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Wednesday March 18, 2015

Agenda. Homework. Parent Teacher Conferences Tomorrow NC Quiz Friday. Go over Homework NC Constitution Notes. Wednesday March 18, 2015.

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Wednesday March 18, 2015

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  1. Agenda Homework Parent Teacher Conferences Tomorrow NC Quiz Friday • Go over Homework • NC Constitution Notes Wednesday March 18, 2015

  2. Make a Venn Diagram comparing one of the branches of North Carolina government with its counterpart in the national government. Then write a paragraph using the information in your Venn Diagram.

  3. This week is heavy on notes, to incentivize you to take notes this week and to benefit from our fast pace, Friday will be an open note quiz. • Your behavior determines Multiple Choice or True/False Quiz Friday

  4. Civics and Economics Day 122

  5. NC Constitution Notes

  6. Why do we have a North Carolina Constitution? • To protect individuals from the state government • To create rules and laws for North Carolina North Carolina Constitution

  7. Why? Has North Carolina had only 1 constitution like the United States?

  8. Independence (1776) • All men could vote, 3 branches of government • Men who were 21 and owned property could vote. • Free African-Americans could vote • Really weak governor Major Changes over Time

  9. 1835 • Growing Fears of Slave revolt (Took away African American voting rights. • More Governor Power • 1861-1862 • Joined the Confederacy and left the US

  10. 1868 • After the Civil War • Elected all offices • African Americans could vote • Abolished property requirements • Free Public Schools

  11. 1875 • Southerners came back into office. • Added racial segregation to schools • Separate but equal

  12. 1900 • Poll taxes • Literacy Test • Grandfather clause • Brown Paper Bag Test • Pencil Test

  13. 1971 • Hard to Read and things were out of date. • Changed it completely. • Took away poll tax • State Income Tax • 2 Terms • Judges to be lawyers • Gave Governors veto power.

  14. United States North Carolina Number of Articles: 14 Individual Rights: 37 Declaration of Rights (Article 1) Legislative Branch: Article 2 Executive Branch: Article 3 Judicial Branch: Article 4 • Number of Articles: 7 • Individual Rights: 10 in the Bill of Rights • Legislative Branch: Article 1 • Executive Branch: Article 2 • Judicial Branch: Article 3 Differences

  15. Also Includes sections on: • Finance • Suffrage and Elections • Local Government • Corporations • Education • Homesteads and Exemptions • Punishment, Correction and Charities • Military Force • Miscellaneous • Why does North Carolina have more? North Carolina Constitution

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