Purposes and Powers of Government
List the purposes of government.
Maintain Order, Provide National Security, Provide Public Services, Manage Resources, and Establish and Administer Justice.
What is federalism?
What is The sharing of power across different levels of government?
What does foreign mean?
What is another country or nation?
Who was George White? (Give a 2-3 sentence summary)
George White was a black man that was accused of murdering a white woman. He was broken out of jail before his trial and lynched by a crowd of people.
What are state papers?
What is An official document related/ to the administration of government affairs
List the powers of government.
Make war, Conduct Foreign Policy, Levy Taxes, and Make/Enforce Laws and Regulations.
What are the 3 levels of government (in order from smallest to largest)?
What are Local, State, and Federal/National?
What is a preamble?
What is an introductory statement?
Whichever group has the most votes wins EXCEPT...
If what the majority decides infringes on the rights of minorities, then it cannot be done because everyone is protected equally under the law.
This document includes the first 10 Amendments to the United States Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Which POWERS are needed to achieve the PURPOSE of providing national security?
What are Conduct Foreign Policy, Make War, and Levy Taxes?
Which level of government would be responsible for filling a pothole in your neighborhood?
What is the local government?
Which vocab word is this definition describing: "The action or state of setting someone apart from others"?
What is Segregation?
This amendment gives you the right to remain silent, guarantees fair legal actions, and protects you from being tried by the same crime twice.
What is the 5th Amendment?
True of False: The Constitution is considered the supreme law of the land.
True
Which POWER is needed to achieve the PURPOSE of providing public services?
What is levy taxes?
Which level of government is responsible for building schools to educate young people?
What is the State government?
Which vocab word is this definition describing: An execution without trial,?
What is a lynching?
This Supreme Court case ended segregation in public schools, famously declaring 'separate educational facilities are inherently unequal'.
What is Brown v. Board of Eduction
What are the five freedoms of the first amendment? HINT: RAPPS
Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, and Speech.
What is the relationship between the purposes and powers of government?
Which level of government would be responsible for settling disputes between states?
What is the National/Federal government?
What is Eminent Domain?
The government has the right to take your property without your consent ONLY IF they give just compensation
Everybody is protected equally under the law. You cannot infringe upon the rights of minorities.
The founding fathers originally met up at the Constitutional Convention to edit which document?
What is the Articles of Confederation?