Unit 1: Intro to Civics
This was our first plan for government
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Makes the laws, carries out the laws, interprets the laws
What are the jobs of the legislative, executive and judicial branch?
3 responsibilities of US citizens
What is Voting, being informed, taking part in gov't, helping your community, respecting & protecting others rights?
–no judicial branch (no court system)
–No executive branch (no leader, no carrying out laws
–No power for central gov’t to tax the states (no revenue for the gov’t to pay war debts)
–9/13 states had to agree to make a law
–All states had to agree to amend the Constitution
What are weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
This app was being close to becoming banned in the United States for national security reasons
What happened to TikTok?
3 qualities of being a good citizen
Many possible answers...
BEING A NICE KID TO SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS
Recite the Preamble
We the people of the US, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the US of A
These are the Bill of Rights
What amendments are the freedom of religion, petition, assemble, press, speech / right to bear arms / unwarranted searches and seizures / no self incrimination, double jeopardy, eminent domain / right to a speedy trial, attorney, witnesses / jury trial for civil case over $20 / no cruel and unusual punishment / humans rights can't be denied / powers given to states & people?
100 and 435
What is the number of US Senators & US House of Representatives?
this level of our government is shut down
What is going on with the federal government?
Life, liberty & the pursuit of Happiness
What words are in the Declaration of Independence?
These are the 7 articles in order
What is the legislative branch, executive branch, judicial branch, relationship between the states, amendment process, supremacy clause, ratification process?
3 Civil War Amendments
What types of amendments are the 13th amendment that ended slavery, 14th defined citizenship and gave equal protection under the law & the 15th amendment gave African American men to vote?
3 duties of US citizens.
What is...Obeying the law, attending school, paying taxes, serving in armed forces, appearing in court?
This country was hit head on by Hurricane Melissa
What happened in Jamaica?
This is the process by which an alien may become a citizen
What is naturalization?
This is the date the Constitution was signed
What happened on September 17th, 1787?
This is the process for an amendment to become part of the Constitution
What is 2/3 vote in Congress and 3/4 of the states have to pass?
This was the large & small states plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention
What was the Virginia & New Jersey Plan?
This company had a glitch that sent the whole online world into turmoil
What happened to Amazon?
An early document that Parliament forced the King to sign to limit his power
What was the Magna Carta?
This is the term that allows other branches to make sure the other branch doesn't do whatever they want
What is checks and balances?
Made poll taxes illegal in national/state elections
What did the 24th amendment do?
This event resulted in our founders scrapping the Articles of Confederation
What was Shay's Rebellion?
This was a protest against President Trump recently
What was the No Kings Rally?