Review for Final Exam

US GOV’T FINAL

The final will be made up of 50 multiple choice questions. Pay close attention to the number of questions that will be included from each unit that we have studied.

I.  Introduction     Government                Events leading to independence

                              Types of Government   Articles of Confederation

                              Types of Economies     Declaration of Independence

                                      Democracy

II.  Constitution                  Preamble                           Limited Government

      and Amendments          Articles                             Checks and Balances

                                          Amendments                     Separation of Powers

                                          How to add Amendments     Judicial Review

                                          Supremacy Clause             Federalism

                                          Popular Sovereignty          Necessary and Proper Clause 

III.  Federalism                             Concurrent

                                                    Enumerated/Expressed

                                                    Implied

                                                    Reserved

IV.  Legislative Branch        Facts about members of Congress

                                             Powers of Congress

                                             How a Bill becomes law

                                                        Types of Committees

                                             Budget information

                                   

V.  Executive Branch           Facts about President and Vice President

                                             Powers of the President

                                             How the President is elected (Electoral College)

                                             Cabinet

                                             Other offices and agencies that help the President

VI.  Judicial Branch             Facts about Federal Judges

                                             3 levels of Federal Courts

                                             Information on the US Supreme Court

                                             Types of Jurisdiction

VII.  Political Parties

      Liberals/Moderates/Conservatives

Unit 1 = 5 questions, Unit 2 - 10 ques, #3 = 5 Ques, #4 = 10 ques,
#5 = 10 ques, #6 = 5 ques, and #7 = 5 ques.

Good luck and prep well,

Mr. Thompson

Final Blog Post

For your second post for the semester please follow the instructions below. Your post is due by the end of the school day next Friday, June 3rd.

Take two of the following four surveys. When you post your comments respond to what you thought of the surveys and how close you think they are to identifying you accurately.Be sure to identify which surveys you took from the list below. Feel free to reference the survey that you took in class in your comparison.

First survey - Political Compass
Second - How Liberal or Conservative are you
Third - Beyond the Red and the Blue
Fourth - The Moral Politics Quiz

Mr. Thompson

Posts for May

Your second post on the blog should be to any article from this point on in the future..

If you like well-written editorials by conservatives here is one from one of the best... George Will is a Pulitzer Prize winning writer for the Washington Post, one of the most widely read and respected newspapers in the country. Mr. Will writes about US policy recently in Pakistan and al-Qaeda vs US/NATO policy in Libya.

Love to read your thoughts,
Mr. Thompson