Monday, March 30, 2015

Warm - ups

1/5  What is Government?
 1/12 In what structure does government have it’s roots?
 1/14 Define Morality
 1/15 What are 3 responsibilities of government?
 1/20 The Articles of Confed contained several weaknesses. Why would the states purposefully create a weak government?
 1/21 Question 54 and 58
 1/22 Explain how the Declaration of Indy and Articles of Confed Influenced the U.S. Constitution. 1/23 What is a Preamble?
 1/27 What Phrase of the Preamble is the most important?
 1/28 Which Congressional House is the lower house? Use comparative evidence to support your answer. 
1/29 Why does the House of Representatives have the power to tax and not the Senate? Explain. 
1/30 Assess which of the enumerated powers of Congress is most important? Give reasons why. 
2/11 Explain which of the 3 branches is most powerful. Use evidence from the Constitution to support your answer.
 2/13 From the video Ultimate Guide to the Presidents make a claim as to whether each of the first 5 presidents acted constitutionally or not.
 2/23 What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
 2/24 Which of the first amendment clauses is most important?
 2/25 Give 3 examples of when your freedom of religion or speech can or should be impinged upon? 2/26 Give your own example of when the freedom of the press, assembly, or petition should be restricted.
 3/12 Which clause of the 1st amendment would govern Mr. Otte holding a class prayer? Which other clause would it conflict with?
 3/16 Elected judges can be a positive because . . . Elected judges can be a negative because . . . I think they are a . . . because . . .
 3/17 What doctrine or precedent did Plessy v. Ferguson set? What were its long term effects?
 3/18 What was the legal reasoning in UC Davis v. Bakke? Use terms.