1. Write your journal
2. Directions: On another sheet of paper, answer the following questions. You do not need to write down the questions, just the answers. You can use you textbook. This assignment is worth 100 points, and is due at the end of the period.
1. What are the two kinds of federal courts? (507)
2. Who appoints federal judges? (509)
3. What two kinds of cases do district courts hear? (513)
4. How many U.S. Courts of Appeals are there? (514)
5. What Supreme Court decision established judicial review? (518)
6. How many Supreme Court justices are there? (520)
7. If you get busted shoplifting, will a federal or state court hear the case? (508)
8. When Paula Jones accused President Clinton of sexual harassment, would a federal or state court hear the case?
9. Who appoints Supreme Court justices? (394)
10. What document governed the United States before The Constitution? (44)
11. How many branches of government did The Constitution establish? (66)
12. What are the branches of government called? (66)
13. What is the name of the system that allows the branches of government to check each other? (67)
14. How amendments have been added to The Constitution? (76)
15. How many major political parties are there in America? (116)
16. How old do you have to be to run for the Senate? (pg. 277)
17. How long are Senator Terms? (pg. 272)
18. In the Vice President’s absence, who is the presiding officer of the Senate? (pg. 323)
19. How long are House of Representatives members elected to serve? (pg. 272)
20. How old do you have to be to run for the House of Representatives? (pg. 272)
21. How many members are in the House of Representatives? (267)
22. How many members are in the Senate? (275)
23. How much money do members of Congress make? (282)
24. Who has the power to tax? (294)
25. What house of Congress has the power to impeach? (311)
26. How many presidents have been impeached? (311)
27. What house of Congress confirms major Presidential appointments? (313)
28. When does Congress begin a new term? (320)
29. Who is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives? (322)
30. Where does most of the work in Congress get done? (329)
31. Who signs bills passed by Congress into law? (345)
32. What constitutional amendment deals with Presidential disability? (360-361)
33. How old must the President of the United States be? (356)
34. How much money does the President make per year? (358)
35. According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, who follows the Vice President in the line of presidential succession? (359)
36. If an incumbent President is seeking another term in office, who will his party likely nominate? (374, “Who is Nominated)
37. What is the least amount of presidential electors a State can have? (380, Map)
38. How are a State’s presidential electors chosen? (378, “Choosing Electors”)
39. What is the maximum amount of years a President can serve in office? (357)
40. Is the president responsible for recommending legislation? (405)
Monday, December 13, 2010
Friday December 10, 2010
1. Write your journal
2. Take the following quiz:
American Government Quiz.
Directions: You can use your notes and work. You can work in groups. Write your answers on another sheet of paper. You do not need to copy the questions.
1. According to the documentary, which Supreme Court Justice was responsible for inventing The Supreme Court?
2. How many cases did the 1st Supreme Court hear?
3. Is Judicial Review in the original constitution?
4. What is the establishment clause?
5. What is the free exercise clause?
6. What is the lemon test?
7. What is an example of the establishment clause?
8. What is an example of the executive clause?
9. What defines an American according to page 545?
10. According to page 545, describe the nation’s religious makeup.
11. How did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Nixon?
12. How did the Supreme Court rule in Gideon v. Wainwright
13. How did the Supreme Court rule in Roe v. Wade?
14. How did the Supreme Court rule in Korematsu v. United States?
15. How did the Supreme Court rule in Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke?
16. How did the Supreme Court rule in Miranda v. Arizona?
17. How did the Supreme Court rule in Tinker v. Des Moines?
18. How did the Supreme Court rule in Marbury v. Madison?
19. How did the Supreme Court rule in Brown v. Board of Education?
2. Take the following quiz:
American Government Quiz.
Directions: You can use your notes and work. You can work in groups. Write your answers on another sheet of paper. You do not need to copy the questions.
