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Unit 1 Civics Review

Unit 1 Civics Review. Please feel free to take notes . What makes a good citizen?. Follow and Obey the laws Pay taxes Participate in national, state, and local government (Vote!!) Participate in Community Service Be Patriotic!!!!.

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Unit 1 Civics Review

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  1. Unit 1 Civics Review Please feel free to take notes

  2. What makes a good citizen? • Follow and Obey the laws • Pay taxes • Participate in national, state, and local government (Vote!!) • Participate in Community Service • Be Patriotic!!!!

  3. What does Naturalization mean? What are the steps in Naturalization? • Naturalization- the process through which legal aliens can take to become a legal citizen of the United States • Steps in Naturalization • Declaration of Intention • Period of 5 years (3yrs if married) • (take citizenship classes, study for exam) • File application for citizenship with USCIS • Interview with USCIS (moral character and requirements) • Exam • USCIS final determination • Oath Ceremony

  4. What are the functions of government? (regardless of what type of government) • Keep Order- (national guard, police) • Provide Security (protection against threats, Homeland Security) • Guide the Community (Government laws, policies, actions that help support the people) • Provide Services ( create programs like welfare, unemployment that help people in times of need)

  5. What are the five principles of American Democracy? • Popular Sovereignty • Limited Government • Separation of Powers • Checks and Balances • Federalism

  6. Popular Sovereignty • “consent of the governed” • Power that the government has is given to it by the “people”

  7. Limited Government • The government is not all powerful. They only have those powers that have been given to it that is either “expressed” or “implied” by the U.S. Constitution….

  8. Federalism • Powers are delegated, reserved, or shared (concurrent) in the U.S. by National and State governments

  9. Separation of Powers

  10. Checks and Balances

  11. Types of governments

  12. English Influences • Magna Carta 1215 • Mayflower Compact • English Bill of Rights • House of Burgesses

  13. Magna Carta

  14. Mayflower Compact

  15. English Bill of Rights

  16. Virginia House of Burgesses and Parliament • The House of Burgesses of Virginia was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. The House was established by the Virginia Company, who created the body as part of an effort to encourage English craftsmen to settle in North America and to make conditions in the colony more agreeable for its current inhabitants.Its first meeting was held in Jamestown, Virginia on July 30, 1619. It was modeled after the English Parliament.

  17. Describe the actions of the First and Second Continental Congresses. • First Continental Congress (1774) met to talk about how to respond to the Intolerable Acts (passed by England to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party), Petition the King and ask for him to fix things, and plan another meeting if these grievances were not addressed.

  18. Second Continental Congress • Met in Philadelphia in 1775, agreed to meet and officially “declare independence”, set up an informal government of operations, and appointed George Washington as commander of the colonial forces

  19. List the actions taken by the British that led to the Declaration of Independence Stamp Act Declatory Act Townshend and Tea Act (Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre) Intolerable Acts === Declaration of Independence

  20. List of Grievances….Why are we declaring independence?

  21. Articles of Confederation, the first government of the U.S.

  22. Shay’s Rebellion • Daniel Shays led a farmer rebellion that was put down, but scared the new nation and led to a meeting that ended up with an entirely new plan of government

  23. Why were representatives from the 13 states meeting in Philadelphia in 1787? • First met to “revise the Articles of Confederation”. Ended up scraping the Articles of Confederation, and write a new plan of government.

  24. Explain and discuss the arguments of the Federalists and the Antifederalists. • Federalists--- Supported ratification of the new constitution. • Anti-federalists– did not like that the new constitution gave the government too much power, and that it did not mention any protection of rights • Compromise- Added a Bill of Rights to Constitution and it was ratified in 1791

  25. What were the 6 purposes outlined in the Preamble as to why they were writing a new constitution?

  26. Explain the basic outline of the U.S. Constitution Articles I-7.

  27. List five basic principles of the U.S. Constitution • Federalism • Separation of Power • Checks and Balances • Popular Sovereignty • Rule of law

  28. Separation of Powers

  29. Checks and Balances

  30. What are four ways that we interpret the U.S. Constitution today? • Necessary and Proper Clause (implied powers) Article I section 8 • Actions of Congress and President • Supreme Court decisions • Custom

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