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Civics EOC Review

Civics EOC Review. Goals 1-3. How did geographic diversity influence the economic, political, and social life in colonial North America?. What role did slaves and indentured servants play in the colonies?. They provided the majority of the workforce, especially at the large plantations.

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Civics EOC Review

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  1. Civics EOC Review Goals 1-3

  2. How did geographic diversity influence the economic, political, and social life in colonial North America?

  3. What role did slaves and indentured servants play in the colonies? • They provided the majority of the workforce, especially at the large plantations

  4. What is mercantilism? • Theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys

  5. Why did people from Britain come to North America? • They came for various reasons • The biggest reason was to make money (mercantilism), but some came for religious freedom

  6. Where was the first British attempt at self-government in North America? • Jamestown, VA 1607

  7. What is a charter? • A legal document granting land and the authority to establish colonial government

  8. How was the colony managed? • It was used as a source of revenue (money) for the home country (England)

  9. What was the name of the first representative legislature in North America? • Virginia House of Burgesses

  10. What is a compact? • An agreement or contract among a group of people What did the Mayflower Compact do? • Established a tradition of direct democracy

  11. List the causes of the American Revolution • Large amount of taxes the British made the colonists pay for the French and Indian War • Quartering Act • Tax on Tea

  12. Define boycott: • The refusal to purchase certain goods

  13. What did the First Continental Congress do? • It was the group of states that got together to send a letter to the King demanding that their rights were restored

  14. Where were the first two battles of the American Revolution? • Lexington and Concord • The shot heard around the world

  15. What information do we find in the Declaration of Independence? • Preamble: all men created equal, inalienable rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness • List of grievances to the British King

  16. What two ideals is the US committed to achieve? • Life and liberty

  17. What was government like under the Articles of Confederation? • It was a very loose alliance of states

  18. What challenges and problems did the new states face? • Taxes • No army – Shays’ Rebellion

  19. How were some of the problems solved with the Constitution? • Chief Executive • National Court System • Established the House of Representatives and Senate w/ powers needed • Compromise: way of resolving disagreements in which each side gives up something but gains something

  20. Compare the views of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists

  21. Define civil liberties: • Freedom to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment

  22. Give some examples of rights that are protected by the Bill of Rights: • Religion • Speech • Press • Petition • Assemble • Rights of accused • Bear arms

  23. Compare US to other forms of government

  24. Key Terms • Popular Sovereignty: power of the government comes from the people (we allow it to) • Republic: a representative democracy where citizens choose their lawmakers • Democracy: a government in which citizens hold the power to rule • Bill of Rights: first 10 amendments to the constitution to protect individual rights

  25. Three Branches of Government • Legislative Branch: makes the laws, made up of Senate and House of Representatives • Executive Branch: sees that laws are carried out. Headed by the President. • Judicial Branch: interprets laws, includes the Supreme Court and other courts

  26. What is the difference between expressed and implied powers? • Expressed: delegated to congress, also called enumerated, are clearly written, or expressed in the Constitution • Implied: powers not listed in the Constitution, but Congress has because of Elastic Clause: can stretch powers to meet new needs

  27. How Constitution limits power

  28. How do we change the Constitution? • Amendment: any change to the constitution • Judicial Review: power of Supreme Court to declare any federal, state, or local law unconstitutional • How can the Constitution be informally changed? Decision of the US Supreme Court • How many amendments? 27

  29. Define federal system • The sharing or power between the central and state government

  30. What is the supremacy clause? • The national government is the “supreme law of the land”

  31. What was the importance of McCulloch v. Maryland? • Reaffirmed the supremacy clause

  32. Where in the Constitution do we find the protection of individual rights? • Bill of Rights

  33. What rights were achieved with: • 13th Amendment • Outlawed slavery • 14th Amendment • Protects legal rights of freed slaves • 15th Amendment • Suffrage to African Americans

  34. What was the major issue of disagreement regarding the constitution? • Whether the most power should be with the national government or state governments

  35. What kind of government did the Federalists want? • Wanted a strong central (national) government

  36. What kind of government did the Anti-Federalists want? • Wanted strong state governments

  37. What are some services governments provide? • Libraries • Courthouses • Schools • Welfare • Police • Fire department • Jails • Hospitals • Sanitation

  38. Define revenue: • The income that a government collects for public use

  39. Types of Taxes

  40. What is the largest expenditure of the federal government? • Social security

  41. What is Medicare? Medicaid? • Federally administered Health Care • Medicare if you’re old • Medicaid if you’re younger

  42. Give some examples of programs the federal government spends money on: • National defense • Foreign relations • Health and education • Interest on the national debt

  43. What are the 3 branches of government in NC? • Legislative • Executive • Judicial

  44. What is the declaration of rights? • Article 1 of NC Constitution • Spells out the civil liberties and the rights of its citizens

  45. What does the NC Constitution say the people owe first allegiance to? • US Government

  46. What do the articles do? • Establishes the structure of NC government

  47. What is a charter? • Written document that grants the authority to set up a government

  48. How can the NC constitution be changed? • NC legislature has the ability to amend the Constitution

  49. Who rules on matters affecting the state’s constitution? • State Supreme Court

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