1. According to the documentary, which Supreme Court Justice was responsible for inventing The Supreme Court?
2. How many cases did the 1st Supreme Court hear?
3. Is Judicial Review in the original constitution?
4. What is the establishment clause?
5. What is the free exercise clause?
6. What is the lemon test?
7. What is an example of the establishment clause?
8. What is an example of the executive clause?
9. What defines an American according to page 545?
10. According to page 545, describe the nation’s religious makeup.
11. How did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Nixon?
12. How did the Supreme Court rule in Gideon v. Wainwright
13. How did the Supreme Court rule in Roe v. Wade?
14. How did the Supreme Court rule in Korematsu v. United States?
15. How did the Supreme Court rule in Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke?
16. How did the Supreme Court rule in Miranda v. Arizona?
17. How did the Supreme Court rule in Tinker v. Des Moines?
18. How did the Supreme Court rule in Marbury v. Madison?
19. How did the Supreme Court rule in Brown v. Board of Education?
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wednesday and Thursday December 8 and 9, 2010
1. Write your journal
2. Using the Supreme Cour Glossary in your textbook, pages 799-806, for the following cases, in your own words, write what the court decided, and then write whether you agree with the decision and why.
Cases:
United States v. Nixon
United States v. Eichman
Tinker v. Des Moines School District
Schenck v. United States
Roe v. Wade
New York Times v. United States
Marbury v. Madison
Miranda v. Arizona
Korematsu v. United States
Gideon v. Wainwright
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
2. Using the Supreme Cour Glossary in your textbook, pages 799-806, for the following cases, in your own words, write what the court decided, and then write whether you agree with the decision and why.
Cases:
United States v. Nixon
United States v. Eichman
Tinker v. Des Moines School District
Schenck v. United States
Roe v. Wade
New York Times v. United States
Marbury v. Madison
Miranda v. Arizona
Korematsu v. United States
Gideon v. Wainwright
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Tuesday Decemver 7, 2010
1. Write your journal
2. In your textbook, read pgs. 537-544 and answer all the questions for the section assessment and read pg. 545 and answer questions 1-3
2. In your textbook, read pgs. 537-544 and answer all the questions for the section assessment and read pg. 545 and answer questions 1-3
Monday December 6, 2010
1. Write your journal.
2. We watched a movie, so to make up the notes, you need to read pgs. 517-522 in your textbook and answer the section assessment. Then you need to read pg. 523 and answer the questions.
2. We watched a movie, so to make up the notes, you need to read pgs. 517-522 in your textbook and answer the section assessment. Then you need to read pg. 523 and answer the questions.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Friday December 3, 2010
1. Write your journal about anything that you want.
2. Take the following quiz:
American Government Quiz
Directions: Do not write on this sheet of paper. You can use your notes and work in groups. Write your answers on another sheet of paper. You don’t have to copy the question. Just write the number and answer the question.
1. Who is a defendant?
2. Who is a plaintiff?
3. What is a criminal case?
4. What is a civil case?
5. What is a precedent?
6. What is judicial review?
7. What is judicial power?
8. If there is a murder on a cruise ship, where would the case be heard?
9. If you get caught shoplifting at Wal-Mart, where would the case be heard?
10. If you decide to sue President Obama, where would the case be heard?
11. If you get a ticket for speeding, where would the case be heard?
12. If you decide to sue someone in another state, where would the case be heard?
13. If you get caught downloading music and movies illegally, where would the case be heard?
14. If you rob a federally insured bank, where would the case be heard?
15. If you steal my car, where would the case be heard?
16. In appealing a case to The Supreme Court, where does a case go after the case is filed in a federal district court?
17. If a case is appealed to the Supreme Court, what is 1 of the 3 things the Court can do?
18. What happens if the Supreme Court decides to hear a case?
19. How does the Supreme Court operate? (Hint: There are 4 different components)
20. Grab a magazine and write a paragraph summary of a story you find interesting.
2. Take the following quiz:
American Government Quiz
Directions: Do not write on this sheet of paper. You can use your notes and work in groups. Write your answers on another sheet of paper. You don’t have to copy the question. Just write the number and answer the question.
