1/13 M Introduction Chapter 1: Politics, Democracy, and the American People 1/15 W Chapter 2: From Colonialism to Constitutionalism (Editorial #1) Be prepared to discuss all editorials when they are due. 1/20 M NO CLASS MLK holiday: Complete the following assignment Read the U.S. Constitution online and begin assignment. Constitution assignment due on 1/22 and will be discussed. 1/22 W Chapter 3: The Federal System 1/27 M Constitutional Principles and Powers (Editorial…
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(for 20 pts), and three (3) out of eight (8) short essay questions (for 30pts). It is designed to be finished in 40-45 minutes, giving you time to look over the exam and take a stab at the extra credit (~8pts). Extra Credit: There will be at least 5 extra credit questions, worth a minimum of 8 points. These questions will come primarily from the Fun Facts session at the end of the lecture. Study Guide: I have broken the guide into two major parts. The first part consists of the topics on which…
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Chapter 1 Politics: Who Gets What, and How? Resources: assets that can be be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively Power: ability to get others to do what you want them to do Politics: “who gets what, when, and how?” Government: a system for exercising control over a body of people Institutions: structures of mechanisms of social order that govern the behavior of a specific set of individuals Ex. schools, hospitals, prisons, religion, marriages Rules: set…
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “The Origin of Civil Society,” 2. Rousseau states that the use of force in establishing the power of the state makes the people’s relation to the state one of Obedience rather than of Duty. What is the difference between Obedience and Duty? Do you think that the relationship between the people and the government is or should be based on Obedience or on Duty? Obedience is recognize as if I do not do something , I will get punished for not doing what I suppose to do. Duty on…
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Patriot Act There have been numerous critics of the Patriot Act. Many groups like the ACLU, and other privacy and civil liberties advocates, assert that the Act violates too many individual freedoms and liberties, especially those regarding privacy. They argue that the Act makes it too easy for law enforcement officials to collect personal information and monitor organizations and individuals, especially American citizens, under the auspices of terrorism-related investigation. Specifically among…
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APUSH Midterm Review Sheet: Multiple Choice/True or False Questions: Chapter Six – The Empire and Its Colonies 1754 – 1775 America in 1750 (France, Great Britain, Spain), Thomas Hutchinson, The Ohio River Valley, Virginia Land Grant, George Washington, Fort Duquesne, Fort Necessity, Jumonville Glen, The French and Indian War (The Seven Year’s War), The Albany Plan, The Iroquois Nation (Six Nations), Benjamin Franklin, Join or Die, General Braddock, William Pitt, Impressment, The Fall of Quebec…
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Teacher Told Me New York, New York Various Others Readings UNIT 1: SETTLEMENT AND EXPANSION OF COLONIAL AMERICA [CR2] Texts and other materials utilized: Connecting with the Past Chapters 1-3, Taking Sides Unit 1, and A People’s History of the United States, Chapters 1-3. Lies My teacher Told Me Chapter 1-4 [CR1b] Themes: ID, WXT, PEO, POL, WOR, ENV Major Topics: Early contacts among groups in North America, and North American societies in the context of the Atlantic World; Spanish…
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Jacob miles P.7 Chapter 20 review SECTION 1 1. Commonwealth – the Cromwell controlled parliament, known as the rump parliament, abolished the monarchy and the house of the lords. It proclaimed England a commonwealth or republic. Constitution – a document outlining the basic laws and principles that govern a nation. 2. Charles I – a king who believed in the divine right of kings Petition of right – a petition stating 4 ancient liberties, (1) the king could not tax the people without the agreement…
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and Booker T. Washington were both men who fought for the rights and betterment of African Americans. Both men publicized their viewpoints, notably with Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk and Washington’s Atlanta Compromise Speech. Though both men fought for the rights of African Americans, they both had very different methods for accomplishing their goals. This is made clear in comparing the Atlanta Compromise Speech and the first chapter of The Souls of Black Folk— “Of Our Spiritual Strivings.”…
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In Chapter one Oakes defines slavery in the South. In the second sentence Oakes defines slavery as the complete denial of freedom. “Every society that has ever called itself free, even as it enslaved men and women, necessarily redefined slavery in its own image. For to be, quite literally, unfree” (3). To not be free is to not have any civil rights, life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Liberal societies define freedom through formal and informal rights (3). “…slaves spouses had no legal obligations…
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