Executive Branch Review

For the following terms about the Executive Branch pick 25 of them and right a brief definition to help you study for the quiz on 11/11.

• Who makes up the Executive Branch?
• Requirement for President
• Term Length
• Who is the Vice President?
• President of Senate
• Electoral College
• Impeachment of President
• Presidential Powers
• Perks of being President
• Chief Executive
• Head of State
• Chief Diplomat
• Party Leader
• Commander in Chief
• Legislative Leader
• Know what the departments of the cabinet do:
• Department of State
• Department of the Treasury
• Department of Defense
• Department of Interior
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Labor
• Department of Justice
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Energy
• Department of Education
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Department of Homeland Security

Indian Wars Class Presentation

The Team will present their information in class on the assigned day. Students need to collaborate with one another to correctly research and explore their topic of choice. Each student on the team is required to have an active role in the presentation. Presentations should last 4-5 minutes. Along with identifying the main combatants in regard to your topic, teams should: present causes and effects, main summary of the event itself, appropriate Native American reactions as well as appropriate Federal Government/Settler reactions and lasting consequences of the assigned topic. Teams must have at least one visual/technical aid which may include a PowerPoint, a poster, a video clip no longer than 2 minutes, a picture, an actual item (artifact), or any combination of the listed visuals. 

Topics: 

1. Osage Indian War 1837

2. Red River War 1874-1875

3. Geronimo’s War 1881-1886

4. Yuma War 1850-1853

5. Walker War 1853-1854

6. Black Hawk’s War 1865-1872

7. White River War 1879

8. Ute War 1887

9. Nez Perce War 1877

10. Sioux Wars 1854-1891

11. Red Cloud’s War 1866-1868

12. Rogue River Wars 1855-1856

13. Paiute War 1860

14. Modoc War 1872-1873

15. Ghost Dance War 1890-1891

16. Dakota War 1862

The Cabinet Assignment

Names of Secretaries:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-trump-administration/the-cabinet/
Info about each department:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/the-executive-branch/

Civil War Test

US History Test Civil War

For the following questions decide which attribute is for the North or South.  North=a South=b

1. Agricultural Society
2. Industrial
3. Pro central government
4. Pro state’s rights
5. Pro Slavery
6. Anti-Slavery

7. The Missouri Compromise made the Maine a slave state?

1. True
2. False

8. This group of people wanted to get rid of slavery?

a.       Federalist

b.       Freeman

c.       Abolitionist

9. William Lloyd Garrison was a leader of the Abolition Movement?

a.       True

b.       False

10. This man was involved in the Supreme Court case that ruled African-Americans were property, not people?

a.       Martin Luther King

b.       Abe Lincoln

c.       Fredrick Douglas

d.       Dred Scott

11. What is the name of the town that John Brown and his men tried to take the South’s ammunition?

a.       Richmond

b.       Atlanta

c.       Harpers Ferry

12. Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

a.       North Carolina

b.       Virginia

c.       Georgia

d.       South Carolina

13. What was the first battle of the Civil War?

a.       Bull Run

b.       Yorktown

c.       Fort Sumter

d.       Gettysburg

14. Who was given the nickname “Moses” because they helped African-Americans escape slavery?

a.       Abe Lincoln

b.       Harriet Tubman

c.       Harriet Beecher Stowe

d.       Uncle Tom

15. This Battle is known as the bloodiest DAY of the Civil War?

a.       Gettysburg

b.       Bull Run

c.       Antietam

16. What state were General Lee and General Jackson from?

a.       Kansas

b.       Georgia

c.       Virginia

17.  During the middle of the Civil War the North and South implemented conscription. Today we know this as what?

a.       Money

b.       A draft

c.       Training

18. This amendment forbids slavery?

a.       13^th

b.       1^st

c.       21^st

19. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

A.      Harriet Tubman

B.      Harriet Beecher Stowe

C.      Sojourn Truth

D.      Clara Barton

20. In what battle did Stonewall Jackson receive his nickname?

a.       Gettysburg

b.       Antietam

c.       Bull Run

21. This battle was the South’s first major victory and gave them a lot of encouragement?

a.       Bull Run

b.       Antietam

c.       Gettysburg

22. In the movie, what state was Colonel Chamberlain from? ( The Union officer with the mustache)

A.      Virginia

B.      Maine

C.      New York

23. Who Assassinated Abe Lincoln?

a.       Lee Harvey Oswald

b.       John Wilkes Booth

c.       William Lloyd Garrison

24. How did Abe Lincoln gain his popularity?

a.       Lincoln Douglas debates

b.       Being a Congressman

c.       Joining the Republican party

25. Where did the South Surrender to the North?

a.       Richmond

b.       Washington D.C.