1. Who is a defendant?
2. Who is a plaintiff?
3. What is a criminal case?
4. What is a civil case?
5. What is a precedent?
6. What is judicial review?
7. What is judicial power?
8. If there is a murder on a cruise ship, where would the case be heard?
9. If you get caught shoplifting at Wal-Mart, where would the case be heard?
10. If you decide to sue President Obama, where would the case be heard?
11. If you get a ticket for speeding, where would the case be heard?
12. If you decide to sue someone in another state, where would the case be heard?
13. If you get caught downloading music and movies illegally, where would the case be heard?
14. If you rob a federally insured bank, where would the case be heard?
15. If you steal my car, where would the case be heard?
16. In appealing a case to The Supreme Court, where does a case go after the case is filed in a federal district court?
17. If a case is appealed to the Supreme Court, what is 1 of the 3 things the Court can do?
18. What happens if the Supreme Court decides to hear a case?
19. How does the Supreme Court operate? (Hint: There are 4 different components)
20. Grab a magazine and write a paragraph summary of a story you find interesting.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Wednesday and Thursday, December 1 and 2nd, 2010
1. Write your journal. You can write it about anything that you would like.
2. From pg 520 and 521-522, Draw, or make a graphic organizer, about how to appeal to the Supreme Court, AND How The Court Operates.
3. Read the following and answer the following questions:
Key figures:
• 15, 652 secret
• 101,748 confidential
• 133,887 unclassified
• Iraq most discussed country – 15,365 (Cables coming from Iraq – 6,677)
• Ankara, Turkey had most cables coming from it – 7,918
• From Secretary of State office - 8,017
According to the US State Departments labeling system, the most frequent subjects discussed are:
• External political relations – 145,451
• Internal government affairs – 122,896
• Human rights – 55,211
• Economic Conditions – 49,044
• Terrorists and terrorism – 28,801
UN security council – 6,532
1. Thinking about an eventual collapse of North Korea: American and South Korean officials have discussed the prospects for a unified Korea, should the North’s economic troubles and political transition lead the state to implode. The South Koreans even considered commercial inducements to China, according to the American ambassador to Seoul. She told Washington in February that South Korean officials believe that the right business deals would “help salve” China’s “concerns about living with a reunified Korea” that is in a “benign alliance” with the United States.
2. Suspicions of corruption in the Afghan government: When Afghanistan’s vice president visited the United Arab Emirates last year, local authorities working with the Drug Enforcement Administration discovered that he was carrying $52 million in cash. With wry understatement, a cable from the American Embassy in Kabul called the money “a significant amount” that the official, Ahmed Zia Massoud, “was ultimately allowed to keep without revealing the money’s origin or destination.” (Mr. Massoud denies taking any money out of Afghanistan.)
3. An intriguing alliance: American diplomats in Rome reported in 2009 on what their Italian contacts described as an extraordinarily close relationship between Vladimir V. Putin, the Russian prime minister, and Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister and business magnate, including “lavish gifts,” lucrative energy contracts and a “shadowy” Russian-speaking Italian go-between. They wrote that Mr. Berlusconi “appears increasingly to be the mouthpiece of Putin” in Europe. The diplomats also noted that while Mr. Putin enjoyed supremacy over all other public figures in Russia, he was undermined by an unmanageable bureaucracy that often ignored his edicts.
4. In a 2006 account, a wide-eyed American diplomat describes the lavish wedding of a well-connected couple in Dagestan, in Russia’s Caucasus, where one guest is the strongman who runs the war-ravaged Russian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.The diplomat tells of drunken guests throwing $100 bills at child dancers, and nighttime water-scooter jaunts on the Caspian Sea. “The dancers probably picked upwards of USD 5000 off the cobblestones,” the diplomat wrote. The host later tells him that Ramzan Kadyrov “had brought the happy couple ‘a five-kilo lump of gold’ as his wedding present.” “After the dancing and a quick tour of the premises, Ramzan and his army drove off back to Chechnya,” the diplomat reported to Washington. “We asked why Ramzan did not spend the night in Makhachkala, and were told, ‘Ramzan never spends the night anywhere.’ ”
5. Sunday's release of diplomatic cables include what seems to be an order from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to American diplomats to engage in intelligence gathering, directing her envoys at embassies around the world to collect information ranging from basic biographical data on diplomats to their frequent flier and credit card numbers.
6. Among the questions put to the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires was a series about President Fernandez de Kirchner's mental state and health: how she managed her nerves and anxiety, how stress affected her behavior toward advisers and decision-making, whether she was on medications, and how she calmed down when distressed.
