The following link is for a Civics study guide that we will be working on in class. Print it out and bring it to class tomorrow (Thursday, May 4th).

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Money vs Currency - Hidden Secrets Of Money Ep 1 - Mike Maloney

Basics of Economics Review:

What is Economics?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2izx5W1FAEU

Supply & Demand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdXoDkCfcM8

***There are different sets of flashcards here. Study them ALL! Take some time each night to study. Your SEMESTER EXAM GRADE is detrmine by your score on this test.***

Unit 4 Notes-- Follow these steps:

1) Hover over the following link.

2) Right click on top of the link

3) Click "open link in new tab"

4) [optional] You are welcome to copy and paste into Word to adjust the notes, if not...

5) Click PRINT

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Unit 5 Test: Political Systems & Role of American Citizens

WRITE AN ESSAY EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. USE AT LEAST 3 EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT PLATFORM ISSUES. REFER TO THE BELLWORK THAT WE USED WHEN WE LISTED AT LEAST 10. BUT ALSO INCLUDE HOW MUCH GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT THAT EACH PARTY LIKES TO USE. tHIS SHOULD BE AT LEAST 2 PARAGRAPHS OF NO LESS THAN 5 DETAILED SENTENCES EACH. YOU MAY WRITE THIS AT HOME AND BRING IT TO TURN IN MONDAY WITH THE TEST.

I. Define the following terms. USE THE TEXTBOOK TO FIND.

leak

libel

prior restraint

shield law

watchdog

precinct

ballot

voter turnout rate

canvass

apathy

caucus

direct primary

precinct

petition

political machines

lobbyist

interest group

nonpartisan group

political action committee

pollster

II. Answer the following questions.

1. What is an example a personal-background factor that will influence opinions about public issues?

OCCUPATION, RACE, AGE, INCOME

2. Presidential elections begin with what?

NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES

3. Federalists believed that the best way to protect individual rights was to have what?

A STRONG NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

4. What does the Constitution say about political parties?

IT DOESN'T MENTION IT

5. What word BEST describes public opinion at most times in the United States?

DIVERSE

6. What is important to do regarding voter registration in the U.S.?

HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE VOTING

7. An issue gaining in importance as a result of television news coverage is an example of what influence on public opinion?

MASS MEDIA

8. What is the purpose of a political party’s national committee?

RAISE MONEY AND ORGANIZE THE NATIONAL CONVENTION

9. What is it that BEST explains a way that the media shape the public agenda?

THEY GIVE PUBLICITY TO A PARTICULAR PROBLEM

10. National elections are held how often?

EVERY EVEN-NUMBERED YEAR

11. Name a person that was a leader of a third party in the 1990’s?

ROSS PEROT

12. What interest group is most likely to lobby with legislators on behalf of workers?

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL WORKERS, OR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD

13. What is the purpose of a campaign?

GAIN SUPPORT TO GET PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR A CERTAIN CANDIDATE

14. To win a primary in most states, a candidate must receive what?

PLURALITY-THE MOST VOTES BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE MAJORITY

15. The candidate who is elected to public office by an indirect vote is _________________.

PRESIDENT

16. The way that a third-party candidate usually gets on a ballot is by what?

PETITION

17. What is a location in which you would find a polling place?

SCHOOL, FIRE STATION

18. Which First Amendment protection allows Americans to join interest groups?

ASSEMBLY

19. What are examples of nations that has a one-party system?

CHINA, NORTH KOREA

20. What question is a good indicator of whether you should vote for a certain candidate?

WILL THE CANDIDATE DO A GOOD JOB IN OFFICE?

21. What is the main event at a national party convention?

NOMINATING A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

22. What are some examples of a single-issue parties?

PROHIBITION, GREEN

23. What is true of a good random sample for a public opinion poll?

IT REPRESENTS THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE, A VAST VARIETY OF PEOPLE

24. What are the requirements for voting in elections in the United States today?

18 YEARS OLD, U.S. CITIZEN, RESIDENCY IN YOUR STATE A PERIOD OF TIME, REGISTERED

25. What activity does an interest group most likely use to gain more members?

INFLUENCE PUBLIC OPINION (USE MASS MEDIA)

26. The Fifteenth Amendment states that no person can be denied the right to vote based on what?

RACE

27. A runoff election is held _______________________________________________.

WHEN NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES A MAJORITY VOTE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION

28. The Nineteenth Amendment extended the right to vote to what group?
WOMEN

29. In a general election, what do the voters choose?

CANDIDATES OF MANY DIFFERENT OFFICES

30. A presidential election is won by the candidate who wins what?

MAJORITY OF ELECTORAL VOTES

III ESSAY:

***COMPLETE***

Study Guide on the Judicial Branch TEST Tomorrow!

Define:

Exclusive jurisdiction
Appeals court
Concurrent jurisdiction
Supreme court
District courts
Remand
Subpoena
Original jurisdiction
Circuit
Appellate jurisdiction
Thurgood Marshall
Sandra Day O’Connor
Marbury v Madison
William Marbury
John Marshall

Study Guide Questions:

What are 3 examples of federal crimes?
What article of the Constitution created the federal court system?
What are 3 rights of an accused person under the Constitution?
Which cases concern rules, accidents, or crimes on the high seas?
What are the kinds of cases that would be heard in a federal court? (there are 8)
What jobs do US marshals have?
What is a precedent?
What are other names that the US court of appeals goes by?
What court official takes care of much of a judge’s routine work, such as issuing court orders and hearing preliminary evidence in a case?

10. What level of the federal courts are where trials are held and lawsuits are begun?

11. What is the process of judicial review?

12. The Supreme Court has final authority in any case involving what?

13. In giving his opinion, what chief justice set forth 3 principles of judicial review?

14. What are 3 ways that Congress can get around a Supreme Court ruling?

15. What president refused to obey a Supreme Court ruling concerning federal land treaties with the Cherokee nation?

Constructed Response:

What happened in the Brown v Board of Education case? How is this case linked to the Plessy case? (Year, issue, ruling)

Civics students are to print out the following notes and have them for Monday, February 6th.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6wIzcUes9oldUd3U2hOSFVpdEk/view?usp=sharing

Chapter 6 Test Study Guide: The Executive Branch

Qualifications to be president?
How many members does the Electoral College have?
What is the president’s job as head of state?
What is NATO? And who do we have mutual defense with?
What happens if no candidate gets the majority of electoral votes?
What is the cabinet made up of?
Who has control over the war powers?
List the 5 tools of carrying out foreign policy? Know examples.
In what way does the president affect the laws that Congress passes?
Define executive order.
What are treaties and trade policies examples of?
What government officials are included in the National Security Council?
Who is the ONLY one that can order troops into battle?
What does the president do to help the nation’s economy?
Know examples of the president as commander-in-chief.
The U.S. Postal Service is an example of what?
What is the President’s main job?
Who takes care of the president’s schedule?
Approximately how many employees work directly for the president in the

White House Office?

Presidential cabinet meetings are a ___________.
What office prepares the budget for the president?
In most states, the winner of the popular vote gets _________________________________.
What is the main goal of United States foreign policy?
Historically, what is the combination of characteristics that most presidents of the United States shared?
How does the president fulfill the constitutional requirement to tell Congress about the state of the union?

Define:

Executive agency
Government corporation
Merit system
Spoils system
Political appointee
Cabinet
Civil service system
Electors
Embargo
Regulatory commission

ESSAY. Write two-three detailed paragraphs on the following.

If you were the President, discuss 2-3 important changes that you would make in the United States.

Would they become federal law? State law? An amendment to the Constitution? What powers and

roles of the presidency would be used? Explain extensively how these changes would positively affect

the citizens of the United States and the future of this country.

CIVICS & ECONOMICS

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH GUIDED NOTES

THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT

I. Constitutional Requirements

a. What are the requirements one MUST meet in order to become President?

b. What requirements must the Vice President meet?

c. How long does a term last?

d. You may be to a of CONSECUTIVE ( to ) terms.

e. Which amendment limited the number of terms?

f. What is the maximum number of years one may serve as President?

II. Electing a President

a. What type of indirect method of election was set up by the Constitution?

i. Define this term.

b. Those to for each state is called an .

i. Define this term.

c. How does the number of electoral votes for each state relate to its U.S. Senators and representatives?

d. When and where do the electors meet to cast their ballots?

III. Presidential Succession

a. What does the 25^th Amendment say? What is this called?

THE PRESIDENT’S JOB

I. The President’s Job

a. What does Article II of the Constitution say?

b. Five Powers of the President

i. What are the 2 Legislative powers?

ii. Military: in of

ii. Diplomatic

i. Receive of foreign

ii. Write/propose .

1. Define this term.

iii. Executive

i. What do the financial powers include?

ii. Who does the President have the power to appoint?

iv. What are the President’s Judicial Power?

IV. Roles of the President

a. Chief Executive

i. What is the President in charge of as Chief Executive?

1. Define cabinet.

ii. What is one of the President’s most important tools for carrying out the laws? Define this term.

b. Judicial “Chief” Powers

i. What are the 4 major Judicial powers given to the President by the Constitution? Define these terms.

c. Chief Diplomat

i. What 3 things is the President in charge of establishing?

1. Define foreign policy.

d. Commander in Chief

i. Head of all of the .

ii. The War Powers Act of 1973 says that the President must notify who within 48 hours of sending troops into battle?

iii. How long does the War Powers Act of 1973 give Congress to approve and declare war?

e. Legislative Leader

i. Define veto power.