Unit 1: Foundations of Government – Unit Identifications (Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?)
Directions: Define and/or identify the significance of each of the following people, places, events or terms. You will need to use outside resources (internet, dictionary, encyclopedia, library, etc.) to find the required information.
Focus on the SIGNIFICANCE of the person, place, event or term with some important background information.
Your identifications MUST be HAND-WRITTEN and will be due on the day of the Unit Test.
People, Places, Events, Terms
Absolute Monarchy
Anarchy
Autocracy
Dictatorship
Executive Power
Government
Natural Rights
Popular Sovereignty
Representative Democracy
Civil Liberty
Civil Right
“Consent of the Governed”
Constitution
Constitutional Monarchy
Country
Direct Democracy
John Locke
Judicial Power
Legislative Power
Majority Rule
Nation
Nation-State
Natural Law
Republic
Social Contract (theory)
Sovereignty
State
Theocracy
Totalitarian
Unit 2: Origins of American Government – Unit Identifications (Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?)
Directions: Define and/or identify the significance of each of the following people, places, events or terms. You will need to use outside resources (internet, dictionary, encyclopedia, library, etc.) to find the required information.
Focus on the SIGNIFICANCE of the person, place, event or term with some important background information.
Your identifications MUST be HAND-WRITTEN and will be due on the day of the Unit Test.
People, Places, Events, Terms
Anti-Federalist Papers
Articles of Confederation
James Madison
Lee Resolution
Rule of Law
Second Continental Congress
Bicameral Legislature
Committee of Five
Connecticut Compromise
Constitutional Convention
Declaration of Independence
English Bill of Rights
Federalist Papers
Limited Government
Magna Carta
New Jersey Plan
Northwest Ordinance
Ordered Government
Petition of Right
Representative Government
Shay’s Rebellion
Stamp Act
Stamp Act Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Unicameral Legislature
Virginia Plan
Unit 3: The United States Constitution – Unit Identifications (Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?)
Directions: Define and/or identify the significance of each of the following people, places, events or terms. You will need to use outside resources (internet, dictionary, encyclopedia, library, etc.) to find the required information.
Focus on the SIGNIFICANCE of the person, place, event or term with some important background information.
Your identifications MUST be HAND-WRITTEN and will be due on the day of the Unit Test.
People, Places, Events, Terms
Advice and Consent Clause
Amendment
Equal Protection Clause
Establishment Clause
Privileges or Immunities Clause
Ratification Clause
Assistance of Counsel Clause
Bill of Rights
Checks and Balances
Citizenship Clause
Commerce Clause
Double Jeopardy Clause
Due Process Clause
Enumerated Powers
Free Exercise Clause
Free Speech Clause
Full Faith and Credit Clause
General Welfare Clause
Judicial Review
Loose Constructionism
Marbury v. Madison
Necessary and Proper Clause
Search and Seizure Clause
Self-Incrimination Clause
Separation of Powers
Strict Constructionism
Supremacy Clause
Take Care Clause
Treason

Unit 4: Federalism in the United States – Unit Identifications (Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?)
Directions: Define and/or identify the significance of each of the following people, places, events or terms. You will need to use outside resources (internet, dictionary, encyclopedia, library, etc.) to find the required information.
Focus on the SIGNIFICANCE of the person, place, event or term with some important background information.
Your identifications MUST be HAND-WRITTEN and will be due on the day of the Unit Test.
People, Places, Events, Terms
9 th Amendment/U.S. Constitution
10 th Amendment/U.S. Constitution
Act of Admission
Enabling Act
Enumerated Powers
Extradition
New Federalism
Privileges or Immunities Clause
Prohibited Powers
Article IV to the U.S. Constitution
Concurrent Powers
Confederate System of Government
Cooperative Federalism
Devolution
Dual Federalism
Federal System of Government
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Implied Powers
Inherent Powers
McCulloch v. Maryland
Necessary and Proper Clause
Republican Form of Government
Reserved Powers
Supremacy Clause
Unitary System of Government
Unit 5: Politics, Theory and Political Parties – Unit Identifications
(Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?)
Directions: Define and/or identify the significance of each of the following people, places, events or terms. You will need to use outside resources (internet, dictionary, encyclopedia, library, etc.) to find the required information.
Focus on the SIGNIFICANCE of the person, place, event or term with some important background information.
Your identifications MUST be HAND-WRITTEN and will be due on the day of the Unit Test.
People, Places, Events, Terms
Anarchism
Authoritarianism
Bipartisanship
Ideological Parties
Liberal
Libertarian Socialism
Political Party
Proportional Representation
Single-Issue Parties
Capitalism
Classical Liberalism
Communism
Conservative
Economic Protest Parties
Fascism
Libertarianism
Multi-Party System
Objectivism
Partisanship
Party Identification
Party Platform
Socialism
Splinter Parties
Stalinism
Two-Party System
Unit 6: Voting and Elections – Unit Identifications
(Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?)
Directions: Define and/or identify the significance of each of the following people, places, events or terms. You will need to use outside resources (internet, dictionary, encyclopedia, library, etc.) to find the required information.
Focus on the SIGNIFICANCE of the person, place, event or term with some important background information.
Your identifications MUST be HAND-WRITTEN and will be due on the day of the Unit Test.
People, Places, Events, Terms
12 th Amendment/U.S. Constitution
15 th Amendment/U.S. Constitution
19 th Amendment/U.S. Constitution
23 rd Amendment/U.S. Constitution
26 th Amendment/U.S. Constitution
Absentee Voting
Electoral College
Electorate
Federal Election Commission
Franchise
General Elections
Gerrymandering
Political Socialization
Polling Place
Precinct
Reapportionment
Redistricting
Run-off Primary
Ballot
Caucus
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Closed Primary
Coattail Effect
Direct Primary
Incumbent
Mid-term Congressional Elections
Non-partisan Elections
Open Primary
Political Action Committees
Political Efficacy
Split-ticket Voting
Straight-ticket Voting
Suffrage
Time Zone Fallout
Voting Rights Act of 1965