c.       Appomattox Court House

d.       Gettysburg

26. Which president ordered Lewis and Clark to travel west to explore the nation’s new purchase?

1. James Madison
2. John Marbury
3. Thomas Jefferson

27. The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and who?

1. France
2. Great Britain
3. Ukraine

28. Women got the right to vote soon after the Seneca Falls Convention?

1. True
2. False

29. Abolitionism was the idea of abolishing slavery in the confederate states?

1. True
2. False

30. The idea that the American people had the God given right to move west?

1. Ex Post Facto
2. Manifest Destiny
3. Freedom

31. Which of the following was a part of the Market Revolution?

1. Lowell Textile Mills
2. Texas Revolution
3. Trail of Tears

32. Reconstruction was the time period before the Civil War, when Abe Lincoln tried to bring the southern states back into the Union?

1. True
2. False

33. Who became president after Lincoln’s assassination?

1. Andrew Johnson
2. Mike Lee
3. Andrew Jackson
4. Fredrick Douglass

34. Radical Republican’s wanted to bring southern states back into the Union quickly?

1. True
2. False

35. Abolitionists who moved south the profit from reconstruction?

1. Carpetbaggers
2. Scalawags
3. Radical Republicans

36. Andrew Johnson was impeached because of his treatment of Reconstruction?

1. True
2. False

37.  At the beginning of Reconstruction African Americans prospered in the south by owning land participating in politics, forming churches and building schools?

1. True
2. False

38. Because reconstruction was unsuccessful many African Americans in the south turned to…?

1. Slavery
2. Manufacturing Jobs
3. Sharecropping

39. The end of Reconstruction resulted in the beginning of what era in the south? 

1. The New Era
2. The Jim Crow Era
3. The Prosperous Era

40.  From the movie Gods and General’s who won the Battles we watched?

1. Union
2. Confederacy

41. From the movie Gods and General’s most members of the confederacy we saw were from what state?

1. South Carolina
2. Georgia
3. Virginia

42. In Gods and Generals immigrants from what country end up meeting up and fighting. They are on the Confederacy and Union.

1. France
2. Great Britain
3. Ireland

43. What Union Colonel did we watch defend Little Round Top in the movie Gettysburg?

1. Colonel Powell
2. Colonel Stonewall Jackson
3. Colonel Chamberlain

44. Who won the Civil War?

1. Union
2. Confederacy

45.  Which of the following was NOT a part of the Union’s strategy to win the war?

a. Blockade rivers and shipping ports

b. Capture the capital, Richmond, VA.

c. Convince Confederate troops to join the Union.

US Studies Civil War Test Review

Civil War Unit Test Review

(Review the items I have handed back to you in class)

3/5 Compromise (How is it a cause of the Civil War)

Missouri Compromise-

Dred Scott-

Uncle Tom’s Cabin-

Harriet Tubman-

Kansas Nebraska Act-

Formation of Republican Party-

John Brown-

Compromise of 1850-

Lincoln Douglas debates-

Difference between North and South-

Southern Succession-

Fort Sumter-

Abe Lincoln-

Jefferson Davis-

Gettysburg-

Gettysburg Address-

Vicksburg-

Election of 1864-

Appomattox Court House-

Outcomes of Civil War-

13^th Amendment-

Lincoln Assassination-

North Strategy-

South Strategy-

Bull Run-

Stonewall Jackson-

George McClellan-

Robert E. Lee-

Antietam-

Ulysses S. Grant-

South-

Emancipation Proclamation-

Conscription-

African Americans in the Civil War-

Medical procedures of the Civil War-

Reconstruction Worksheet-

Marbury VS Madison-

John Marshall-

Louisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark-

War of 1812-

Monroe Doctrine-

Andrew Jackson-

Jacksonian Democracy-

Trail of Tears-

Manifest Destiny-

Oregon Trail-

Texas Revolution-

The Alamo-

Gold Rush-

Market Revolution-

Lowell Textile Mills-

Abolition-

Seneca Falls Convention-

Read both links:
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2019/10/21/20925222/what-do-utahns-think-of-mitt-romney-and-mike-lee

https://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/21952-romney-lee-get-negative-job-approval-ratings-from-utah-voters

