Labor Laws
Type of legislation created by local government.
What is an ordinance?
Before paper ballots people cast their votes using this method.
What is voice voting?
You need at least this amount of electoral votes to win.
The three basic American values.
What is freedom, justice, and equality?
The number of articles.
What is thirteen (13)?
A local law enacted by a city or county that sets a certain amount of money that employers must pay their employees.
What is minimum wage ordinance?
A great debater does not need to use facts.
What is false?
This system is used during the election process based on the majority vote.
What is the popular vote?
Who was the Muslim on the airplane?
This was a political cartoon published in 1754. It was in the form of a snake.
What is "Join, or die"?
Requires employers to provide time off to workers for treatment, diagnosis or preventative care for themselves, a family member or a designated person and still earn money while away from the job.
What is paid sick leave ordinance?
This side comes up with assertions not in support of the resolved statement.
What is the negative?
The purpose of Electoral College AND how many electors are there?
What is to elect the President of the United States? What is 538?
Irving Berlin wrote the song, God Bless America, in 1918. Who sang it in 1938?
Who is Kate Smith?
Full name of the Albany Plan.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
A law that restricts employers from considering an applicant's criminal history until after a conditional job offer has been made
What is the fair chance ordinance?
This side comes up with assertions in support of the resolved statement.
What is the affirmative?
Name at least one (1) argument in support of (affirmative) abolishing the Electoral College.
Outdated
Gives smaller states disproportionate power in elections
Too much focus on swing states
This artist gave a non-traditional rendition of the Star Spangled Banner in the 1960's.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
The Articles of Confederation were a ________. Years later the Constitution would replace it.
What is a prototype?
TYPICALLY POSTED IN OR OUTSIDE OF THE BUSINESS
Name/discuss the debate format/flow we did during debate madness.
Debate flow:
Affirmative begins with opening arguments.
Negative follows with cross examination.
Negative gives their opening arguments.
Affirmative follows with cross examination.
Negative gives rebuttal and closing arguments.
Affirmative ends the debate with rebuttal and closing arguments.
Name at least one (1) argument not in support of (negative) abolishing the Electoral College.
Respects the federal structure of the U.S. by giving states a role in selecting the president
Prevents big cities to be only targeted by politicians
Name of the unarmed teen who was gunned down in 2012 in Sanford, FL by someone who was told not to engage but infringed on the young teens rights. Mr. Green gave his Box Talk on him.
Who is Trayvon Martin?
Which Article declared that the Articles of Confederation were forever and could only be changed by the Congress of Confederation and if all the states agreed.
What is Article 13.