1. REVIEW OF PAGES IN NOTES PACKET Miss Springborn~ Team 6

2. 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,

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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…

6. 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

7. 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.

8. Now flip to pages 39 and 40  If the notes are not complete we will finish them at this time…