Government Test Review 10/14

For your quiz review you will provide a definition for all of the following terms:

What Congress are we in: #

Qualifications for Senate/House

Terms for Senate/ House

Gerrymandering

Packing

Cracking 

Sweetheart

Utah Senators/Reps: 

John Curtis 

Mike Lee

Mitt Romney

Speaker of the House

Bicameral

Adjourns

Convenes

How many Senators/Reps: #'s

The Purpose of Reps

Fringe Benefits

Process of making a law

Expressed Powers

Implied Powers/ Necessary and Proper Clause

Leadership Positions of Congress

Gov. Review 9/24

You will be tested on anything we have discussed in class. This is just a guide to help you study. Know more than the definition. Understand WHY the terms are important.

Pick 10 of the following terms, define the term and express its importance.

Democracy

Republic

Direct Democracy

Oligarchy

Monarchy

Representative Democracy

What type of Government does the U.S. have?

Purpose of Constitution

Preamble

Articles of the Constitution

Qualifications and term for Senate

Qualifications and term for House of Representatives

Qualifications and term for President

How many Representatives and members of senate come from each state?

Powers of congress (know a couple)

Powers denied to congress (know a couple)

Succession of President (know the next two)

Ratification of Constitution

Know how the Bill of Rights came about and all ten amendments

Bill of Rights

Amendments 13, 14,15,18,19,21,22,26

Magna Carta

Social Contract

Enlightenment

John Locke

Tabula Rasa

Natural Rights

Continental Congress (1^st,2^nd)

Declaration of Independence (Why is it written, natural rights etc.)

Checks and Balances

Articles of Confederation/ Weaknesses

Characteristics of a State

Origins of the State

Constitutional Convention

Virginia Plan

New Jersey Plan

Great Compromise

3/5 compromise

Federalist

Anti-Federalist

How many states had to agree on the Constitution? 

Federalism (Concurrent, Reserved, Expressed)

Constitution Test Part 2

1.         According to the Constitution, a person must meet certain requirements in order to be eligible  to become President. Name one of these requirements.

2.         Why are there 100 Senators in the Senate?

3.         Who selects the Supreme Court justices?

4.         How many Supreme Court justices are there?

5.         Why did the Pilgrims come to America?

6.         What is the head executive of a state government called?

7.         What is the head executive of a city government called?

8.         What holiday was celebrated for the first time by American colonists?

9.         Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?

10.     When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

11.     What is the basic belief of the Declaration of Independence?

12.     What is the national anthem of the United States?

13.     Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?

14.     Where does freedom of speech come from?

15.     What is the minimum voting age in the United States?

16.     Who signs bills into law?

17.     What is the highest court in the United States?

18.     Who was President during the Civil War?

19.     What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

20.     What special group advises the President?

21.     Which President is called the "Father of our country”?

22.    What Immigration and Naturalization Service form is used to apply to become a naturalized citizen?

23.     Who helped the Pilgrims in America?

24.     What is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?

25.     What were the 13 original states of the U.S. called?

26.     Name 3 rights or freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.

27.     Who has the power to declare war?

28.     What kind of government does the United States have?

29.     Which President freed the slaves?

30.     In what year was the Constitution written?

31.     What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called?

32.     What is the supreme law of the land?

33.     Where does Congress meet?

34.     Whose rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?

35.     What is the introduction to the Constitution called?

36.     Name one benefit to being a citizen of the United States?

37.     What is the most important right granted to U.S. citizens?

38.     What is the United States Capitol?

39.     What is the White House?

40.     Where is the White House located?

41.     What is the name of the President's official home?

42.     Name one right guaranteed by the first amendment.

43.     Who is the Commander in Chief of the U.S. military?

44.     Which President was the first Commander in Chief of the U.S. military?

45.     In what month do we vote for President?

46.     In what month is the new President inaugurated?

47.     How many times may a Senator be re-elected?

48.     How many times may a Congressman be re-elected?

49.     What are the 2 major political parties in the U.S. today?

50.     How many states are there in the United States?