House seats are apportioned among the states by population, and each state draws single-member districts to conform with the census apportionment. The House of Representatives has 435 members, each representing a congressional district for a two-year term. The judicial branch, consisting of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, is appointed by the president with the approval of the Senate and has the power to both interpret laws and overturn those it deems unconstitutional. The legislative branch is a bicameral Congress consisting of a lower house, the House of Representatives, and an upper house, the Senate, which has the power to craft legislation, declare war, and approve treaties, as well as holds the powers of the purse and impeachment. The federal government of the United States is divided into three separate but equal branches: the executive branch, headed by the president, is independent of the legislature and appoints members of the Cabinet to administer and enforce national laws and policy. All laws and government procedures are subject to judicial review, and any law may be voided if a federal court determines that it violates the Constitution. The US Constitution has been amended 19 times, with the latest amendment being adjoined in 1929. The US Constitution is the country’s supreme legal document and defines both the structure of the federal government and its relationship to the individual states. The United States is a federal constitutional republic in which the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary share powers reserved to the federal government, and the federal government shares sovereignty with the state governments. Hoover's contentious reelection by means of the House of Representatives in 1932 and the ongoing depression mean that these problems are unlikely to be resolved any time soon, and many throughout the country fear the upheaval that would result should one of the radical parties come to power, or should the Depression continue unabated. This has fueled the rise of radical political parties, from the far-left Socialist Party of America (SPA) to the far-right America First Party (AFP). While the election of Republican Herbert Hoover in 1928 initially promised a swift recovery, Hoover’s policies failed entirely to reverse the continued deterioration of the American economy, and by 1936 the country had spent over a decade in the midst of the worst financial crisis it had ever seen. German dominance over global trade ensured that the United States was progressively forced out of European, African, and Asian markets, and the gradual loss of political prestige on the world stage coupled with the precipitous economic decline resulted in an increasingly vicious cycle of domestic and social conflict. American banks and industries had supplied the Entente powers throughout the Weltkrieg, and with their governments’ collapse the substantial loans made to those countries continued to remain unpaid.
The collapse of both the French government in 1920 and the British government in 1925 had disastrous consequences for national economic health, as American companies were suddenly faced with the irrecoverable loss of countless millions of dollars in investments, loans, and other contracts. The prosperity of the “Roaring Twenties” ended with the Stock Market Crash of 1925 and the onset of the Great Depression, brought about by the loss of its most valuable trading partner as a result of the British Revolution. Despite the loss of its favored side in the war, American industry and enterprise continued to flourish into the early 1920s under Democratic President William Gibbs McAdoo. The United States remained officially neutral during the course of the Weltkrieg, and as a result, was untouched by the devastation that visited the continent of Europe during the 1910s. Main Article: Timeline of the United States since 1917
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