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Goal 2 Topics for Review (Link to PowerPoint)

1. What Principle of the US Constitution represents the idea that people should have the right to rule themselves?
2. What is the Preamble?
3. The phrase “We the People…” is an example of which principle of government?
4. What is Federalism?
5. What are the qualifications for members of each branch of government?
6. Explain checks and balances as it relates to separation of powers?
7. What is the Establishment Clause?
8. What is the importance of the conference committee?
9. What are two techniques that can be used by legislatures to stop a bill from becoming a law?
10. What is the necessary and proper clause or the elastic clause?
11. What rights were granted in the Civil War Amendments?
12. What are the voting amendments?

Also Remember
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• New Jersey Plan/Virginia Plan
• Articles of Confederation – weaknesses – How did they fix the problems?
• Magna Carta
• Boston Tea Party

Second and Third: Expect a quiz Tuesday February 23rd!

Goal 2 PowerPoint

The first part of the PPT is a review, the last part deals with Federalists and Anti-federalists. Ignore the page numbers, as I used this PPT with history classes last semester.

There will be a goal 1 quiz tomorrow: Wednesday 10 February 2010

Please review the following:

Magna Carta
Common Sense
Salutary Neglect
Mayflower Compact
Triangle Trade
Middle Passage
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Social Contract
Great Awakening
Shay’s Rebellion
Zenger Trial
Mercanitlism
Intolerable Acts
French and Indian War (Causes and effects)
Puritans (Reasons for settling and where)
Causes of the American Revolution
Advantages and Disadvantages of each colonial region (New England, Middle, Southern)
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Jean Jaques Rousseau

Due tomorrow: Tuesday February 9th

Page 28, questions 1, 2, 4, 11, 12, 13,14
Page 58 questions 1-14