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Date Due
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Unit Assignments
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Thursday
Aug. 29th
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Define
chapter 1 vocabulary terms 1-11
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Friday Aug. 30th
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1. Read Wilson
pg. 3-9 to “How is Political Power Distributed?”
2.
Answer questions 1-5
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Tuesday
Sept. 3rd
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1. Read Wilson
pg. 9-14 to
2.
Answer questions 6-8
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Wednesday
Sept. 4th
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1. Define
chapter 2 vocabulary terms 12-36
2. Read
Wilson pg. 17-25 to “The Challenge”
3. Answer
questions 9-12
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Friday
Sept. 6th
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1.
Read Reading #1 John Locke, Second Treatise, of Civil Government (handout)
2.
Complete questions from Reading #1 John Locke, Second Treatise, of
Civil Government (handout)
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Monday
Sept. 9th
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1. Read
Wilson pg. 25-37 to “The Motives of the Framers”
2.
Answer questions 13-18
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Thursday
Sept. 12th
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1. Read
“Federalist #10 & #51” (Wilson
text pg. A21-A29)
2.
Complete Federalist #10 & #51 Reading Guide’s (handout)
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Friday
Sept. 13th
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1. Read
Wilson pg. 37-45
2.
Answer question 19
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Monday
Sept. 16th
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1.
Define chapter 3 vocabulary terms
37-57
2. Read
Wilson pg. 49-61 to “Federal-State
Relations”
3.
Answer questions 20-26
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Tuesday
Sept. 17th
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1.
Complete Landmark Cases; “Federal-State
Relations” pg. 60
2. Read
Wilson pg. 61-73
3.
Answer question 27-29
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Friday Sept. 18th
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Constitutional Scavenger Hunt due (handout)
(Constitution on pg. A4-A20 in Wilson text)
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Tuesday
Sept. 24th
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Unit #1 Multiple Choice Exam
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Wednesday
Sept. 25th
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Unit #1 FRQ Exam
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Handouts:
Reading #1 John Locke, Second Treatise, of Civil Government***
Reading #1 John Locke, Second Treatise, of Civil Government;
questions
Federalist
#10/#51 Reading Guide
Constitution
Scavenger Hunt
*** All reading handouts must be
returned
Vocabulary Keys:
Chapter
#1:
1.
Power :
2.
Authority:
3.
Legitimacy:
4.
Democracy:
5.
Direct or participatory democracy:
6.
Representative democracy:
7.
Elite:
8.
Marxist view:
9.
Power elite view:
10. Bureaucratic
view:
11.
Pluralist view:
Chapter 2
12. Unalienable:
13. Articles
of Confederation:
14. Constitutional
Convention:
15. Shay’s
Rebellion:
16. Virginia
Plan:
17. New
Jersey Plan:
18. Great
Compromise:
19. Republic:
20. Judicial review:
21. Federalism:
22. Enumerated
powers:
23. Checks
and Balances:
24. Reserved
powers:
25. Concurrent
powers:
26. Separation
of Powers:
27. Faction:
28. Federalists:
29. Antifederalists:
30. Coalition:
31. Bill of
Rights:
32. Habeas
corpus:
33. Bill of
Attainder:
34. Ex post
facto law:
35. Amendment:
36. Line-item
veto:
Chapter 3
37. Federalism:
38. Devolution:
39. Block
grants:
40. Mandates:
41. “necessary
and proper” clause:
42. Nullification:
43. Dual
federalism:
44. Police
power:
45. Initiative:
46. Referendum:
47. Recall:
48. Grants-in-aid:
49. Categorical
grants:
50. Revenue
sharing:
51. Conditions
of aid:
52. Mandates:
53. Waiver:
54. Second-order
devolution:
55. Third-order
devolution:
56. Express
preemption:
57. Implied
preemption:
Wilson’s Text Questions:
Chapter
1
1. Explain the difference between power and authority.
2. Compare and contrast two classic definitions of
democracy
3. Explain what is required for representative
democracy to be a reality.
4. Assuming the basic requirements for representative
democracy are present, what important questions remain?
5. Explain the Founding Fathers’ view of direct
democracy and the “will of the people.”
6. Identify the factors that must be present for majoritarian
politics to be in play.
7. Summarize the major positions of four “elite”
theories of democracy.
8. Provide examples of how the great shifts in
government and policy reflect changes in elite and mass beliefs about what
government is supposed to do.
