2ND NINE WEEKS

Path to Democracy

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Presidential Roles

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Executive Branch– 10 Points

QUESTION:

• Identify the three Constitutional requirements to run for the office of the President.

ANSWER:

• 35 years old• Native-Born U.S. Citizen• Must have lived in the U.S. for 14 years

Executive Branch– 20 PointsQUESTION:

• Which partsof the federalgovernment participated in the process described in the newspaper headline?ANSWER:

• Senate and President (Legislative Branch & Executive Branch)

• The Senate can approve or reject the president’s appointment

Executive Branch– 30 Points

QUESTION:• According to the U.S. Constitution, how is the president

elected?

ANSWER:

• The President is elected by the Electoral College. A candidate must win at least 270 electoral votes of the 538 electoral votes available.

• Electors base their vote off of their districts popular vote.

Executive Branch– 40 PointsQUESTION:• “He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of

the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient…”

• Excerpt from Article II,• Section 3 of the Constitution

• Which presidential responsibility is this passage referring to?

ANSWER:

• President’s State of the Union address

Executive Branch– 50 Points

QUESTION:

• What check on legislative branch power does the executive branch have?

ANSWER:

• Power to veto laws created by congress• Vice President is the President of the Senate• President is Commander-in-chief of the military

Presidential Roles– 10 PointsQUESTION:• Which of the following is the best example of the President

acting as commander-in-chief?

• A. The President appoints people to serve as ambassadors to other nations

• B. The President awards medals to the country’s heroes• C. The President orders American troops to invade another

country• D. The President meets with Senators to convince them to support

a proposed lawANSWER:

• C. The President orders American troops to invade another country

Presidential Roles– 20 Points

QUESTION:

• Briefly describe the President’s role as Chief Diplomat.

ANSWER:

• The President leads the foreign policy of the U.S., Builds relationships with other countries and appoints citizens to serve as ambassadors or consuls.

Presidential Roles– 30 Points

QUESTION:

• Briefly describe what the President can do to fulfill their role as Economic Leader.

ANSWER:

• The President plans the federal budget with budget officials, create jobs, make decisions to cut programs from the budget, raise and lower taxes.

Presidential Roles– 40 Points

QUESTION:

• If the President is representing the United States and working towards building goodwill with other countries, what role is the President fulfilling?

ANSWER:

• The role of Head of State.

Presidential Roles– 50 Points

QUESTION:

• The President has the power to give a rule or command that has the same power as a law. What is this called?

ANSWER:

• Executive Order

Judicial Branch – 10 Points

QUESTION:

• How long do Supreme Court Justices serve?

ANSWER:

• Supreme Court Justices serve for life

Judicial Branch – 20 Points

QUESTION:

• Who appoints Supreme Court Justices? Who approves the appointments?

ANSWER:

• The President appoints Supreme Court Justices, the appointments are approved by the Legislative Branch (Senate)

Judicial Branch – 30 PointsQUESTION:

• Federal Level State Level• Complete the above diagram of the court systems.

ANSWER:• Federal Level: U.S. Supreme Court• State: Court of Appeals, Local Trial Court

Appellate Court

District Court

Florida Supreme Court

Judicial Branch – 40 Points

QUESTION:

• What can the federal appellate court do?

ANSWER:

• The federal appellate court can overturn the decision of the lower court, or affirm (agree with) the decision of the lower court.

Judicial Branch – 50 Points

QUESTION:

• Define Judicial Review and identify which court case established it.

ANSWER:• Judicial Review is the idea that the actions of the executive

and legislative branches of government can be invalidated by the Judicial Branch, if they are unconstitutional

• Judicial review was established in the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Landmark Supreme Court Cases– 10 Points

QUESTION:

• Describe the significance and outcomes of the landmark Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

ANSWER:• The court ruled that the students were protected by their 1st

Amendment rights. The students were peacefully using their right by wearing the armbands as a symbolic protest.• Tinker v. Des Moines – Students began to peacefully wear black

armbands to protest the Vietnam War. These students were then suspended and Tinker filed a Lawsuit stating that their right to Freedom of Speech had been violated.

Landmark Supreme Court Cases– 20 Points

QUESTION:

• The Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson reflected Americans’ approval of?

ANSWER:

• “Separate but Equal”• Plessy v. Ferguson – Supreme Court ruled that “separate”

facilities for different races were constitutional as long as they were “equal.”

Landmark Supreme Court Cases– 30 Points

QUESTION:

• Define Rule of Law and identify which court case established rule of law.

ANSWER:

• Rule of Law – All people must follow the law, regardless of race, gender, status, or position.

• Supreme Court Case U.S. v. Nixon, stated no one is above the law, and established rule of law.

Landmark Supreme Court Cases– 40 Points

QUESTION:

• What is the significance and outcome of Brown v. Board of Education have on our Judicial System?

ANSWER:

• Brown v. Board ruled that racial segregation violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment.

• It did not fully succeed in desegregating schools but it ruled “Separate but Equal” and segregation unconstitutional.

Landmark Supreme Court Cases– 50 Points

QUESTION:

• Describe the significance and outcome of the Supreme Court Case, Gideon v. Wainwright (1963).

ANSWER:

• Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution requires the states to provide defense attorneys to criminal defendants charged with serious offenses who cannot afford lawyers themselves

• - Summary from PBS

Path to Democracy – 10 Points

QUESTION:

• What is the idea of, Social Contract Theory? Who created this theory?

ANSWER:• Social Contract Theory –An agreement between the citizens

and the government. The citizens give power to the government in order for the government to protect the citizens and their rights.

• Thomas Hobbes

Path to Democracy– 20 Points

QUESTION:

• What did the Magna Carta establish? What was created because of this?

ANSWER:

• The Magna Carta established the idea of a written list of guaranteed Rights.

• The Bill of Rights is based on the ideas of the Magna Carta.

Path to Democracy– 30 Points

QUESTION:

• What was argument did Thomas Paine put forth in the 1776 publication Common Sense?

ANSWER:

• Thomas Paine argued for independence and urged colonists to rebel against the king’s “violent abuse of power.” He stated that the king

Path to Democracy– 40 Points

QUESTION:

• Which Enlightenment thinker did Thomas Jefferson reference when listing the natural rights of “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” in the Declaration of Independence?

ANSWER:

• John Locke – Natural rights

Path to Democracy– 50 Points

QUESTION:

• Which colonial complaints were addressed in the Declaration of Independence?

ANSWER:• Taxation without representation• Limiting judicial powers• Dissolving local lawmaking bodies• Kept standing armies, during peace time, without consent• Quartering troops in homes• Closing Boston harbor and cutting off trade