Unit 7: The Federal Legislative Branch – Unit Identifications (Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?)
Directions: Define and/or identify the significance of each of the following people, places, events or terms. You will need to use outside resources (internet, dictionary, encyclopedia, library, etc.) to find the required information.
Focus on the SIGNIFICANCE of the person, place, event or term with some important background information.
Your identifications MUST be HAND-WRITTEN and will be due on the day of the Unit Test.
People, Places, Events, Terms
17 th Amendment/U.S. Constitution
Article I of the U.S. Constitution
Bicameral Legislature
Joint Committees
Loose Constructionism
Majority Leader
Residence Act of 1790
Rob Portman
Rules Committee
Cloture
Commerce Clause
Conference Committees
Congressional Districts
Congressional Oversight
Continuous Body
Enumerated Powers
Filibuster
Gerrymandering
Mike Turner
Minority Leader
Necessary and Proper Clause
Party Whips
Pocket Veto
President pro tempore
Prohibited Powers
Reapportionment
Redistricting
Select Committees
Sherrod Brown
Speaker of the House
Special Interest Groups
Standing Committees
Strict Constructionism
The Iron Triangle
Veto
Unit 8: The Federal Executive Branch – Unit Identifications
(Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?)
Directions: Define and/or identify the significance of each of the following people, places, events or terms. You will need to use outside resources (internet, dictionary, encyclopedia, library, etc.) to find the required information.
Focus on the SIGNIFICANCE of the person, place, event or term with some important background information.
Your identifications MUST be HAND-WRITTEN and will be due on the day of the Unit Test.
People, Places, Events, Terms
22 nd Amendment/U.S. Constitution
25 th Amendment/U.S. Constitution
Advice and Consent Clause
Chief Legislator
Commander in Chief
Commutation
President’s Cabinet
Presidential Succession Act of 1947
Reprieve
Amnesty
Appointment Power
Article II of the U.S. Constitution
Cabinet Departments
Chief Diplomat
Chief Executive
Executive Agreement
Executive Office of the President
Executive Order
Head of State
Impeachment
Pardon
State of the Union Address
Take Care Clause
War Powers Act of 1973
White House Chief of Staff
White House Press Secretary

Unit 9: The United States Court System – Unit Identifications (Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?)
Directions: Define and/or identify the significance of each of the following people, places, events or terms. You will need to use outside resources (internet, dictionary, encyclopedia, library, etc.) to find the required information.
Focus on the SIGNIFICANCE of the person, place, event or term with some important background information.
Your identifications MUST be HAND-WRITTEN and will be due on the day of the Unit Test.
People, Places, Events, Terms
Appellate Courts
Appellate Jurisdiction
Article III of the U.S. Constitution
Establishment Clause
Felony
Free Exercise Clause
Plaintiff
Search and Seizure Clause
Self-Incrimination Clause
Civil Law
Court of Last Resort
Courts of Common Pleas (Ohio)
Criminal Law
Defendant
Double Jeopardy Clause
Due Process
Equal Protection Clause
Free Speech Clause
Grand Jury
Indictment
Judicial Review
Judiciary Act of 1789
Misdemeanor
Municipal Courts (Ohio)
Original Jurisdiction
Solicitor General
Supreme Court of the United States
Trial Courts
U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals
U.S. Federal District Courts
Writ of Certiorari
Writ of Habeas Corpus