Civics_Ch12_Study-Guide


 * Pennsylvania Civics – Chapter 12 Living in America**
 * Study Questions**

__Past Chapter Questions__
 * 1) What is the top responsibility of a citizen in Democracy?
 * 2) What is the naturalization process?
 * 3) Which document says we have life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness as inalienable rights?
 * 4) Which document created our first government?
 * 5) What date did the U.S. declare independence?
 * 6) What are 2 symbols of freedom?
 * 7) What is the purpose of government? (You could have several correct answers).
 * 8) E_ means same opportunity, f_ means justice, and l means freedom.
 * 9) What are the 3 levels of government?
 * 10) What are the 3 branches of government?
 * 11) What is the principle that each branch can’t abuse its power?
 * 12) What is the principle that there are three branches to divide power?
 * 13) What is the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional?
 * 14) Name a document that influenced the Constitution (there were several from Britain and colonies).
 * 15) We have a strong central government but the states have power too making us a f_ system.
 * 16) List the 5 freedoms in the first amendment.
 * 17) How has the right to vote changed over the years?
 * 18) What is one duty of citizens?
 * 19) What is one responsibility of citizens?
 * 20) Give an example of a legal search.
 * 21) What is the right someone on a trial has?
 * 22) What was formed from the Great Compromise?
 * 23) What is the job of the Legislative Branch?
 * 24) Who are your 2 U.S. Senators?
 * 25) Who is your U.S. Representative?
 * 26) Who is in charge of the House of Representatives?
 * 27) What building does Congress work in?
 * 28) What is the job of the Executive Branch?
 * 29) Who is President and Vice President?
 * 30) What are the 3 qualifications to be President?
 * 31) What is a legislative power of the President?
 * 32) What is the President’s role as head of the armed forces?
 * 33) What is the name of the President’s group of advisors?
 * 34) Who advises on military and national security? S of D_
 * 35) Who advises on legal matters? A G_
 * 36) Who advises on taxes and economics? S_ of the T
 * 37) Who advises on foreign policy? S_ of S_
 * 38) How is the President elected? E___ C___
 * 39) What building does the President live in?
 * 40) What building does the Defense Department work out of?
 * 41) What is the job of the Judicial Branch?
 * 42) What is the highest court in the land? S___ C__
 * 43) Who is the Chief Justice?
 * 44) What is the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional? J_ R_
 * 45) Who is your state representative? …state senator?
 * 46) Who is our governor? …Lt. Governor?
 * 47) Interest groups try to i_ policy and political parties try to m policy.
 * 48) A p election is when voters choose nominees from their party to run for office.
 * 49) The g election is when each party puts up a candidate to win the office.
 * 50) F law covers marriage, divorce, and protecting children.
 * 51) List 2 national holidays and what they commemorate.
 * 52) List 2 national symbols and what they commemorate.
 * 53) What is the private ownership of business and property?
 * 54) The U.S. has a m economy since there is p_ ownership but some g_ regulation.
 * 55) Cite one way there is government regulation:
 * 56) What is currency?
 * 57) F_ P are matters that deal with issues outside the nation

Chapter Questions__: Study questions from your book guide and notes.
 * 1) Who is said to have discovered America?
 * 2) How did he discover it seeing as how natives were already here?
 * 3) Who was the Native America who helped the colonists? P
 * 4) What role was played by Thomas Paine? He wrote C_ S_, which was the first to suggest i_
 * 5) Patrick Henry said “_”
 * 6) Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? T_ J, who also doubled the size of the nation with the L_ P_
 * 7) How is George Washington an important military figure? Commanded the C A in the R
 * 8) Who explored the Louisiana Purchase? L and C, who were guided by S_
 * 9) Who was Father of the Constitution and also president during the War of 1812?
 * 10) Who was a military leader in the War of 1812 as a general and won the Battle of New Orleans?
 * 11) James Polk led M_ D_ or the belief that Americans had the right to e to the P_.
 * 12) Eli Whitney invented the C __G___ which made cotton cultivation q_ and e making cotton a c_ crop and leading plantations into wanting more s.
 * 13) How did Francis Lowell make an impact? Began f_ in America which gave the north its role in i_.
 * 14) Who freed the slaves and preserved the Union in the Civil War?
 * 15) Who convinced Lincoln about the evils of slavery? F_ D
 * 16) What was the role of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
 * 17) What could you learn from a visit to Plymouth Rock?
 * 18) What would you learn from a visit to Appomattox?
 * 19) Where would you go to visit the first permanent English settlement? J, Virginia
 * 20) Where would you go to visit the major fort in the French and Indian War? Fort P_ in P_
 * 21) Where would you go to visit the site of Washington’s harsh winter in the Revolutionary War? V_ F
 * 22) Where would you go to visit the site on Lewis and Clark? S L to see the G_ A
 * 23) Where would you go to visit the turning point of the Civil War? G Battlefield
 * 24) Where would you go if you wanted to visit the mountain with four presidents sculpted on it?
 * 25) Where would you go to visit the site that is a mile deep cut by the Colorado River?
 * 26) Where would you go to visit the site where an attack brought the U.S. into WWII?
 * 27) Which state is the largest? …smallest?
 * 28) What lake is the deepest in America? C Lake
 * 29) Mount M is the highest point of elevation and is in Alaska.
 * 30) D V_, CA is the lowest point of elevation.
 * 31) Who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?
 * 32) At F_ M_ Francis Scott K_ wrote the S S B_
 * 33) How did America get its name? …why?
 * 34) How has transportation changed in America over time?
 * 35) How has communication changed in America over time?
 * 36) What changed for women and blacks in terms of rights?
 * 37) What was the Trail of Tears?
 * 38) Hiawatha recommened increase c, led to the L--- of F N---, or i C-

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