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District Assessment Review
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8th Grade
01/20/2013
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What is the main job of the executive branch of government? ENFORCE THE LAWS
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What is the main job of the executive branch of government?
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ENFORCE THE LAWS
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What is the main job of the judicial branch of government?
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INTERPET THE LAWS
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What is the main job of the legislative branch of government?
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WRITE/CREATE THE LAWS
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Define Checks and Balances? Why is it important to have in our system of government?
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IT IS A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS EACH BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE POWER OVER EACH OTHER. IT IS IMPORTANT, SO THAT ONE BRANCH CANNOT BECOME MORE POWERFUL THAN THE OTHERS.
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Define Separation of Powers and how it helps to run our system of government?
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IT IS A SYTEM THAT DIVIDES THE POWERS OF THE GOVERNMENT INTO THREE BRANCHES. POWERS ARE KEPT SEPARATE TO AVOID ABUSE OF TOO MUCH POWER IN ONE BRANCH.
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What type of government does the United States have?
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REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
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What was the Great Compromise? (It helped to settle a dispute between which two plans of government.)
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LARGER STATES AND SMALLER STATES DISAGREED ON HOW THE AMOUNT OF REPRESENTATION SHOULD BE DETERMINED IN OUR GOVERNEMENT. THE SMALLER STATES ARGUED IN THE NEW JERSEY PLAN THAT EVER STATE SHOULD HAVE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF VOTES REGARDLESS OF POPULATION. LARGE STATES ARGUED IN THE VIRGINIA PLAN THAT IT SHOULD BE BASED UPON THE STATES POPULATION. THEY COMPROMISED AND CAME UP WITH THE CONNECTICU PLAN/THE GREAT COMPROMISE WHERE THEY TOOK PARTS OF BOTH PLANS AND COMBINED THEM TO CREATE A NEW ONE.
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Our Legislative branch is a bicameral system. Define bicameral
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A TWO PARTY SYSTEM CONGRESS IS BROKEN INTO THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPS
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Describe the Shay s rebellion and how it displayed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
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FARMERS WERE UNABLE TO PAY THEIR TAXES AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, SO THE GOVERNMENT SEIZED THEIR LAND. THIS AGERED THE FARMERS AND THEY STARTED A REBELLION AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. IT BROUGHT TO LIGHT THE WEAKNESSES OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION. THE ARTICLES HAD NO FORMAL WAY OF COLLECTING TAXES, NOR DID THEY HAVE A NATIONALY ARMY TO SEND TO BREAK UP THE REBELLION.
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How is the president of the United States elected?
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ELECTORAL COLLEGE
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The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known as what?
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BILL OF RIGHTS
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James Madison played a very important role in the writing and implementation of the constitution and was given this nickname as a result of his contributions
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FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION
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What were the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
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COULD NOT COLLECT TAXES, NATIONAL MILITIA, SETTLE DISPUTES BETWEEEN STATES. ETC
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What was the 3/5 Compromise?
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NORTHERN STATE AND SOUTHERN STATES ARGUED IF SLAVES SHOULD COUNT TOWARDS POPULATION FOR REPRESENTATION PURPOSES AND TAX PURPOSES. COMPROMISED AND SAID EACH SLAVE WOULD COUNT AS 3/5 OF A PERSON.
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What is an amendment and why are they important to the constitution?
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A CHANGE TO THE US CONSITUTION. IT IS IMPORTANT, SO THE CONSTITUTION CAN ADAPT TO MEET OUR CHANGING NEEDS The executive branch is made up of what people? PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND THE CABINET
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Why did the founding fathers want the powers of government to flow from the bottom up rather from the top down?
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THEY DID NOT LIKE ONE PERSON HAVING ALL OF THE POWER IN GOVERNMENT, THAT IS WHY THE BROKE AWAY FROM THE GREAT BRITISH MONARCHY. THOUGHT THAT THE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE TO POWER TO VOTE WHO THEY WANTED TO REPRESENT THEM.
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How can the Judicial Branch  check the Legislative Branch?
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(What power do they have over them?) DECLARE LAWS UNCONSTITUTIONAL,
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How can the Legislative Branch  check the Executive Branch?
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(What power do they have over them?) APPROVE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS, CONTROL THE BUDGET, OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENT S VETO, IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT
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Name three different roles (names) that the president of the United States is responsible for
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CHIEF OF STATE, CHIEF LEGISLATOR, COMMANDER IN CHEIF
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What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
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A FORMAL PROCEDURE/STIPULATIONS THAT ALLOWED FOR TERRITOIRES TO BECOME STATES AND JOIN THE UNION
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What was the major debate/dispute that the delegates of the Constitutional Convention were concerned with?
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REPRESENTAION
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What happened to the federal government when the Constitution was put in place over the Articles of Confederation?
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THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAME STRONGER
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The Executive Branch (President) has the capability of vetoing a bill. What does veto mean?
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NOT PASSING IT
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Which amendment to the United States addresses the freedoms of speech
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religion, press, and assembly?, THE FIRST AMENDMENT
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