Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Electoral Contests in America
Pg. 77
1. How often does the Federal Government hold elections?
2. Why do States hold elections at the same time as the Federal Government?
3. Incumbents win re-election _____% of the time?
4. Who has the greatest incumbency advantage, House or Senate members?
pg. 79 The Election Cycle
5. What are the two phases of elections?
6. What is the purpose of the primary election and when are these contests held?
7. Define Closed and Open Primary
8. What is the outcome of a candidate who receives a plurality?
9. What method does the Democratic party use when selecting delegates?
pg. 80 Financing Campaigns
10. What differentiates Barack Obama's rise to the White House compared to that of George Bush and Bill Clinton's rise?
11. What can candidates who receive more that 10% of the vote apply for in an election?
12. What presidential contest was the most expensive in American political history?
13. To what extent does the federal government provide funds for general election campaigns?
14. Have attempts at campaign finance reform been successful? What obstacles have prevented campaign finance reform?
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Civil Rights Study Guide Analysis
Define Civil Rights (pg. 173)
The struggle for civil rights is about what? (pg. 173)
What other racial minorities/groups that fought for their rights following the African-American Civil Rights Movement? (pg.173)
Define Poll Tax (pg. 175)
Define Literacy Test (pg.175)
What is the NAACP and its purpose? (pg.175)
Explain the difference between de jure and de facto segregation? (pg.175)
What court case upheld the use of busing? (pg. 175)
In what two states is de facto segregation re-emerging and how has the Supreme Court addressed this? (pg.175)
Who are Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton? (pg.177)
When did the American Feminist movement emerge and what were its major points of emphasis? (pg.177)
Define the Equal Rights Amendment (pg.177)
Define Title IX (pg.177)
How many undocumented immigrants are on US soil? (pg.177)
Explain the two sides of the debate surrounding immigration? (Critics of illegal immigration and Civil Rights advocates being the two sides) (pg.177)
The struggle for civil rights is about what? (pg. 173)
What other racial minorities/groups that fought for their rights following the African-American Civil Rights Movement? (pg.173)
Define Poll Tax (pg. 175)
Define Literacy Test (pg.175)
What is the NAACP and its purpose? (pg.175)
Explain the difference between de jure and de facto segregation? (pg.175)
What court case upheld the use of busing? (pg. 175)
In what two states is de facto segregation re-emerging and how has the Supreme Court addressed this? (pg.175)
Who are Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton? (pg.177)
When did the American Feminist movement emerge and what were its major points of emphasis? (pg.177)
Define the Equal Rights Amendment (pg.177)
Define Title IX (pg.177)
How many undocumented immigrants are on US soil? (pg.177)
Explain the two sides of the debate surrounding immigration? (Critics of illegal immigration and Civil Rights advocates being the two sides) (pg.177)
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Civil Liberties Analysis
Is the use of torture morally acceptable when garnering national security intelligence?
Should the detainee prison be closed on Guantanamo Bay?
Does Barack Obama support the closing of Guantanamo Bay prison?
How should potential terrorists be treated?
Do they deserve due process?
What is due process?
What is the Republican stance on closing the Guantanamo Bay Prison?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/opinion/hunger-striking-at-guantanamo-bay.html?_r=0
Should the detainee prison be closed on Guantanamo Bay?
Does Barack Obama support the closing of Guantanamo Bay prison?
How should potential terrorists be treated?
Do they deserve due process?
What is due process?
What is the Republican stance on closing the Guantanamo Bay Prison?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/opinion/hunger-striking-at-guantanamo-bay.html?_r=0
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Civil Rights Unit 4 (B)
Vocabulary/Identifications
- 13th amendment
- 14th amendment
- 15th amendment
- Reconstruction
- Thaddeus Stevens
- Fernando Wood
- 1965 Civil Rights Act
- The Great Society
- Suffrage
- Malcolm X
Who is the current Attorney General of the Obama Government?
Who has been nominated to replace the current Attorney General?
Who is the current Secretary of State of the Obama government?
Who was the first Secretary of State in the Obama government?
Who is the current President of Iran?
Who is the Aytollah of Iran?
Monday, April 6, 2015
Civil Rights: Unit 4
Obama on Voting Rights
Utilize the following link to respond to the questions below:
1. Why are college students challenging a North Carolina voter photo identification law?
2. Why do Republicans and Democrats disagree about the need for new voter ID laws?
3. How will the new North Carolina law affect younger voters, particularly college students?
4. How does partisan politics seem especially relevant to the passage of the new North Carolina law?
Respond to These Critical Thinking Questions: In your own words
5. Can you think of ways to make sure voting is both easy to do for young people, like college students, while at the same time reducing the possibility of voter fraud? Explain.
6. Should states try to make it easier for young people to vote, so voter participation rates increase, or should they make it more difficult for young people to vote, to protect against the possibility of voter fraud?
7. What do you think the priority should be? Explain.
8. How can Mr. Obama address and expand voting rights in America?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/us/college-students-claim-voter-id-laws-discriminate-based-on-age.html
Utilize the following link to respond to the questions below:
1. Why are college students challenging a North Carolina voter photo identification law?
2. Why do Republicans and Democrats disagree about the need for new voter ID laws?
3. How will the new North Carolina law affect younger voters, particularly college students?
4. How does partisan politics seem especially relevant to the passage of the new North Carolina law?
Respond to These Critical Thinking Questions: In your own words
5. Can you think of ways to make sure voting is both easy to do for young people, like college students, while at the same time reducing the possibility of voter fraud? Explain.
6. Should states try to make it easier for young people to vote, so voter participation rates increase, or should they make it more difficult for young people to vote, to protect against the possibility of voter fraud?
7. What do you think the priority should be? Explain.
8. How can Mr. Obama address and expand voting rights in America?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/us/college-students-claim-voter-id-laws-discriminate-based-on-age.html
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Monday, March 23, 2015
Federalism Free Response Questions: 2ndperiodrowe.blogspot.com
Due Today:
1. Please name and briefly explain the difference between dual federalism and cooperative federalism, using examples to illustrate your answer.
2. Please address the debate surrounding the 10th amendment and the state power vis' a vis' the national government's power. In your answer, outline the different interpretations of the 10th amendment with regard to this question, as well as the important Supreme Court decisions that contributed to the debate over time.
1. Please name and briefly explain the difference between dual federalism and cooperative federalism, using examples to illustrate your answer.
2. Please address the debate surrounding the 10th amendment and the state power vis' a vis' the national government's power. In your answer, outline the different interpretations of the 10th amendment with regard to this question, as well as the important Supreme Court decisions that contributed to the debate over time.
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