12306 Agenda

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• 1/23/06 Agenda
• Review/Discuss reading notes
• Quiz on reading
• Political Diamond self survey
• LecturePolitical Beliefs and Behaviors

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• Please get out a separate sheet of paper. Thank
  you!
• Title the paper Reading Quiz and put your heading
  in the upper right corner. Thanks!

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• The difference between a direct democracy and a
  representative democracy is that
• Direct democracy has elected representatives,
  representative democracy has direct citizen rule.
• Direct democracy has direct citizen rule,
  representative democracy has elected
  representatives.
• Direct democracy has an electoral college,
  representative democracy does not.
• They are fundamentally the same.
• Statism is the idea that
• States can only be formed by popular vote.
• States can never pass laws without the federal
  governments permission.
• The rights of the state (meaning nation) are
  supreme over the rights of the individual.
• The right of the individual is greater than the
  right of the nation

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• 3) A plurality is
• A) A candidate or party that gets the least
  amount of votes
• B) A candidate or party that gets over 50 of
  the vote
• C) A candidate or party that wins the most
  votes, not necessarily more than half
• D) When two or more candidates or parties tie
  for the most votes
• 4) Democratic Consensus is
• A) Acceptance of the ideals of democracy and a
  willingness to behave accordingly
• B) When almost everyone agrees to vote for the
  same candidate or party
• C) When the legislative branch agrees to break
  an electoral tie
• D) When the Democrats win a presidential
  election.

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• 5) Which of the following is the best example of
  Divided Government?
• A) When Republicans control the executive and
  legislative branches of government.
• B) When Democrats control the executive and
  legislative branches of government
• C) When there is a republican president and a
  majority of democrats in congress
• D) When there is a republican president and a
  minority of democrats in congress
• 6) Which of the following is a method for
  proposing constitutional amendments?
• A) A popular, direct vote.
• B) Presidential action
• C) Action by the Supreme Court
• D) Two-thirds vote of both houses of congress.

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• Political Diamond Self-Survey

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• Please open your Interactive Notebooks to page 6.
  Thank you!
• Title the page Political Beliefs and Behaviors .
  This lecture will cover part IIB of the course
  syllabus.

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• VII. Federalism
• A. When a constitution divides powers between a
  central government and sub-divisional
  governments.
• B. Alternatives
• 1) Unitary
• 2) Confederation

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• VIII Why Federalism?
• A. Failures of the Articles of Confederation
• B. Prevents growth of tyrrany
• 1. James Madison, Federalist 10
• C. Unity without uniformity
• D. Encourages experimentation
• 1. States as laboratories
• E. Keeps government closer to the people.

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• IX Constitutional Structure of Federalism
• A. Express Powers specifically granted to one
  of the 3 branches of government.
• B. Implied Powers inferred from express powers
• C. Necessary and Proper Clause
• D. Inherent Powers grow from the very existence
  of national government.

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• Homework
• Get an Interactive Notebook
• Number pages 1-160
• Title page 1 United States Government Interactive
  Notebook in large letters.
• Download and print the course syllabus from the
  AP Government Spring Semester website.
• 5) Read pages 3-9 in textbook, take at least one
  page of notes on page 2 of your Interactive
  Notebook.
• 6) Read pages 26-29, 32-42 in the textbook, Take
  at least one page of notes on page 4 of your
  Interactive Notebook.