Government Benchmark Review

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Government Benchmark Review
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Types of Government

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

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Types of Government

• Dictatorship
• One ruler
• Example cuba

• Democracy/Republic
• People have a say or voice in government

Representative Democracy
Direct Democracy
Anarchy no government
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Give Examples of Each

• Duties

• Responsibilities

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Give Examples of Each

• Duties
• Obey Laws
• School
• Draft
• Pay Taxes
• Serve in Court

• Responsibilities
• Be Informed
• Vote
• Volunteer
• Tolerant

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Put the following events in chronological order

• Constitutional Convention
• Mayflower Compact
• House of Burgesses
• Articles of Confederation
• Shays Rebellion
• John Locke - Natural Rights Ideas

• Common Sense
• Declaration of Independence
• Revolutionary War
• Begins
• Ends
• Magna Carta
• Federalist Papers
• Bill of Rights

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Put the following events in chronological order

• 8. Revolutionary War Ends
• 9. Articles of Confederation
• Shays Rebellion
• Constitutional Convention
• Federalist Papers
• Bill of Rights
• Signed the Constitution and we still use it as
  our government today.

1. Magna Carta
2. John Locke
3. House of Burgesses
4. Mayflower Compact
5. Common Sense
6. Revolutionary War Begins
7. Declaration of Independence

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Causes of Revolutionary War

• Long Term Causes
• Mercantilism
• Salutary Neglect

• Short Term Causes
• Stamp Act
• Tea Act
• Townsend Acts
• Quartering Act
• No taxation without representation
• Intolerable Act

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List the Principles in Constitution

• Federalism
• Limited Government
• Popular Sovereignty
• Separation of Powers
• Checks Balances
• Flexibility

• Rule of Law

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Different Clauses

• Necessary Proper Clause
• Elastic Clause
• Supremacy Clause
• Full Faith Credit Clause
• No Establishment Clause
• Free Exercise Clause
• Santa Claus

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Different Powers

• Enumerated Powers
• Delegated Powers
• Expressed Powers
• Reserved Powers
• Concurrent Powers
• Implied Powers
• Denied Powers

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3 Branches of Government3 Levels of Government
Legislative Executive Judicial
National Or Federal
State
Local
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3 Branches of Government3 Levels of Government
Legislative (Make Laws) Executive (Enforce or Carry Out Laws) Judicial (Interpret Laws)
National Or Federal Congress Senate House of Rep Committees President Vice President Cabinet Bureaucracy Supreme Court Appeals court District Court
State General Assembly Senate House of Rep Governor 1996 Veto Power Lt. Governor Council of State State Supreme Court Appeals court District Court
Local County Municipal City Council County Commissioner Mayor or Town Manager xxx
Supremacy Clause makes the National Government
higher in power than the State Governments. This
clause was interpreted and reinforced by the
court cases Gibbons v Ogden and McCulloch v
Maryland.
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Who can do what?
Legislative Executive Judicial

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Who can do what?
Legislative Executive Judicial
Make laws Declare War Coin Money Impeach Override (2/3rds) Post Office Regulate Commerce Punish Treason Approve Treaties and other acts of President Enforce Laws Send Troops Commander in Chief Make Treaties Appoint Officials (Ambassadors, Judges, and Cabinet Members) Veto Laws Executive Orders Pardon or Reprieve or Amnesty Interpret Laws Try Crimes Declare Laws Unconstitutional (Judicial Review)
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List Constitutional Amendments

• 1-
• 2-
• 4-
• 5-
• 6-
• 8-
• 10-

• 14-
• 15-
• 16-
• 19-
• 26-

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List Constitutional Amendments

• 1- speech, press, religion, assembly petition
• 2- bear arms
• 4- search warrant
• 5- self-incrimination double jeopardy
• 6- rights of accussed
• 8- cruel unusual punishment
• 10- reserved powers for states

• 14- equal protection
• 15- minoritys right to vote
• 16- income tax
• 19- Womens right to vote
• 26- lowered voting age to 18

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Court System
Decide if laws are constitutional
Decide if trial was fair
Decides innocent or guilty
Hears cases first
Prosecution, Jury, and Judge
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List all Court Cases you know

• Marbury v Madison
• Korematsu
• US v Nixon
• Miranda (rights)
• Gideon (lawyer)
• Mapp v Ohio (4th)
• Schenck
• Tinker
• Hazelwood

• Brown v Board
• Plessy v Fergusson
• Engle v Vitale
• Gibbons v Ogden
• McCulloch v Maryland
• Texas v Johnson
• Swann v Charlotte
• State Cases
• State v Mann
• Leandro Case