Purposes of Government
The acronym that we use to describe purposes of government.
What is:
E: Economic Decisions
S:Maintain Social Order
P: Provide Public Services
N: Provide National Security
R: Protect Citizen Rights?
The type of government that the U.S. has.
What is a representative democracy/republic?
The two ways to obtain citizenship of a country.
What are naturalization and natural-born citizenship?
Things that citizens are obligated to do, often by law.
What are civic duties?
The name of the current U.S. President.
Who is Donald Trump?
The purpose of government shown here:
After the September 11th attacks, President Bush launched the Global War on Terror, deploying U.S. troops to the Middle East to combat terrorism.
What is Providing National Security?
The absence of government.
What is anarchy?
The two metaphors describing American national identity and immigration.
What are the Melting Pot and Salad Bowl?
The type of civic engagement that includes voting, community service, and voting in elections.
What are civic responsibilities?
What the stars and stripes in the American flag represent.
What are the 50 states (stars) and 13 colonies (stripes)?
The purpose of government shown here:
The City of Charlotte passed a law that increases funding to the upkeeping of roads, the lightrail, and traffic lights.
What is Making Economic Decisions?
The type of government that bases its laws on religious texts.
ex: The Vatican, Iran, etc.
What is a theocracy?
What immigrants must do under the Melting Pot metaphor.
What is Assimilate?
Something that a citizen can do that is both a civic responsibility and a civic privilege.
What is voting?
The capital of North Carolina.
What is Raleigh?
The purposes of government that are in conflict here:
A city enforces a curfew of midnight on Saturdays and Sundays during summer time for everyone under the age of 17. This will keep juveniles from being involved or becoming the victims of violent crimes (or other mischief).
What are maintaining social order and protecting the rights of citizens?
The two types of monarchies and democracies.
What are absolute and limited/constitutional monarchies and direct and representative democracies?
The three main visa pathways in the U.S. that lead to citizenship.
What are:
- Family-Based (marriage)
- Work-Based
and
- Refugee Status?
John Locke's theory on government in which citizens give up some of their rights in exchange for the government's protection of natural rights and promoting the common good.
What is the Social Contract Theory?
The first state of the U.S.
What is Delaware?
When purposes of government conflict with one-another, this purpose usually takes priority.
What is Providing National Security?
The type of government where one person rules and maintains power through terror and paranoia.
What is a dictatorship/totalitarian government?
The Amendment that ensures that those born on U.S. soil are automatically granted citizenship, and the name of this right.
What are the 14th Amendment & Birthright Citizenship?
The duties and responsibilities that only U.S. citizens can do.
What are voting and jury duty?
North Carolina's state bird.
What is the Cardinal?