Chapter 2
9. Describe the elven years between the signing of the
Declaration of Independence and the signing of the Constitution.
10. Identify some of the key structural features and
power arrangements in the Articles of Confederation.
11. With reference to specific problems and episodes,
make the case that the Articles of Confederation were simply not working.
12. Explain John Locke’s view of human rights and the
state of nature.
13. Summarize the major features of the Virginia Plan
and the New Jersey Plan.
14. What are some indicators that popular rule was to be
only one element in the new government.
15. Identify four checks that Congress has in relation
to the executive.
16. Identify and explain the three types of governmental
powers in our country.
17. Explain James Madison’s view of human nature and
self-interest as they relate to government.
18. What are some plausible explanations for why the
Framers did not attach a Bill of Rights to the Constitution they created in
Philadelphia?
19. Identify five proposals that one might adopt to
reduce the separation of powers in the United States.
Chapter 3
20. Explain the
differences between unitary, confederal, and federal systems.
21. Contrast the
views of federalism held by Jefferson and Hamilton.
22. Summarize the facts in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland.
23. Summarize the Court’s ruling in McCulloch v.
Maryland.
24. Explain what nullification has meant in our history,
and identify two episodes in which it was a central concern.
25. Cite and summarize recent cases that lead one to
conclude that the doctrine of dual federalism is not dead.
26. What are some of the mechanisms that states have
employed to open the door to direct democracy?
27. What are four reasons that federal money seemed too
attractive to state officials in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
28. Compare and contrast categorical grants, block
grants, and revenue sharing.
29. Why did block grants and revenue sharing not result
in considerable freedom and lighter tax burdens?
Landmark Cases
Federal-State Relations
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Case
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Courts’
Ruling
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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Gibbons v.
Ogden
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Wabash, St.
Louis & Pacific Railroad v. Illinois
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United States
v. Lopez
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Reading
1
John
Locke, Second Treatise, Of Civil
Government
Locke emphasized that the sovereignty
of the people resides in the hands of the legislature, which is bounded by the
consent of the people and by the standards of the law of God and nature.
Natural law dictates that legislative bodies are “to govern by promulgated
established laws, not to be varied in particular cases, but to have one rule
for rich and poor, for the favorite at Court and the countryman at plough.
Secondly: These laws also ought to be designed for no other end ultimately but
the good of the people. Thirdly: They must not raise taxes on the property of
the people without the consent of the people given by themselves or their
deputies.”
QUESTIONS
FOR DISCUSSION
1. How
does John Locke describe the state of nature?
2. Why
do people leave the state of nature and join a political society by
establishing a government?
3. Under
what conditions can government be dissolved?
MULTIPLE
CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. One
of Locke’s fundamental principles is that
a) a
major goal of government is the pursuit of happiness.
b) governments
are established to serve the elite.
c) all
persons should be treated equally by government.
d) once
established, governments cannot be dissolved.
2. In
the state of nature described by John Locke,
a) all
persons are in a state of war with each other.
b) life
is nasty, brutish, and short.
c) liberty
is denied to all but the strongest.
d) all
persons possess liberty.
3. In
the state of nature, the execution of the law of nature is
a) in
the hands of the executive.
b) in
the hands of the legislature.
c) in
the hands of the judiciary.
d) in
every person’s hands.
4. Persons
enter into political society and government because
a) they
seek a higher authority to protect their rights against invasion by others.
b) the
pursuit of happiness can only be guaranteed by government.
c) they
seek equality with each other.
d) the
common defense requires a strong government.
5. According
to John Locke, a primary end of government is
a) the
preservation of equality among all citizens
b) to
guarantee all citizens happiness.
c) economic
prosperity.
d) the
protection of private property.
6. Private
property is, according to Locke, inadequately protected in a state of nature
because
a) the
law of nature is not plain and intelligible to all rational persons.
b) persons
do not agree that the protection of private property is a fundamental right.
c) persons
in a state of nature are constantly at war with each other.
d) the
state of nature lacks an impartial judge and an executive capable of upholding
judicial decisions protecting property rights.
7. In
a state of nature, a person
a) has
no power.
b) exerts
whatever powers are necessary to preserve himself, and to punish crimes
committed against natural law.
c) is
in a state of war.
d) has
no respect for property rights.
8. According
to Locke, the supreme power of the Commonwealth is
a) the
executive.
b) the
judiciary.
c) the
bureaucracy.
d) the
legislature.