The cable also asked about President Fernandez de Kirchner's approach to dealing with problems, and whether she shared her husband's "adversarial view of politics." It also asked about how the Argentine first couple divided up their day and on what issues each of them took the lead or deferred to the other.
7. As the United States negotiated with countries around the world to find new homes for the remaining detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Kuwait's minister of interior had a solution for the four Kuwaiti citizens left in the prison.
"You picked them up in Afghanistan; you should drop them off in Afghanistan," Shaikh Jaber Al-Khalid Al-Sabah is quoted as saying, "in the middle of the war zone," where the detainees could be killed in combat.
The 2009 cable titled "The Interior Minister's remedy for terrorists: Let them die," is among the diplomatic documents posted online by WikiLeaks.
8. Some cables reveal decidedly less than diplomatic opinions of foreign leaders. Putin is said to be an "alpha-dog" and Afghan President Hamid Karzai to be "driven by paranoia." German Chancellor Angela Merkel "avoids risk and is rarely creative." Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi travels with a "voluptuous blonde" Ukrainian nurse.
9. The Obama administration offered sweeteners to try to get other countries to take Guantanamo detainees, as part of its (as yet unsuccessful) effort to close the prison. Slovenia, for instance, was offered a meeting with President Obama, while the island nation of Kiribati was offered incentives worth millions.
10. Many Middle Eastern nations are far more concerned about Iran's nuclear program than they've publicly admitted. According to one cable, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has repeatedly asked the U.S. to "cut off the head of the snake" -- meaning, it appears, to bomb Iran's nuclear program. Leaders of Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and other Middle Eastern nations expressed similar views.
11. The U.S. ambassador to Seoul told Washington in February that the right business deals might get China to acquiesce to a reunified Korea, if the newly unified power were allied with the United States. American and South Korean officials have discussed such a reunification in the event that North Korea collapses under the weight of its economic and political problems.
Questions to Answer
1. Do you think this information is damaging to The United States’ credibility? Why or why not?
2. Which example do you feel is the most damaging and why?
3. Which example do you feel is the least damaging and why?
4. How should the countries mentioned respond to these messages?
5. What should the United States do to the countries mentioned?
6. The United States of America is the most powerful country in the world, shouldn’t they be able to say and do whatever they want? Why or why not?
7. What should happen to the person, or people, who leaked this information?
8. Do these leaks change your perception of the government? Why or why not?
9. What do you think other countries say about President Obama?
10. Do you think the government should be able to keep secrets? Why or why not?
2. From pg 520 and 521-522, Draw, or make a graphic organizer, about how to appeal to the Supreme Court, AND How The Court Operates.
3. Read the following and answer the following questions:
Key figures:
• 15, 652 secret
• 101,748 confidential
• 133,887 unclassified
• Iraq most discussed country – 15,365 (Cables coming from Iraq – 6,677)
• Ankara, Turkey had most cables coming from it – 7,918
• From Secretary of State office - 8,017
According to the US State Departments labeling system, the most frequent subjects discussed are:
• External political relations – 145,451
• Internal government affairs – 122,896
• Human rights – 55,211
• Economic Conditions – 49,044
• Terrorists and terrorism – 28,801
UN security council – 6,532
1. Thinking about an eventual collapse of North Korea: American and South Korean officials have discussed the prospects for a unified Korea, should the North’s economic troubles and political transition lead the state to implode. The South Koreans even considered commercial inducements to China, according to the American ambassador to Seoul. She told Washington in February that South Korean officials believe that the right business deals would “help salve” China’s “concerns about living with a reunified Korea” that is in a “benign alliance” with the United States.
2. Suspicions of corruption in the Afghan government: When Afghanistan’s vice president visited the United Arab Emirates last year, local authorities working with the Drug Enforcement Administration discovered that he was carrying $52 million in cash. With wry understatement, a cable from the American Embassy in Kabul called the money “a significant amount” that the official, Ahmed Zia Massoud, “was ultimately allowed to keep without revealing the money’s origin or destination.” (Mr. Massoud denies taking any money out of Afghanistan.)
