NAME(S): Period: Give a summary report on what the President said about each one of the following items (worth 10 points): 1. Entitlements. 2. NCLB (No Child Left Behind): 3. Healthcare. Who should we help more? 4. Immigration reform: 5. Areas we can work with to decrease our energy dependency on foreign oil: 6. Africa (what problems we should help with): 7. Wesley Autrey:

NAME(S): PERIOD: Section 1. Who are all legislative powers granted to in the US? Section 2. a. Which house of Congress is referred to as the "lower house?" b. What is the minimum age for a member of the House of Representatives? For how long must he be a citizen? c. How is the number of represenatives from each state chosen? d. (from section 2, clause 5) What is the name of the leader of the House? Section 3. a. How many senators does each state have? b. How long are senators elected for? c. What is the minimum age for a Senator and how many years must they be a citizen? d. Who serves as the President of the Senate? e. What is the name of the person who fills in when the President cannot be in the Senate? Section 4. Congressional elections are held every two years on the first Tuesday in November, after the first Monday. Why was this odd rule used to determine the election date? Section 5. Who determines the rules that are used to govern each house of Congress? Section 6. Who sets the salary of Congressmen? Section 7. How many days does the President have to sign a bill into law? What happens if he does not sign the bill during that time? Section 8. a. What is a "pocket veto" and what must a President do to use it? b. Name 5 of the powers of Congress listed in this section. Section 9. Name and number 5 limits that are placed on Congress:

NAME(S): PERIOD: Answer the following questions, taken from the parts of Article 2 listed: Article II, Section 1 [The president; the executive power.—1.] 1. For how long a period is the President elected? [Appointment and qualifications of presidential electors.—2.] 2. What is the formula for determining how many Electors there are from each state? [Original method of electing the president and vice president.6] (This section was superseded by the 12th Amendment...) 3. How many electoral votes are needed to win the Presidency? 4. Who decides who the President is if no candidate has a majority of Electoral votes? [Qualifications for the office of president.7—4.] 5. Whst is the minimum age for a person to be President? 6. How many years must a person be a resident of the US to be President? 7. Where must a person be born to be a President of the US? [Filling vacancy in the office of president.8—5.] 8. Who becomes President if the President is removed from office or dies? [Oath to be taken by the president.—7.] 9. In his oath of office, what does the President promise to protect and defend? Section 2 10. Who is the commander in chief of the army and navy? 11. What is the one case in which a President CANNOT grant a pardon? 12. Who must give 2/3 consent to a treaty that the President makes with another nation? 13. What Presidential appointments must get the approval of the Senate? 14. What section of Article 2 says that the President should give a State of the Union message? 15. For what crimes can a President be impeached?

NAME(s): Period: 1. Name the major types of government: 2. Which government type would be the best for people to feel like they are closest to the government? 3. Which type of government would be best if it was important that the state act quickly to fight a war, repel an enemy, and suppress internal war resistance and dissent? 4. Rank these governments from 1-3, 1 being that which you think is the best. Explain your #1 and #3 rankings. 1 2 3 Using the chart and definitions below this form, answer questions 5-10: 5. There are three countries on the chart with the same lineup of red dots. What are the three countries? 6. Explain the kind of government the three countries from question 5 have: 7. There are two two countries that also have the same governmental configuration in this chart. Name these two countries. 8. Explain the kind of government configuration that these two nations have. 9. Explain what kind of government China has according to the chart and what you know about these kinds of government: 10. What do you notice the following governments have in common: China, Cuba, Syria. What do you know about these governments?

NAME: Period: 1. Socialism is left-wing or right-wing? 2. Capitalism is left-wing or right-wing? 3. Communism is left-wing or right-wing? 4. For economic systems, do you lean more to the left (with government trying to level the playing field with economic contorls) or to the right (let freedom of individuals reign in the market without government interference?) 5. In the Political Compass questionnaire where did you come out on the left - right scale? More left or more right? 6. Where did you come out on the social scale (the vertical) More authoritarian or more libertarian? 7. On the blogthings questionnaire, it gives you a liberal-conservative rating for 6 different categories. Tell how many of the six were more liberal and how many were more conservative for you: Liberal: ____ Conservative: _____ 8. Write down one of the questions that you really did not understand in either one of these questionnaires:

NAME(S): Period: Mr. Pahl mentioned that there are two major viewpoints on interpreting the First Amendment's religious freedom clauses. Accomodationist. These people want to get more religion in American public life. Prayer in schools, public recognition of God. They say this is not against the establishment clause. Separationists. These people say that church and state must be separate. The government should not be involved with religion. Below write out a summary of Madison's 4 points in his Memorial and Remonstrance summarized here, and then say whether it fits better with accomoodationist thinking or separationist thinking: 1 2 3 4