Civics

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Civics Economics Top 100

• What every student should know to pass the Civics
  Economics EOC
• Goal 2

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Goal 2 The learner will analyze how the
government established by the United States
Constitution embodies the purposes, values, and
principles of American democracy.
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Principles of the Constitution

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

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3 Branches of Government

• Legislative makes laws
• Executive executes or enforces laws
• Judicial interprets laws

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Bill of Rights, 1791

• The first ten amendments to the Constitution,
  which guarantee basic individual rights.

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Suffrage Amendments

• 15th gave African Americans the right to vote.
• 19th gave women the right to vote.
• 23rd gave residents of the District of Columbia
  the right to vote in presidential elections.
• 24th abolished poll taxes.
• 26th gave citizens 18 years and older the right
  to vote.

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Civil War Amendments

• 13th abolished slavery.
• 14th defined citizenship and guaranteed all
  citizens equal protection under the law.
• 15th gave African Americans the right to vote.

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Impeachment

• A majority of the members of the House of
  Representatives accuse the President or other
  high government officials of serious wrongdoing.

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Judicial Review

• The Supreme Courts power to overturn any law
  that it decides is in conflict with the
  Constitution.
• Judicial Review was established by the decision
  in Marbury v. Madison.

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Landmark Supreme Court Cases

• Marbury v. Madison judicial review
• Plessy v. Ferguson separate but equal
• Brown v. Board of Education separate is not
  equal
• Gideon v. Wainwright court-appointed attorney
• Miranda v. Arizona rights of the accused

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States Rights

• The states' rights concept is usually used to
  defend a state law that the federal government
  seeks to override, or to oppose a perceived
  violation by the federal government of the bounds
  of federal authority.

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Government Revenue

• Money the government collects, such as taxes,
  fines, bonds, or user fees.

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Contemporary Issues

• Strict versus loose construction of the
  Constitution
• States rights
• Electoral College and process
• Civil and personal liberties

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Government Agencies

• Conservation of natural resources
• Immigration and naturalization
• Crime control and drug prevention
• Information gathering and policy formation
• Health and human services
• National security
• Transportation