3. An intriguing alliance: American diplomats in Rome reported in 2009 on what their Italian contacts described as an extraordinarily close relationship between Vladimir V. Putin, the Russian prime minister, and Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister and business magnate, including “lavish gifts,” lucrative energy contracts and a “shadowy” Russian-speaking Italian go-between. They wrote that Mr. Berlusconi “appears increasingly to be the mouthpiece of Putin” in Europe. The diplomats also noted that while Mr. Putin enjoyed supremacy over all other public figures in Russia, he was undermined by an unmanageable bureaucracy that often ignored his edicts.
4. In a 2006 account, a wide-eyed American diplomat describes the lavish wedding of a well-connected couple in Dagestan, in Russia’s Caucasus, where one guest is the strongman who runs the war-ravaged Russian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.The diplomat tells of drunken guests throwing $100 bills at child dancers, and nighttime water-scooter jaunts on the Caspian Sea. “The dancers probably picked upwards of USD 5000 off the cobblestones,” the diplomat wrote. The host later tells him that Ramzan Kadyrov “had brought the happy couple ‘a five-kilo lump of gold’ as his wedding present.” “After the dancing and a quick tour of the premises, Ramzan and his army drove off back to Chechnya,” the diplomat reported to Washington. “We asked why Ramzan did not spend the night in Makhachkala, and were told, ‘Ramzan never spends the night anywhere.’ ”
5. Sunday's release of diplomatic cables include what seems to be an order from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to American diplomats to engage in intelligence gathering, directing her envoys at embassies around the world to collect information ranging from basic biographical data on diplomats to their frequent flier and credit card numbers.
6. Among the questions put to the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires was a series about President Fernandez de Kirchner's mental state and health: how she managed her nerves and anxiety, how stress affected her behavior toward advisers and decision-making, whether she was on medications, and how she calmed down when distressed.
The cable also asked about President Fernandez de Kirchner's approach to dealing with problems, and whether she shared her husband's "adversarial view of politics." It also asked about how the Argentine first couple divided up their day and on what issues each of them took the lead or deferred to the other.
7. As the United States negotiated with countries around the world to find new homes for the remaining detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Kuwait's minister of interior had a solution for the four Kuwaiti citizens left in the prison.
"You picked them up in Afghanistan; you should drop them off in Afghanistan," Shaikh Jaber Al-Khalid Al-Sabah is quoted as saying, "in the middle of the war zone," where the detainees could be killed in combat.
The 2009 cable titled "The Interior Minister's remedy for terrorists: Let them die," is among the diplomatic documents posted online by WikiLeaks.
8. Some cables reveal decidedly less than diplomatic opinions of foreign leaders. Putin is said to be an "alpha-dog" and Afghan President Hamid Karzai to be "driven by paranoia." German Chancellor Angela Merkel "avoids risk and is rarely creative." Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi travels with a "voluptuous blonde" Ukrainian nurse.
9. The Obama administration offered sweeteners to try to get other countries to take Guantanamo detainees, as part of its (as yet unsuccessful) effort to close the prison. Slovenia, for instance, was offered a meeting with President Obama, while the island nation of Kiribati was offered incentives worth millions.
10. Many Middle Eastern nations are far more concerned about Iran's nuclear program than they've publicly admitted. According to one cable, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has repeatedly asked the U.S. to "cut off the head of the snake" -- meaning, it appears, to bomb Iran's nuclear program. Leaders of Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and other Middle Eastern nations expressed similar views.
11. The U.S. ambassador to Seoul told Washington in February that the right business deals might get China to acquiesce to a reunified Korea, if the newly unified power were allied with the United States. American and South Korean officials have discussed such a reunification in the event that North Korea collapses under the weight of its economic and political problems.
Questions to Answer
1. Do you think this information is damaging to The United States’ credibility? Why or why not?
2. Which example do you feel is the most damaging and why?
3. Which example do you feel is the least damaging and why?
4. How should the countries mentioned respond to these messages?
5. What should the United States do to the countries mentioned?
6. The United States of America is the most powerful country in the world, shouldn’t they be able to say and do whatever they want? Why or why not?
7. What should happen to the person, or people, who leaked this information?
8. Do these leaks change your perception of the government? Why or why not?
9. What do you think other countries say about President Obama?
10. Do you think the government should be able to keep secrets? Why or why not?
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