Transcript Final2 - ReeseLong

•Total points 25
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Ch. 1
 1. What is civics?
 2. The American population is diverse. Explain?
 3. How does one become a U.S. citizen?
 4. Compare and contrast illegal and legal aliens?
 5. What is a representative democracy?
Ch. 2
 1. What is the Magna Carta?
 2. List 3 natural rights?
 3. Why did many early people settle in America?
 4. Describe the triangular trade route?
 5. Why was the D.O.I. written?
The Declaration of Independence
 Write the Preamble:
 List 3 Grievances
 List 3 Signers of the Declaration
Ch. 3
 1. Name of the first constitution of the United States of
America?
 2. List a weakness of the A.O.C.?
 3. What was the Great Compromise?
 4. List the 3 branches of government…
 5. The writers of the Constitution divided power of
government into three types, what are they?
Constitution of the United States
 Write the Preamble:
 What is the Elastic Clause?
Ch. 4
 1. List 5 Freedoms in the First Amendment…
 2. How many amendments are in the B.O.R.?
 3. What does suffrage mean?
 4. Describe the Brown Decision?
 5. List 3 accomplishments of MLK?
Ch. 5
 1. What is the difference between duties and
responsibilities?
 2. List 2 responsibilities…
 3. List 2 duties…
 4. Governments are bureaucracies– what does this mean?
 5. How do Americans volunteer? List examples…
Ch. 6
 1. What are the two houses of Congress?
 2. How has congressional apportionment changed over the
last 200 years?
 3. How does Congress remove an official from office?
 4. List qualifications for Senators & Representatives…
 5. How does a bill become a law?
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
Ch. 8
 1. The authority to hear and decide a case is known as?
 2. Describe the tenure for a federal judge?
 3. The United States Supreme Court has how many
members?
 4. What court case gave the Supreme Court Judicial
review?
 5. What court case permitted “separate but equal” facilities
for whites and African Americans?
Ch. 9
 1. An organization of individuals with broad, common interests who
organize to win elections? Political party
 2. Two major political parties today? Republican and Democrat
 3. List a third party… Green Party, Libertarian
 4. Geographic area that contains a specific number of voters? Precinct
 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? Closed primary
Ch. 10 Voting and Elections
 1. In most states what are the requirements for voting? Registered, 18
years old, resident of the state, citizen
 2. If you cannot get to the polls on election day, how can you still vote?
Absentee Ballot
 3. A way for citizens to approve or reject a state or local law?
Referendum
 4. To promote a particular person or idea and to influence voters to
choose one candidate over another is what technique? Propaganda
 5. Politicians who have already been elected to office are known as?
Incumbents
Electoral College
 What is it? A part of the process that Americans use to
select their president.
 Include a map
 Controversies? Too much influence
Ch. 11
 1. The term for the ideas and attitudes that most people
hold about a particular issue or person Public opinion
 2. Mass media includes? Internet, websites, books, TV,
newspapers, magazines, recordings, movies
 3. Can the government censor material before it is
published? No
 4. What is libel? Printed lies about someone or something
 5. Provide an example of an interest group? NWAACP
Ch. 12
 1. What is a federal system of government? Sharing of power
between the central and state governments (Federalism)
 2. What is a bicameral legislature? 2 house legislature; upper
house called the senate, and a lower house called the House of
Representatives
 3. In most states what are the qualifications for becoming
governor? You must be 18, registered, and a citizen
 4. The court of last resort in most states?
 5. How can judges be removed from office? Impeachment
Ch. 13
 1. Most large cities operate under what mayor-system? Strong-mayor
 2. Central city and surrounding suburbs is known as? Metropolitan
area
 3. Normally a state’s largest territorial and political subdivision?
County
 4. Where the county courthouse is located? County seat
 5. Smallest unit of local government? Village
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?
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?
Checks and Balances
Draw arrows to one
another explaining
checks and
balances p. 88
Executive
Legislative
Judicial