight in that war. The Congress would never have approved it. When the Japanese attacked the US then the Congress was willing to declare war on Japan and Roosevelt got his wish when Adolf Hitler declared war on the US six days later. The Congress approve fighting in Europe then. Winston Churchill came over to the US to explain the problem in Europe so the Congress would know they were not fighting a vain war as the US had in World War 1.
Abraham Lincoln, who was a member of the House of Representatives at the time, introduced the resolution. The resolution aimed to challenge President Polk's justification for the Mexican-American War and questioned the location of the initial act of aggression that had led to the war.
the United States Congress The Neutrality Acts were a series of acts passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s (specifically 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939) in response to the growing threats and wars that led to World War II.
Congress has the power to declare war. The president of the United States is the commander of the military but cannot declare war without Congress.
Congress
The Constitution grants Congress the sole authority to declare war.
In response to the Civil War, Melville did not - write a great novel about the Civil War
The Philippine American war was the direct response to the Spanish American War.
No. Congress has not declared war on anyone since 1941.