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Ch. 1
 1. What is civics?
 The study of the rights and duties of citizens.
 2. The American population is diverse. Explain?
 Our ethnicity as a country is extremely diverse. Americans today come from
many ethnic groups.
 3. How does one become a U.S. citizen?
 By a legal process called naturalization.
 4. Compare and contrast illegal and legal aliens?
 Legal- live here legaly
 Illegal- 12 million
 5. What is a representative democracy?
 Citizens choose smaller group to rep. them, make govern on their behalf
Ch. 2
 1. What is the Magna Carta?
 English doc.that protected nobles’ privlages and allowed certain rights to
landholders.
 2. List 3 natural rights?
 Life, liberty, property
 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:
 When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for 1 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 stationto which
the laws of nature and of natures God entitle them, a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes wwhich
impel them to the separation.
 List 3 Grievances
 Refused to pass laws nessesary to the public good
 Obstructed the administration of justice
 Made judges dependent on his will alone
 List 3 Signers of the Declaration
 John Hancock
 Robert Morris
 Thomas Jefferson
Ch. 3
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1. Name of the first constitution of the United States of America?
AOC
2. List a weakness of the A.O.C.?
Difficult for congress to pass a law, or amend the articles, congress couldn’t enforce the law
3. What was the Great Compromise?
Congress= 2 houses
Senate which pleases smaller states
House of reps pleases large states
4. List the 3 branches of government…
Legislative, executive, judicail
5. The writers of the Constitution divided power of government into three types, what are they?
Expressed power= national
Reserved power= state
Concurrent power= both
Constitution of the United States
 Write the Preamble:
 We the people of the united states, in order to form a
more perfect union, est. Justice, insure domestic
tranquility, provide foe the common defence, promote
the general welfare, and secure the blessings of
libertyto ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and est.
this constitution for the united states of america
 What is the Elastic Clause?
 Article 1, sec. 8 of the constitution that gives congress
the right to make all laws “necessary & proper” to carry
out its expressed powers.
Ch. 4
 1. List 5 Freedoms in the First Amendment…
 Speech, religion, press, petition, assembly
 2. How many amendments are in the B.O.R.?
 1o
 3. What does suffrage mean?
 Right to vote
 4. Describe the Brown Decision?
 Supreme court ruled segragation in public schools was unconstitutional
 5. List 3 accomplishments of MLK?
 Leader in civil rights movement, Time Mag. “ man of year”, nobel peace prize
Ch. 5
 1. What is the difference between duties and
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responsibilities?
Responsibilities= things we should do
Duties= things we are required to do
2. List 2 responsibilities…
Speak up & vote, Be informed
3. List 2 duties…
Obey laws, pay taxes
4. Governments are bureaucracies– what does this mean?
Complex systems w/ many departments
5. How do Americans volunteer? List examples…
Fire dept., cleaning up highway, food drives, animal shelter
Ch. 6
 1. What are the two houses of Congress?
 Senate & house of reps
 2. How has congressional apportionment changed over the last 200 years?
 Shift in pop. From NE states to growing population in the south & western
states
 3. How does Congress remove an official from office?
 House impeaches the accused officails of misconduct in office, the senate holds
a trial to decide guilt or innocence 2/3 vote is necessary to convict and remove a
person from office.
 4. List qualifications for Senators & Representatives…
 House- 25 yrs old, live in state you rep, US citizen for at least 7 yrs
 Senate- 30 yrs old, live in state you rep, US citizen for at least 9 yrs
 5. How does a bill become a law?
 Introduced, sent to standing committee, debated in both house & senate, voted
Ch. 7
 1. According to the U.S. Constitution, who can become president
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of the USA?
35 yrs old, native born american citizen, resident of US for 14 yrs
2. List duties of the President of the USA…
Execute laws passed by congress
3. A nation’s plan for dealing with other nations is called?
Foreign policy
4. A group of presidential advisers that include the heads of the
top-level executive departments?
cabinet
5. What is the civil service system
Practice of hiring govt. workers on the basis of open competitive
examinations & merit.
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?
 8 associate justices + 1 chief
 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. Furgeson
Ch. 9
 1. An organization of individuals with broad, common interests who organize to win
elections?
 Political party
 2. Two major political parties today?
 Democrats & republicans
 3. List a third party…
 Green party
 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?
 18 yrs +, registered, resident of 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
Electoral College
 What is it?
 Part of process Americans use to select their pres.
 Group of people named by state legis.to elect pres.&
vice pres.
 Include a map
 Controversies?
 Critics say large states have too much influence
 Lose popular vote but win
Election( winner-take-all-system)
Ch. 11
 1. The term for the ideas and attitudes that most people hold about a
particular issue or person
 Public opinion
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2. Mass media includes?
TV, radio, newspaper, magizines, recordings, movies, web sites, books
3. Can the government censor material before it is published?
No, the media is free from govt. censorship
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4. What is libel?
Publishing false info. That will harm someones rep.
5. Provide an example of an interest group?
AFL-CIO
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?
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?
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