Government
Three Branches of Government
Judicial
Executive
Legislative
First European Explorer
Christopher Columbus
Popular Vote
Total number of votes a candidate gets
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Preamble
Time limit of SS Test
70 minutes
Two parts of legislative branch
House of representatives
Senate
Cause of Revolutionary War
British taxes on colonists
General Elections
A candidate is nominated from each party to compete against the opposing party’s candidate to win the election
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Declaration of Independence
Perfect score on Social Studies Test
200
Example of an Authoritarian Government
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Westward Expansion
Manifest Destiny
Gold Rush
Oregon Trail
Political Parties
Democrat
Republican
Third Party (Independent)
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Second amendment
Number of Questions on Social Studies Test
35
Few people are in charge of government
Oligarchy
Cause of Civil War
to stop the expansion of slavery
Primary Elections
Candidates within each party compete against one another to win their party’s nomination
That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.
Emancipation Proclamation
Minimum Passing Score
145+
Checks and Balances
Veto
Impeachment
Nominate Judges
First British Colony
Jamestown, Virginia
Electoral College
Each state is given a certain number of votes based on population
First to 270 electoral votes wins
Having undertaken for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, Covenant and Combine ourselves together in a Civil Body...
Mayflower Compact
Percentage of each category of the test
50%- Civics & Government
20%- US History
15%- Geography
15%- Economics