1. So, What is Important in Government and US History? Brainstorm in your group what you believe are the “highlights” America’s Wars Famous Leaders Scandals Important Documents Government Reforms

2. So, What is Important in Government and US History? Brainstorm in your group what you believe are the “highlights” Government Indirect Democracy Federal, State and Local Government (Federalism) 3 Branches of Government (Legislative, Executive, And Judicial) Checks and Balances Limited Government Separation of Power Popular Sovereignty Judicial Review

3. So, What is Important in Government and US History? Brainstorm in your group what you believe are the “highlights” America’s Wars See Handout but … American Revolution War of 1812 Mexican American War Civil War Spanish American War World War I World War II Korean War Vietnam 1 st Persian Gulf War 2 nd Persian Gulf War / Afghanistan Cold War – NO!!

4. So, What is Important in Government and US History? Brainstorm in your group what you believe are the “highlights” Famous Leaders George Washington Franklin Delano Roosevelt Abraham Lincoln Theodore Roosevelt James Madison Andrew Jackson Ronald Reagan John F. Kennedy Harry Truman Woodrow Wilson Thomas Jefferson Ben Franklin Alexander Hamilton Martin Luther King Cesar Chavez Elizabeth Caty Stanton

5. So, What is Important in Government and US History? Brainstorm in your group what you believe are the “highlights” Scandals Nixon – Watergate (resignation) Johnson – Tenure of Office Act (impeachment) Clinton – Monica Lewinsky (impeachment) Hamilton and Burr: the Duel John Adams – XYZ Affair Grant – Credit Mobilier Harding – Teapot Dome Scandal Reagan – Iran-Contra Affair

6. So, What is Important in Government and US History? Brainstorm in your group what you believe are the “highlights” Reforms Abolition Women’s Suffrage Populist Movement Progressive Movement Temperance Civil Rights 18 year olds Vote Child Labor Working Conditions Labor Unions Education

7. So, What is Important in Government and US History? Brainstorm in your group what you believe are the “highlights” Important Documents Mayflower Compact Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson) Articles of Confederation Constitution (James Madison) Bill of Rights (1-10 Amendments) Remaining Amendments (26 in all) Gettysburg Address “I Have a Dream” Speech Civil Rights Act 1964