MISC.
According to the in-class vote, a majority said former President Joe Biden did an _____ job.
Average
Politics is _______ or everywhere
Omnipresent
Sales tax is _____
8.25%
Nacogdoches is one of the only cities that give ___% of sales tax to the __________ district
1%
Hospital
"Dog Nuts For Sale" was used in class to represent ______
Miranda Rights
In the SNL video shown on 1-27, Trump said the price of eggs was at an all-time low (True/False)
False
According to Harold Laslow, who has the power?
The Elite
Amount of Government spending
$12 trillion or 40%
Percentages of where Nacogdoches gets its water
70% Lake Nac
30% Wells
Ruis v. Estelle is under the __ amendment. David Ruis wrote about 4 complaints that were ________,________,________ and _________
8th
Overcrowding(4 cell mates)
mixing of violent and non-violent criminals
lack of medical care
"building tenders"
Bidens approval rating on 1-20-25 was 40% (T/F)
False (37%)
3 layers that effect our lives
U.S Government
State government
Local Government
Examples of things under State/U.S. government
education, sales tax, hospitals, transportation, parks/wildlife, child support enforcement, and criminal justice
Examples of things under local government
water, streets, police, sewage treatment, fire suppression, parks, and economic development
Which court case is under the 9th amendment and has to do with the right of privacy
Roe v. Wade
Politics refers to...
"conflicts over who government leadership is, how government is organized or what policies are"
Thomas Hobbes is known for writing _______ that included the saying_____________________
Leviathan
"without government life would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short"
Texas overturned which court case
Roe v. Wade
Nacogdoches has the power to adjust the curriculum taught in schools (T/F)
False
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (June 24, 2022) involves ______
Overturning Roe v. Wade to give the decision on abortion to the states
What three things do you need to bring for every exam
Scantron, pencil, and a head full of federal government knowledge.
The U.S national debt is less than 36 trillion (T/F)
False (is not going down)
Federal government only has the powers stated in the __________
Constitution (expressed powers)
You are expected to pay to play pickle ball at Moroney Park (T/F)
Most extreme abortion law
Heartbeat Bill