Us Gov Final Review
Us Gov Final Review
Us Gov Final Review
GOVERNMENT
FINAL REVIEW
CGA 1-12-16 (A)
1-13-16 (B)
JOHN LOCKE
The Two Treatises of Government (1690)
THOMAS HOBBES
The power to provide such security is given through a social contract between the
governed and the government.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Completed and signed July 4, 1776
Declared independence from British rule
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
The Articles of Confederation was the first written
FEDERALISTS VS ANTI-FEDERALISTS
Federalists
Wealthy, Educated
Supported a powerful central government
Leaders included Washington and Franklin
Wanted an orderly, efficient government that
Anti-Federalists
Henry
Objected to the lack of a Bill of Rights in the
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
Three-Fifths Compromise
The larger states wanted to find a way to
to its population.
THE CONSTITUTION
Preamble
We the Peopleof the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,
insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and
secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America.
What is the purpose of the Preamble of the Constitution?
Articles
Article I Establishes a Legislative Branch
Article II Establishes an Executive Branch
Article III Establishes a Judicial Branch
Article IV State Relations (Full Faith and Credit Clause)
Article V Amending the Constitution
Article VI National Debts, Supremacy of National Law, Oaths of Office
Article VII Ratification of the Constitution
20: Start/End dates for the terms of Presidents, Vice Presidents, Senators, and
Representatives
21: Repeal of Prohibition (1933)
22: Term limits on Presidency (1951)
23: Creation of the Electoral College (1961)
24: Abolition of Poll Taxes (1964)
25: Presidential Chain of Succession (1967) JFK assassinated in 63
26: Voting age set at 18 (1971)
27: Congress determines their own pay raises or cuts (1992)
(anchor babies)
citizenship)
Commit treason
could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court
Plessy v. Fergueson (1896) upheld separate but equal laws in the states
Gideon v. Wainwright - unanimously ruled that states are required under theFourteenth
Holmes, Jr., concluded that defendants who distributed leaflets todraft-agemen, urging resistance
to induction, could be convicted of an attempt to obstruct the draft, a criminal offense. This was
considered by the court to be a clear and present danger.
Engel v. Vitale - it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an officialschool prayerand
Martin Luther King Jr. was a key leader in the civil rights movement
Believed that people truly had the power to change their station in life and encouraged peaceful
government
Newspapers have used freedom of the
There are now entire channels and websites dedicated to coverage of news,
business, and political issues. Many are geared to appease the political right/left.
issues
Candidates now have constant contact with
their constituents
As a result there has been an increase in
political polarization
members;
Independent PACs may solicit contributions from the
general public and must pay their own costs from those
funds.
Federal multi-candidate PACs may contribute to
candidates as follows:
$5,000 to a candidate or candidate committee for each
Super PAC