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DWU #3

DWU #3. Looking at your political spectrum handout. Explain the difference between being “left” and being “right”. What constitutes being more conservative or liberal?. DWU # 4. What are minor parties? What role do they play in our political process? Are they influential? Why or why not?.

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DWU #3

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  1. DWU #3 • Looking at your political spectrum handout. • Explain the difference between being “left” and being “right”. What constitutes being more conservative or liberal?

  2. DWU# 4 What are minor parties? What role do they play in our political process? Are they influential? Why or why not?

  3. DWU #1 • What are the 4 characteristics of the state? • Explain each in detail…

  4. DWU #4 • What purpose does the 27 amendments serve? What is a constitutional amendment and how does the legislative branch create an amendment? What is your favorite and why?

  5. History -DWU #2 • What was the great depression? How did it affect small families? What did Franklin Roosevelt promise the American people in his inaugural speech?

  6. DWU # 1 • Imagine the media has been banned from printing/broadcasting news about the government. Where would you get your information? How do you think government officials would act without the media watching it? How would the public react?”

  7. History-DWU #1 • Why did the United States take an isolationist role in the beginning of WWII? Why did we get involved in the war? How did the lend lease act and the involvement in the war help us get out of the great depression?

  8. History-DWU#1 • Put the following terms into a paragraph explaining the end of WWII. • Battle of the Bulge • V-E Day • Battle in the Pacific • Manhattan Project • Hiroshima • Nagasaki

  9. DWU#2 • Why is having a educated public important for American democracy? • If we have a dishonest and bias media, how can that harm our democracy?

  10. DWU# • It is the end of the war. Japan has surrendered. What would you do to help the European countries rebuild after the war? What do you do with Germany? What do you do with Japan? What do you do with the Soviet Union? • Explain…

  11. DWU #3 • What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan? Why did we offer that assistance and do you agree with the decision.

  12. DWU #3 • What are the two houses that comprise of Congress. How many people are elected in those houses? What are their jobs? How long are their terms?

  13. DWU #4 • If you had the power to create your own law, what would you propose? Who would it affect? What would it cause? What might be some of the unintended consequences of the law?

  14. DWU #1 Name as many powers of Congress you can? Describe them…

  15. DWU #2 • What is the Judicial branch of the U.S. government? What is their role? How many supreme court justices are there? What do they do?

  16. Daily Warm Up # • What is the electoral college system? • How does a president win an election? • Why wont Mitt Romney be spending a lot of money in California? Explain!

  17. DWU • What were the two different methods that our civil rights activists promoted? Why do you think they were so divided in way to achieve civil rights? What method do you believe was the most significant in achieving civil rights? Why?

  18. DWU • What was the cold war? What was the fight for? Name as many events that you can that happened during the Cold War.

  19. DWU #3 Of the 8 events that we researched yesterday, which Cold War event was the hottest? Why…

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