Civics

The curriculum is listed below. Please check with your ACE teacher to make sure you are approved to take this subject. Each unit has requirements that are needed to complete before you take the test. Once you complete each unit, please go to the following site for testing on each unit:

https://testmoz.com/class/16400

Students must complete the following to receive full credit:

Terms Do all terms with example for terms
Notes 5 sentences PER Video. Do all video notes
Questions Answer the questions completely
Test Take test*. Test can be found at: https://testmoz.com/class/16400

All test passwords are: osc

Total pages (with teacher test):

6-10 pages of work per unit

Unit 1: Foundations of American Government

Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test.

Terms to Know:

Constitution
executive power
unitary government
parliamentary government
presidential government
judicial power
democracy
Federal Government
legislative power
confederation
random sample
straw vote
quota sample
ward
electorate
minor party
plurality
political party
public opinion poll

Notes:

Important Questions:

institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies
all of those things a government decides to do; covers matters ranging from taxation, defense, education, crime, and health care to transportation, the environment, civil rights, and working conditions
body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically (that is, with a government), and with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority
has supreme and absolute power within its territory and can decide its foreign and domestic policies
one government in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments
What idea does this passage advocate for...

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government.”

Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence

7. What idea does this passage advocate for...

“Thus every man, by agreeing with others to make one body politic under one government, puts himself under an obligation to everyone in that society to submit to the decisions of the majority, and to be bound by it. Otherwise—that is, if he were willing to submit himself only to the majority acts that he approved of—the original compact through which he and the others incorporated into society would be meaningless . . .”

John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 1690

8. What idea does this passage advocate for...

“In revising the federal system we ought to inquire 1. into the properties, which such a government ought to possess, 2. the defects of the confederation, 3. the danger of our situation & 4. the remedy.

The Character of such a government ought to secure 1. against foreign invasion, 2. against dissensions between members of the Union, or seditions in particular States, 3. to procure to the several States various blessings, of which an isolated situation was incapable, 4. to be able to defend itself against encroachment, & 5. to be paramount to the state constitutions.”

Edmund Randolph, as recorded in James Madison’s journal, 1787

9. After a House of Representatives member supports an unpopular tax despite protests from his constituents, he loses his bid for re-election. What democratic ideal is this an example of?

10. In June 2017, voters in Puerto Rico voted on a referendum to make Puerto Rico the 51st state of the United States. What model of democracy is this?

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Work should be 5-10 pages when completed for full credit.

Unit 2: Government by the People

Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test.

Terms to Know:

commerce power
copyright
indirect tax
legal tender
patent
successor
deficit financing
liberal constructionist
Necessary and Proper Clause
party caucus
discharge petition
resolution
rider
quorum
session
Congress
Senate
House
Census Bureau

Notes:

Important Questions:

basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which the governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis
the executive is made up of the prime minister or premier, and made up of the prime minister or premier, and that official's cabinet
process of blending and adjusting competing views and interests
American economic system; private ownership of capital goods, investments made by private decision, not by government directive, and success or failure determined by competition in the market-place
an economy in which private enterprise exists in combination with a considerable amount of government regulation and promotion
idea that a government that is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has certain rights that government cannot take away
idea that government should serve the will of the people
Great Charter forced upon King John of England by his barons in 1215; established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility
document prepared by parliament and signed by King Charles I of England in 1628; challenged the idea of the divine right of kings and declared that even the monarch was subject to the laws of the land
document written by parliament and agreed on by William and Mary of England in 1689, designed to prevent abuse of power of English monarchs; forms the basis for much in American government and politics today
two-house legislature
the formation of an annual congress of delegates from each of the 13 colonies that is able to raise military and naval forces, make war and peace with the Native Americans, regulate trade with them, tax and collect custom duties

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Unit 3: Legislative Branch

Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test.

Terms to Know:

custom duty
progressive tax
regressive tax
interest
continuing resolution
excise tax
estate tax
uncontrollable spending
entitlement
presidential electors
organize the judicial branch
administer laws
federal employees
President information
State Legislature
President's military powers
nomination process
pardons

Notes:

Important Questions:

two houses of Congress called for in Article I of the Constitution
a legislature composed of two houses
Article of the Constitution that grants Congress all legislative powers
the proportional distribution of congressional seats among the states
the changing of the representation pattern of a legislature so that each representative represents approximately the same number constituents
a counting of the number of people in a specific area
a practice in which a state legislature draws its district boundaries so as to purposely favor the party in power, thus giveing the party control of as many congressional seats as possible
the lower house
the upper house in congress.
the admendment that states that senators will be elected at-large instead of by state-legislature
The Constitution requires at least three leadership positions in Congress what are they?
This person presides over the Senate .
when congress meets for an addressing of the President
responsible for "keeping the pack together" by urging party members to vote with the party on key issues
a private meeting of political party members to decide on policy or to choose their party leaders
the minority party's senior member of the committee
advises the house officers on parliamentary rules and house rules
Amendment that changed both the meeting time of Congress and the day on which members assume their duties so that they were the same day, which is noon on January 3 of each year
amendment that states that any pay raise Congrss gives itself cannot go into effect until the next congressional election
a bill that is sponsored by both parties

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Work should be 5-10 pages when completed for full credit.

Unit 4: The Executive Branch

Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test.

Terms to Know:

immigrants
refugees
reverse discrimination
integration
bankruptcy
civil rights
counterfeiting
labor relations
treason
sabotage
espionage
writ of habeas corpus
bill of attainder
ex post facto law
indictment
probable cause
suffrage
fair trial

Notes:

Important Questions:

Found in Article 2 of the Constitution
Not a school; these electors technically vote for President of the U.S.
Limits Presidents to 2 terms since 1951
order of succession: Vice President; Speaker of House; President Pro Tempore; Cabinet in order departments were created be what amendment?
President lives and works here in Washington, D.C.
Advisors of the President
Latin for "I forbid"; when President rejects a bill passed by Congress
Vice President of the U.S.; only votes to break a tie in this group...
to carry out or enforce our nation's laws--this means to put laws into action
The Constitution make the President the head of the nation's armed forces.
The President can make treaties with other countries(although the Senate must approve them.) The President, working with the Secretary of State, shapes policies for dealing with other nations.
The yearly speech Presidents are required to give on the state of the nation.
The President has the power to legally forgive a person for a Federal crime and to free them from all punishment
The act of choosing and placing someone in a job; a job for which a person is chosen.
The President is the living symbol of the U.S. and presides over ceremonial duties.

**Take exam at https://testmoz.com/class/16400 during class session.

*Hand in ALL work to teacher with test results on the front.

Work should be 5-10 pages when completed for full credit.

Unit 5: Judicial Branch

Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test.

Terms to Know: