Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Primary and Grammar schools
Harvard.
Great Awakening’s impact
Gilbert Tennent
Jonathan Edwards
George Whitefield
Eleazar Wheelock
David Brainard
Quebec Act
Martin Luther
New England Primer
direct or pure democracy
indirect or representative democracy
republic
electoral college
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
John Adams
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15 Amendment
16th Amendment
19th Amendment
26th Amendment
Three major contributions of Christianity to American government?
First to practice democracy?
3 main branches of the federal government?
Legislative body at the national level elected by direct popular vote?
Voting requirement when the nation was founded?
Essential characteristics of democracy?
Conditions that contributes to the success of a democratic system?
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Sunday, September 6, 2015
Introduction: God's Purpose for Government
Be prepared to:
Evaluate basic values that form the foundation of a society
Identify what Romans 13:1-7, 1 Peter 2:13-17 and 1 Timothy 2:1-7 teach us about God’s purpose for government
Identify what Romans 13:1-7, 1 Peter 2:13-17 and 1 Timothy 2:1-7 teach us about God’s purpose for government
Evaluate the perspective of Socrates, Samuel Johnson, de Tocqueville, C.S. Lewis and the Federalists Papers on the relationship between government and religion.
Evaluate perspectives on the importance of moral leaders
A Christian’s responsibility to government
Sunday, May 17, 2015
The Judiciary
step by step
process the Supreme Court follows in deciding a case,
Different
opinions the court can issue. Marbury vs. Madison
Brown_ v.
_Board of Education of Topeka_
Roe_
v. _Wade_
McCulloch_
v. _Maryland_
John
Marshall
William
Blackstone
common
law.
Law of
the Twelve Tables
Code of Hammurabi
original
jurisdiction
Appellate
Jurisdiction
Make-up of
the Federal Court system
Qualification
for federal judges
District
Court
Federal
Court of Appeals
Supreme
Court
Stare
decisis
Precedent
Robert
Bork
Thurgood
Marshall
Senatorial
Courtesy
Confirmation
Hearings
Oral
Arguments
Writ of Criteria
Judicial
Restraint
Judicial
Activism
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Chapter 6
Civil rights vs. Civil Liberties
substantive and procedural due process
sedition
disruptive speech
slander
libel
prior restraint.
exclusionary rule
double jeopardy.
defamation
Everson v. Board of Education
Amendments I – X and XIII-XV
Establishment and Free Exercise Clause
XIV Amendment
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
Engel v. Vitale
New York Times v. United States
Schenk v. United States
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act 1964
Dennis v. _United States
Furman v. Georgia
Miranda v. Arizona
Probable Cause
West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette
Gitlow v. New York
Mapp v. Ohio
Gregg v. Georgia
Incorporation
Bail
Lemon Test
substantive and procedural due process
sedition
disruptive speech
slander
libel
prior restraint.
exclusionary rule
double jeopardy.
defamation
Everson v. Board of Education
Amendments I – X and XIII-XV
Establishment and Free Exercise Clause
XIV Amendment
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
Engel v. Vitale
New York Times v. United States
Schenk v. United States
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act 1964
Dennis v. _United States
Furman v. Georgia
Miranda v. Arizona
Probable Cause
West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette
Gitlow v. New York
Mapp v. Ohio
Gregg v. Georgia
Incorporation
Bail
Lemon Test
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Chapter 7-8 The Party System
Two-party system
Plato’s Republic
Political Party why natural? Why necessary?
Identify periods when major political parties have dominated the other.
On what issues is there a clear distinction between Republican and Democrat?
What factors determine where a persons identification a political party over another?
one-party system
multi-party system
Four types of third parties
Four significant political results of Andrew Jackson's election to the presidency in 1828?
Four components of a National Party
How were many of the delegates to the National Convention chosen Before 1968? After 1968?
ticket splitting
The Campaign Trail: Identify each of the steps and the main hurdles candidates must overcome along the path to becoming president
Primaries: Closed primaries –Open primaries –Blanket primaries …
Caucus
The Primary Hurdles: How have presidential primaries become increasingly important in the process of determining a party's presidential candidate since the 1960's and 1970's?
Describe two problems the major parties have experienced because of presidential primaries.
Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary?
Threefold purpose of the national convention
Make-up of delegates to the national convention Balancing the ticket
Differences between the primary campaign and the general election campaign.
Winner-take-all system of the Electoral system
Date for the general election?
Exit polls Electoral College make up and how it works
Plato’s Republic
Political Party why natural? Why necessary?
Identify periods when major political parties have dominated the other.
On what issues is there a clear distinction between Republican and Democrat?
What factors determine where a persons identification a political party over another?
one-party system
multi-party system
Four types of third parties
Four significant political results of Andrew Jackson's election to the presidency in 1828?
Four components of a National Party
How were many of the delegates to the National Convention chosen Before 1968? After 1968?
ticket splitting
The Campaign Trail: Identify each of the steps and the main hurdles candidates must overcome along the path to becoming president
Primaries: Closed primaries –Open primaries –Blanket primaries …
Caucus
The Primary Hurdles: How have presidential primaries become increasingly important in the process of determining a party's presidential candidate since the 1960's and 1970's?
Describe two problems the major parties have experienced because of presidential primaries.
Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary?
Threefold purpose of the national convention
Make-up of delegates to the national convention Balancing the ticket
Differences between the primary campaign and the general election campaign.
Winner-take-all system of the Electoral system
Date for the general election?
Exit polls Electoral College make up and how it works
Saturday, February 7, 2015
CHAPTER 11: The Presidency
How does the Constitution
describe the executive branch?
What are the
qualifications for President according to the Constitution?
What are the two main
paths to the White House? Relationship
between Article II Section I and the XXII Amendment?
Identify the impeachment process and historical
examples of it being implemented.
Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton
Compare Taft and Roosevelt’s views concerning
executive power.
Describe the following hats the President is
asked to wear and cite examples of each.
Chief Executive
Commander in Chief
Legislative Leader
Diplomatic Leader
Chief of State
Party Leader
Identify checks that have been placed on those
powers.
Executive Organization: Identify the three
major levels executive bureaucracy
Vice President: Two
responsibilities according to the Constitution
Describe the XXV
Amendment as it relates to the Vice President.
The Executive Office of the President Why formed
and the 3 main offices
The Cabinet: Describe it’s purpose.
How does the Cabinet of the President differ from
Britain’s Cabinet government?
Identify some pitfalls of the Presidency:
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Chapter 10 The Legislative Process
Duty of Congress
Committee Stage
Number of Representative, Senators
Special powers of the House? The Senate? Article I
Qualifications and term for House? Senate?
Implied power
Delegated power
Revenue
Bills
Coalition
Caucus
Census
Cloture
Majority Leader
Minority Leader
Minority Whip
Majority Whip
Speaker of the House
Vice President
President Pro Tempore Joint, Select, Standing, Conference Committees
Committee Stage
Floor Stage
Conference Stage
House Rules Committee
Impeachment
Bicameral
trustee- delegate-partisan-politico
Committee Chairman
Pocket Veto
Veto
Where does the real "work" of Congress take place, and how is the workload divided?
What are the expressed powers of(l) both Houses, (2) the House, and (3) the Senate?
Describe the steps that a law must go through from the time it is first proposed to the time that it is passed by Congress
What are the advantages of a slow-in legislature?
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