Mrs. Santi’s Government Review Sheet
Unit 1-Foundations of Government
Purpose of Government
Definition of Government
Levels of Government
Level of Government
National
State
Local
Theories of Government
Evolutionary
Forced
Devine Right
Social Contract
Systems of Government
Parliamentary
Unitary
Confederation
Federalism
Types of Government
Monarchy
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
Autocracy
Oligarchy
Citizen vs. Alien vs. Refugee
Becoming a citizen
Naturalization
Articles of Confederation
Its weaknesses
Declaration of Independence
Author
Parts
Unalienable Rights
Unit 2-The Constitution
Constitutional Convention (who-where-why-problems discussed)
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Connecticut Compromise
Slavery
3/5th compromise
Electoral College
Ratification
House of Representatives
Senate
Federalists
Federalist Papers
Anti-Federalists
Articles
Amendments
Bill of Rights
Supremacy Clause
Powers
Enumerated
Concurrent
Reserved
Principles of the Constitution
Popular Sovereignty
Limited Government
Federalism
Separation of Powers
Judicial Review
Checks and Balances
Unit 3 Then National Government
Legislative Branch
Article 1
Congress
Houses
Leaders
Qualifications
Committees
Powers
How a bill becomes a law
Executive Branch
Article 2
People
Roles w/examples
Succession
Executive Agreement
Executive Order
Pardon
Vocabulary
Executive Departments/Secretaries
Judicial Branch
Article 3
Supreme Court
Judges
Types of hearings
Jurisdiction
Landmark Cases/decisions
Level/role of courts/types of cases
Vocabulary
Unit 4 The Law and Individual
Vocabulary
Basic Legal Rights
Writ of Habeas corpus
Ex post fact
Due process
Equal protection
Rights of the accused
Grand Jury
Self Incrimination
Adequate defense
Speedy and public trial
Trial by jury
Double jeopardy
Appeals
Legal Responsibilities
Civil vs Criminal Cases
Crime against person
Crime against property
Victimless crime
Juveniles and the courts
What is left out
Expect to see a lot of the charts that you had to fill in on your unit tests.
Unit 5 State and Local Government
Federalism
Features of the State Constitutions
Federal and State cooperation
State to State Cooperation
Branches of State Government
Executive
Governor
Powers/duties
Executive departments
Legislative
Houses
Apportionment
Leaders
Budget
Judicial
Lower vs/ Higher Courts
Problems facing the courts
Local Government
County vs. Town, Township vs. City
Unit 6 Political Parties
Democrat vs. Republican beliefs
Political Spectrum
Symbols
Interest Groups
Tactics
Lobby/ists
Public Opinion