9. Locke
argues that government can only be dissolved when
a) it
fails to protect the Commonwealth against foreign attacks.
b) laws
are enacted that fail to protect private property.
c) the
judiciary assumes legislative authority.
d) government
acts without the consent of the people
10. In
John Locke’s model of government, the power that each individual gives to
society when he or she enters into it
a) can never revert to the individuals
again.
b) cannot
revert to the individuals as long as the society lasts.
c) reverts
to individuals only with the consent of the government.
d) can
be reclaimed by individuals only if the government fails to protect private
property
Name ____________________________
Constitution Scavenger Hunt
(p. A4 in the back of your textbook)
Article I
1. How often are Representatives to be elected?
2. How old must a Representative be to be elected?
3. How long is the term for a senator?
4. How were senators originally chosen? Which amendment
changed that?
5. How old does someone have to be to be a senator?
6. Who is the president of the Senate and when may that person
vote?
7. Which
legislative body as the power of impeachment and which body has the power to
try an impeached official?
8. What is the
required vote that is necessary to convict someone who has been impeached? What is the only penalty that can be imposed
on someone who has been impeached?
9. Who decides the times, places, and manner for holding elections
for Congress?
10. In what federal body do all bills concerning taxes originate?
11. What fraction of both houses must vote to override a veto?
12. What
happens when a president doesn’t return a bill in 10 days and what is the
exception to that rule?
13. In Section 8, the Constitution lists or enumerates the powers
of Congress. List six of them.
14. In Section 8, paragraph 18, Congress is given to make what
sorts of law and why?
15. In Section
9, there are three limitations on the power of Congress to deny people
rights. What are those three limitations?
16. When may the writ of habeas corpus be suspended?
17. Name three limits on the powers of the states.
Article II
18. How old does someone have to be to be elected president?
19. How is it determined how many electors each state has?
20. Name three powers of the President.
21. Name the
body of Congress that must approve a treaty that the president has negotiated
and the fraction of the vote they must approve it by.
22. Which body of Congress approves nominations?
Article III
23. What is the term of office for Supreme Court justices? When
may they be removed?
24. Who gets to decide how many federal courts we have?
25. In which cases does the Supreme Court have original
jurisdiction?
26. What must be necessary to convict someone of treason?
Article IV
27. What is the topic of Article IV?
28. What does
the Constitution say about how one state must regard the laws of another state?
Article V
29. What
fraction of the houses of Congress is necessary to approve a proposed
amendment?
30. What fraction of the states must approve a proposed amendment
for it to be ratified?
31. What fraction of the states can ask for a convention to
propose new amendments?
Article VI
32. What does
the Constitution say about which law shall predominate if there is any conflict
between laws?
33. What qualification for holding any public office is forbidden?
Article VII
34. How many states had to ratify the Constitution?
35. Name the five basic civil liberties guaranteed in the First
Amendment.
36. Which amendment extended the vote to 18 year olds?
37. Which amendment outlaws “cruel and unusual punishments?”
38. Which amendment ended slavery?
39. Put the Ninth Amendment in your own words.
40. Put the Tenth Amendment in your own words.
41. Which amendment prevents a citizen of North Carolina suing the
state of Georgia?
42. Which
amendment said that states couldn’t prevent people from voting based on their
race?
43. Which amendment said that a person couldn’t be tried twice for
the same crime?
44. When can
the government take private property and what must the government give the
owners? Which amendment establishes this?
45. What phrase is repeated in both the Fifth and Fourteenth
Amendments?
46. Which amendment defined citizenship?
47. List the rights that the accused has when suspected of a
crime.
48. Which amendment prohibited alcohol? Which Amendment repealed
the prohibition on alcohol?
49. Which amendment gave women the right to vote and in what year
was it passed?
50. Which amendment decided that a person could be president for
only two terms?
51. On what day does the Constitution state that a new president
shall be inaugurated? Which amendment establishes this? When
must the new Congress meet?
52. Which amendment prevents the president and vice president from
being inhabitants of the same state? In that same amendment, who should choose
the president if no one gets a majority in the Electoral College? And the
vice president?
53. Which amendment requires a warrant to search someone's
property?
54. Which amendment gave government the power to impose an income
tax?
55. Which amendment establishes what to do if the president is
incapacitated and can’t perform his duties?
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