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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
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If you were a judge, what branch would you work in?
If I were a judge, I would work in the judicial branch.
100
If you yelled "fire" in a crowded theater, would the first amendment protect you?
If you yelled fire in a crowded theater, you would not be protected because you threatened the safety of others.
100
If you lived in US in 1929, how would the economy be in the United States?
If you lived during the Great Depression, you might not have a job and you might have lost a lot of money in the stock market crash.
100
(Ch 1) If you were a US citizen, you would vote for Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential __________
Election
100
(Ch 3) If someone has negative feelings towards someone else, they would show ___________ towards that person
Prejudice
200
If you were a senator, what branch would you work for?
If I were a senator, I would work for the legislative branch.
200
If you wanted to buy an RPG (Rocket-Propelled-Grenade) launcher, what amendment would protect you?
If you want to buy an RPG, the 2nd amendment can protect you.
200
If you were an immigrant from Europe, what city or what immigration would you go to?
If you were an immigrant from Europe, you would go to Ellis Island in New York City.
200
(Ch 2) If many people disagreed on an issue, the issue would be ________________
Controversial
200
(Ch. 3) If you worked a daily job to get a salary, you would be ___________ ____ _____________
Making a living
300
If you were the Secretary of State like Hillary Clinton, what branch would you work for?
If I were Hillary Clinton, I would work for the executive branch?
300
If you are arrested but cannot pay for a lawyer, what would the government do?
If you were arrested but could not pay for a lawyer, the government would provide a lawyer for you. The Sixth amendment gives this right.
300
If you were an immigrant to the United States in the early 19th Century, what would pull you to come to the United States?
If you were an immigrant to the United States in the early 19th Century, the pull of more jobs and religious freedom would pull you to the United States.
300
(Ch 2) If you were a soldier in the US Army, you would be part of the US _____________
Military
300
(Ch 1) If you were the Supreme Court, you would decide if a law was _______________ or not
Constitutional
400
If the president wanted to block a law, what would he or she do?
If the president wanted to block a law, he or she would veto the law.
400
If you wanted to protest against a law, how would the constitution protect your right to protest?
The first amendment's right to free speech, free assembly, and right to petition would protect your right to protest.
400
If you were an Irish immigrant to the United States in the early 19th Century, what farming-related problem would push you to come to the US?
If you were an Irish immigrant to the United States in the early 19th Century, the potato famine of 1848 would push you to come to the US.
400
(Ch 3) If you were the US president, every four years you would _____ _____ _______? But usually serve only two terms.
run for office
400
(Ch 3) If you had no water in the desert and no one to help you, you would have no hope and be __________
desperate
500
If you wanted to change a law that Congress and the president had passed, what would you do?
If I wanted to change a law, I would start a court case against the law and bring the case up to the federal court or I would draft an amendment to the constitution and have the amendment repealed by 3/4ths of the United States.
500
If you wanted to talk about controversies of the first amendment, what are three examples that you would give?
If I wanted to talk about the controversies of the first amendment, I would bring up the examples of flag burning; protests that interfere with commerce; and banning cell phones in schools.
500
If you were an immigrant to the United States in the Late 19th Century, what technological innovation in the field of transportation would help you get to the United States?
If you were an immigrant to the United States, the innovation of steamships would help you to get to the United States.
500
(Ch 1) If you were voting in an election, you would ____ ___ ____ _______.
go to the polls
500
(Ch 2) If someone burned a flag, they would not be showing love for their country. They would be ______________
Unpatriotic