Civics_Ch13_Study-Guide


 * Pennsylvania Civics – Chapter 13 Pennsylvania History**
 * 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
 * 58) Who “discovered” America since colonization followed?
 * 59) Fort McHenry is where Francis Scott K wrote the S_ S B_
 * 60) Who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?
 * 61) What was invented by Eli Whitney that increased cotton production and therefore slavery in the South?
 * 62) What was started by Francis Lowell in the North where the cotton could be manufactured into a finished product?

__Chapter Questions__: Study questions from your book guide and notes.
 * 1) What freedom was PA built on as a colony?
 * 2) Who founded? …what was his religious group?
 * 3) What was Penn’s requirement to be in the PA colonial government?
 * 4) What was the Holy Experiment?
 * 5) Which PA city was the “City of Brotherly Love?” P_
 * 6) What was the Walking Purchase?
 * 7) Who was PA named after? A __P__
 * 8) How did Natives first get into America? B S_ L_ B_
 * 9) The Natives in the northeastern part of America were known as the E W_
 * 10) List 3 examples of daily life of the Natives.
 * 11) List the tribes that existed in PA.
 * 12) Which Native tribe lived in Somerset County for a short time?
 * 13) How did Penn get his charter?
 * 14) What were the various French and Indian War forts? Forts P_, L, and B_ to name a few.
 * 15) What was Fort Bedford used for? …Fort Ligonier?
 * 16) When Fort D was destroyed it was rebuilt as Fort P_
 * 17) What fort in Fayette County was quickly built but defeated by the French? Fort N_
 * 18) Who was the British general who was ambushed when going to Fort Duquesne? E_ B
 * 19) What triggered hostilities in the colonies between the French and the English colonists?
 * 20) What was the meaning of Franklin’s Join or Die flag?
 * 21) Where did the Continental Army spend a harsh winter in the Revolution?
 * 22) Where did the Continental Congress go to when the British threatened Philadelphia? Y
 * 23) G_ was the turning point of the Civil War.
 * 24) What speech was given by Lincoln that dedicated the battlefield? G_ A
 * 25) The H_ C replaced the Allegheny-Portage Railroad.
 * 26) How did Somerset County get its name?
 * 27) How did Central City get its name?
 * 28) Most of Shade Township towns were found due to the c_ industry.
 * 29) What event in Somerset County showed the new Federal government’s power? W R
 * 30) Who was the Revolutionary War general known for his boldness?
 * 31) Who was the only president from PA? J B
 * 32) Who was the Civil War general who won at Gettysburg?
 * 33) Who began the iron and steel industry in Pittsburgh?
 * 34) What took place at Drake’s Well?
 * 35) What is PA’s state flower? …state animal? …state bird? …state nickname/why?
 * 36) What is the highest point of elevation in PA? M_ D

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