REVIEW OF PAGES IN NOTES PACKET Miss Springborn~ Team 6

Page 20~ What do you think this quote means?  “The measure of a democracy is the measure of the freedom of its humblest human beings”  ANSWER: This quote means that a democracy is truly free when your extend those freedom to ALL of the citizens living under your government  Who didn’t have full freedom at the beginning? ANSWER: Women, slaves, some immigrant groups, children, native Americans, Do you think there are people that still don’t have full freedom today? ANSWER: Children, immigrants, native Americans,

Page 24~Branches of Government  Legislative Branch  Impeach the president  Pass law’s over the president’s veto by two- thirds majority vote of both houses  Establish committees to oversee activities of executive branch  Disapprove appointments made by the president  Propose amendments to the Constitution  Executive Branch  Nominate members of the federal judiciary  Veto laws passed by Congress

Page 24 ~ Continued  Judicial Branch  Overrule decisions made by lower courts  Declare laws made by Congress to be unconstitutional  Declare actions of the executive branch to be unconstitutional

Page 27~Electoral College~ How to choose the president  Which state has the most Electoral votes? ANSWER: California  Why? The states with the most people living in them have the most representatives…California has the largest population and the most representatives  How many electoral votes does New York have? Answer: 31  Which states would the candidates most likely campaign in?  States with the most electoral votes, such as California, New York, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc…

Page 28~ The Electoral College  Which state has the most electoral votes? California  Which states have only 3 electoral votes? Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Washington DC, Vermont  Question 3: Answers may vary…what did you get?  Question 4: Idaho, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Hawaii  Question 5: New York has 31electoral votes  Question 6: New York has 29 representatives

Page 30~ About when we vote:  Why November? Since most Americans used to work in farming it made sense to wait until early November when the harvest season was over  Why a Tuesday? Many voters had to travel great distances and overnight to get to their voting place, this meant that to avoid traveling on the religious day of Sunday, voting was delayed to Tuesday giving people Monday to travel instead  Why not November 1 st ? It is a very special and holy day for Roman Catholics and Congress wanted to avoid voting on a religious holiday, also, many businesses tallied their receipts from the end of the month and it would be tough for many merchants to have to travel to vote on that day.

Page 31- Questions  1. False  2. True  3. False  4. True  5. False  The Discussion and report topics are opinion bases so as long as you have answered them there is no right or wrong answer

Page 32- Questions  1. The first method of using Congress to propose and approve is the most popular way of amending the constitution  2. No religious qualifications  states are needed  4. Allowed for income tax to be collected  total so far  6. Article 5 outlines the process

Document Sort on pages  Declaration of Independence:  July 4 th 1776  Stated the freedom of the United States  All men are created equal  Life Liberty and pursuit of happiness  Continental Congress approved it  Thomas Jefferson, author

Document Sort on pages  Article of Confederation:  Set up our very first government  1777  Only one branch of government  Congress only  Weak Central government  Document was replaced  States stronger than National government

Document Sort on pages  Constitution:  Our nation’s highest law  3 branches of government  1787  President, Congress, Supreme court  27 amendments added to it, including the Bill of Rights  James Madison, author  Preamble  National government stronger than the state  We the people

Document Sort on pages  Bill of Rights  Protects our civil rights  1789  Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Petition, and Assembly  James Madison, author  Right to bear Arms  1 st -10 th amendments