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Year in review

Year in review. Total points 25 Use your book. Ch. 1. 1. What is civics? The study of the rights and duties of citizens 2. The American population is diverse. Explain? The american population consists of many different ethnic groups

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Year in review

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  1. Year in review Total points 25 Use your book

  2. Ch. 1 • 1. What is civics? The study of the rights and duties of citizens • 2. The American population is diverse. Explain? The american population consists of many different ethnic groups • 3. How does one become a U.S. citizen? They go through a process called naturalization or by birth • 4. Compare and contrast illegal and legal aliens? Legal aliens are allowed to be in the us • 5. What is a representative democracy? Citizens choose a smaller group to represent them

  3. Ch. 2 • 1. What is the Magna Carta? Protected nobles’ privileges and authority • 2. List 3 natural rights? Life liberty property • 3. Why did many early people settle in America? Religious freedom • 4. Describe the triangular trade route? Pattern of trade that developed among the americas,africa, and europe • 5. Why was the D.O.I. written? Written by thomasjefferson explaining why the usa should be a free nation

  4. The Declaration of Independence • Write the Preamble: When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of nature and of nature’s god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. • List 3 Grievances was a tyrant,

  5. List 3 Signers of the Declaration John Hancock, Sam and John Adams

  6. Ch. 3 • 1. Name of the first constitution of the United States of America? Articles of confederation • 2. List a weakness of the A.O.C.? Difficult to pass law • 3. What was the Great Compromise? When sherman suggested the 2 house • 4. List the 3 branches of government… executive , judicial , legislative • 5. The writers of the Constitution divided power of government into three types, what are they? Expressed, reserved, and concurrent powers

  7. Constitution of the United States • Write the Preamble: we the people of the united states, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America • What is the Elastic Clause? Gives congress the right to make all laws necessary and proper

  8. Ch. 4 • 1. List 5 Freedoms in the First Amendment… assembly, religion, press, speech, petition • 2. How many amendments are in the B.O.R.? 10 • 3. What does suffrage mean? Right to vote • 4. Describe the Brown Decision? Racial segregation unconstitutional in public schools • 5. List 3 accomplishments of MLK? Leader of civil rights movement, man of the year by time magazine, nobel peace prize

  9. Ch. 5 • 1. What is the difference between duties and responsibilities? Duty is required, responsibility is optional • 2. List 2 responsibilities… • 3. List 2 duties… • 4. Governments are bureaucracies– what does this mean? • 5. How do Americans volunteer? List examples…

  10. Ch. 6 • 1. What are the two houses of Congress? Senate and house of reps • 2. How has congressional apportionment changed over the last 200 years? • 3. How does Congress remove an official from office? impeachment • 4. List qualifications for Senators & Representatives… • 5. How does a bill become a law?

  11. Ch. 7 • 1. According to the U.S. Constitution, who can become president of the USA? • 2. List duties of the President of the USA… • 3. A nation’s plan for dealing with other nations is called? • 4. A group of presidential advisers that include the heads of the top-level executive departments? • 5. What is the civil service system

  12. Ch. 8 • 1. The authority to hear and decide a case is known as? Jurisdiction • 2. Describe the tenure for a federal judge? For Life • 3. The United States Supreme Court has how many members? 9 • 4. What court case gave the Supreme Court Judicial review? Marbury v. Madison • 5. What court case permitted “separate but equal” facilities for whites and African Americans? Plessy v. Ferguson

  13. Ch. 9 • 1. An organization of individuals with broad, common interests who organize to win elections? • 2. Two major political parties today? • 3. List a third party… • 4. Geographic area that contains a specific number of voters? • 5. Most states hold a primary where only the declared members of a party are allowed to vote for that party’s nominees. What is this primary called?

  14. Ch. 10 Voting and Elections • 1. In most states what are the requirements for voting? • 2. If you cannot get to the polls on election day, how can you still vote? • 3. A way for citizens to approve or reject a state or local law? • 4. To promote a particular person or idea and to influence voters to choose one candidate over another is what technique? • 5. Politicians who have already been elected to office are known as?

  15. Electoral College • What is it? • Include a map • Controversies?

  16. Ch. 11 • 1. The term for the ideas and attitudes that most people hold about a particular issue or person • 2. Mass media includes? • 3. Can the government censor material before it is published? • 4. What is libel? • 5. Provide an example of an interest group?

  17. Ch. 12 • 1. What is a federal system of government? • 2. What is a bicameral legislature? • 3. In most states what are the qualifications for becoming governor? • 4. The court of last resort in most states? • 5. How can judges be removed from office?

  18. Ch. 13 • 1. Most large cities operate under what mayor-system? • 2. Central city and surrounding suburbs is known as? • 3. Normally a state’s largest territorial and political subdivision? • 4. Where the county courthouse is located? • 5. Smallest unit of local government?

  19. Ch. 14 • 1. What is public policy? • 2. In setting priorities, a community must decide what it ______________ most? • 3. Law signed in 2001, to hold schools accountable for student learning? • 4. When was the EPA established? • 5. The preservation and protection of our natural resources?

  20. Ch. 15 • 1. What was the first known system of written law? • 2. Party that brings charges? • 3. Individual or group accused of a crime? • 4. What amendments guarantee due process? • 5. A judge’s authorization – specifying the exact place to be searched and describing what objects may be seized?

  21. Checks and Balances Draw arrows to one another explaining checks and balances p. 88 Executive Legislative Judicial

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