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Chapter 49 - 7th and 8th

Chapter 49

1. What happened in 1906 in San Francisco?
2. What happened on Dec. 7, 1941?
3. What was the name of the group responsible for the 9/11 attacks?
4. Write down Robert Kennedy’s quote about extremism.
5. What is the name of the holy book of Islam?
6. Define Jihad and how is it misused?
7. What were the crusades?
8. What was the inquisition?
9. What is a zealot?
10. What are the two things the book says you can do when something goes wrong?
11. Timothy McVeigh committed his terrorist act where and for what reason?

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Supreme Court Cases	How a Bill Becomes a Law
Federalism	Interest Groups
The President and the Bureaucracy	Judicial Branch + Appointing Judges
The Congressional Elections+ The President’s Impact

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Chapter 46/47 Homework 7th/8th Grade

Chapter 46/47

1. Who won a New York senate seat in 2000?
2. What job did Al Gore’s father have?
3. Why did the Bush family move to Texas?
4. What was Al Gore’s platform?
5. What is the electoral college?
6. How do they decide how many electors each state receives?
7. Why did the South want the electoral college in place when the constitution was written?
8. What is another reason for the creation of the electoral college?
9. Who won the popular vote in 2000?
10. Who won the electoral college?
11. What state ended up deciding the election?
12. What is an absentee ballot?
13. What did the Supreme Court decide in Bush v Gore?
14. Define Prescient.

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7th/8th Grade Write Your Own Bill Assignment

You are a member of the Legislative Branch from Idaho. You must come up with  two bills to pass through congress that will help Idaho in some way.

Answer the following questions for both bills. (minimum 2 sentences each)

1. What is your bill?
2. How will it help Idaho?
3. Why should the rest of the country support it?
4. Write a reason why someone might oppose it.

AP Homework 4/11

1. Describe how the oversight power of the Legislative Branch functions.
2. What is the rules committee and what purpose does it serve in the legislative process?
3. What are riders?
4. Define constituent.
5. Describe the impeachment process for the President.
6. What is the War Powers Act and why was it passed?
7. What is the Hatch Act?
8. What is the difference between judicial activism and judicial restraint?

US History Homework - WWI

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7th/8th Grade Bill of Rights Assignment - Due Monday

Your job is to write a letter or article that is designed to convince people to ratify (approve) the Bill of Rights. You are pretending the year is 1791. This letter must be a minimum of 250 words and will be graded based on showing your understanding of the Bill of Rights and its contents.

This assignment may be handwritten.

Chapter 44/45 - 7th/8th Grade

Chapter 44/45

1. How were the lives of Bill Clinton and Al Gore different as children?
2. Bill Clinton served as governor of what state?
3. How were Bill and Hillary Clinton similar?
4. What did Hillary’s father say to her when she brought home a report card with all A’s?
5. Al Gore served in the military during what war?
6. What happened to the gap between the rich and middle class?
7. Why was there conflict in Ireland during Clinton’s Presidency?
8. Define Hubris.
9. What does the 1st Amendment to the Constitution do?
10. What does it mean to impeach a member of the government?
11. What President other than Clinton has been impeached?

AP Homework 4/4

1. Who wrote, and what was the message of, Federalist #10?
2. What was the message of Federalist #51?
3. Explain the Necessary and Proper (Elastic) clause and what impact it has on the U.S. Government.
4. Funded vs Unfunded Mandate
5. Define Block Grant.
6. Define Categorical Grant.
7. Define Devolution and during which era was it prevalent?
8. What was the New Deal Coalition?

AP Homework 4/1

1. What are some advantages and disadvantages of a runoff primary?
2. Define the coattail effect? What would a negative coattail be?
3. What is split ticket vote? Is it more or less common today? How has split ticket voting (or lack thereof) affected American politics today?
4. What is soft money?
5. What are motor voter laws?
6. How has the modern age and the rise of the internet changed the power of political parties?
7. Write down 5 reasons why incumbents are usually re-elected.
8. What is cloture and how does it relate to the filibuster.

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