River Ridge High School Your Name: _____________________________ Mr. Britt, Econ. & Govt. Resource Teacher
Task # __
Class Period:
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Date: ____________
1.
Identify the primary role of each branch of the federal government.
2.
Discuss what the term impeachment means as well as the situations in which it has been used.
3.
Identify the three types of Powers granted to Congress and which clauses go with the powers.
4.
Describe the process for how a bill can become a law as well as the checks the other two branches have on the Congress when it comes to bills.
5.
List the various leadership roles within the Congress, and their duties and responsibilities.
6.
List and discuss the various committees within Congress and their differences.
7.
Know the qualifications (including informal) for holding office in the Executive,
Legislative and Judicial.
Executive Legislative Judicial
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8.
Identify the five roles of a member of Congress and identify which is the role where most of the official business is done?
9.
List examples of Checks and Balances used on the various Branches. If it helps to draw a chart; then do so.
10.
Compare and Contrast separation of powers with checks and balances.
11.
Define the United States Constitution and its purpose.
12.
Discuss the intentions of the Framers in regard to creating a legislature through the
Constitution.
13.
List the duties and responsibilities of the President.
14.
What are the Executive Branch’s informal powers?
15.
What is an executive order, an executive agreement (versus a treaty), and executive privilege? And how are they different?
16.
Identify the differences between the House of Representatives and the Senate? (Include qualifications, terms, etc.)
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17.
Identify the most influential committees within Congress. p. - 3 -
18.
Define Judicial Review, provide the court case which gives the Supreme Court precedent, and then discuss judicial review’s purpose.
19.
Know the rulings in the following landmark court cases:
Marbury v. Madison,
Miranda v. Arizona,
Brown v. Board of Education.
20.
Define the U.S. Constitution and state its basic purpose.
21.
Know the 1st, 5th, 10th, 13th, 15th, and 22nd Amendments.
22.
Define the Supremacy Clause.
23.
Who was Jefferson’s main influence when writing the Declaration of Independence
24.
What are the key differences between a Presidential System and Parliamentary System?
25.
Define the term federalism
26.
What is the difference between the Electoral College and the Popular Vote?
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