TYPES OF LAWROLL CALL QUESTION: JELLO OR PUDDING?

MENTAL FLOSS•OBJECTIVE:

•4.1 - IDENTIFY THE TYPES OF LAWS

•VOCAB:•CIVIL•CRIMINAL•COMMON•ADMINISTRATIVE•CONSTITUTIONAL•STATUTORY

•QUESTIONS:•WHICH AMENDMENT STATED THAT PEOPLE WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY A POLL TAX TO VOTE?•WHAT IS REDRAWING DISTRICT LINES TO ADVANTAGE A PARTICULAR PARTY OR GROUP?

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW•(JUDICIAL BRANCH)

•HIGHEST FORM OF LAW

• BASED ON THE CONSTITUTION

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW EXAMPLE•VIOLATION OF THE 1ST AMENDMENT

STATUTORY LAW

•(LEGISLATIVE BRANCH) LAWS CREATED AND PASSED BY LAWMAKERS

•STATUTES – LAWS FOR THE COUNTRY OR STATE

•ORDINANCES – LOCAL LAWS

STATUTORY LAW EXAMPLE•THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NC BANS SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW•(EXECUTIVE BRANCH) RULES AND REGULATIONS PASSED BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

•AGENCIES MAKE LAWS FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE• A. FDA – REGULATES FOOD, PHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICAL DEVICES

• B. FCC – REGULATES COMMUNICATIONS BY RADIO, TV, SATELLITE AND CABLE

• C. CDC – REGULATES HEALTH AND SAFETY

• D. EPA – REGULATES ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW EXAMPLE•FDA CREATES A LAW ENFORCING BANNING OF TYLENOL

•FCC STATES CREATES A LAW THAT YOU CAN’T DROP THE F-BOMB ON NATIONAL TV

COMMON LAW•COMMON LAW – CASES BOUND BY PRECEDENT (LOOKING AT SIMILAR CASES AND FOLLOWING AN EARLIER RULING)

COMMON LAW EXAMPLE

•TRESPASSING IS NOT OK

CRIMINAL LAW•LAWS THAT TRY TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM DELIBERATELY OR RECKLESSLY HARMING ONE ANOTHER OR ANOTHER’S PROPERTY

CRIMINAL LAW EXAMPLES

•MURDER, RAPE, ARMED ROBBERY, ID THEFT, KIDNAPPING

CIVIL LAW •PERSON V PERSON (SUE)

•PARTIES INVOLVED:

•PLAINTIFF –BRINGING THE LAWSUIT

•DEFENDANT – DEFENDING THEMSELVES

CIVIL LAW EXAMPLE•TORT LAW – PLAINTIFF CLAIMS A CIVIL WRONG. (CONTRACT DISPUTE) USUALLY HAS TO DO WITH NEGLIGENCE.

•FAMILY LAW – MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, CHILD CUSTODY

LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!

NJ PLAN

•WHAT PLAN DID THE SMALL STATES SUPPORT THAT CALLED FOR REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS TO BE BASED ON EQUALITY?

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

•WHICH CONFLICT CREATED THE DEBT THAT AMERICAN COLONISTS WERE EXPECTED TO REPAY TO GREAT BRITAIN DURING THE 1760S?

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE •WHICH DOCUMENT STATES THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL AND SUPPORTED THE IDEA THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO OVERTHROW THEIR GOVERNMENT?

COLONISTS WERE TAXED WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT

•HOW DID THE STAMP ACT, THE TEA ACT, AND THE INTOLERABLE ACTS ENCOURAGE AMERICAN COLONISTS TO CONSIDER REVOLUTION AGAINST BRITISH RULE?

GREAT COMPROMISE

•WHAT SETTLED THE BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN LARGE AND SMALL STATES IN CONGRESS?

SHAY’S REBELLION

•WHICH EVENT CONVINCED MANY U.S. CITIZENS THAT A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION WAS NEEDED?

INDEPENDENCE

•THOMAS PAINE’S COMMON SENSE WAS A PUBLICATION MOST INFLUENTIAL IN PERSUADING COLONISTS TO SUPPORT WHAT?

SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY

•WHAT IS THE THEORY THAT STATES THAT GOVERNMENTS ARE CREATED AS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THE STATE TO TRADE LIBERTY FOR SECURITY

SALUTARY NEGLECT

•THIS PRACTICE SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-GOVERNMENT IN THE COLONIES BY ALLOWING THEM A GREAT DEAL OF INDEPENDENCE FROM GREAT BRITAIN WHILE THEY WERE STILL CONSIDERED COLONIES

VA PLAN

•WHAT PLAN DID THE LARGE STATES SUPPORT THAT CALLED FOR REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS TO BE BASED ON POPULATION?

ANTI-FEDERALIST (BILL OF RIGHTS)•“TO PROTECT INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES, LIMITS MUST BE PLACED ON THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT” WOULD A FEDERALIST OR AN ANTI-FEDERALIST SAY THIS QUOTE?

3/5 COMPROMISE

•WHICH COMPROMISE STATED THAT SLAVES WERE TO BE EQUAL TO 3/5 OF A WHITE MAN AS FAR AS REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS WAS CONCERNED?

FEDERALISM

•DIVISION OF POWER BETWEEN NATIONAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS

MONTESQUIEU

•WHICH PHILOSOPHER WANTED THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT (LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, AND JUDICIAL)

UNIT 2 – LET’S BEGIN

COMMITTEE

•VERY FEW BILLS ARE TURNED INTO LAW IN COMPARISON TO THE AMOUNT OF BILLS INTRODUCED IN EACH HOUSE BECAUSE MOST BILLS DIE IN …..

CONCURRENT (SHARED)

•POWER TO TAX IS WHICH TYPE OF POWER?

JUDICIAL REVIEW

•MARBURY VS. MADISON IS CONSIDERED A LANDMARK DECISION BY THE SUPREME COURT BECAUSE IT ESTABLISHED …

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•WHICH AMENDMENT STATES THAT “ALL CITIZENS WERE EQUALLY PROTECTED UNDER THE LAW”

CENSUS

•WHAT IS TAKEN EVERY 10 YEARS TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS EACH STATE HAS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES?

¾ OF STATES MUST RATIFY

•WHAT HAPPENS AFTER TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION?

TEXAS V JOHNSON

•WHICH SUPREME COURT CASE UPHELD THE RIGHT OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO BURN THE FLAG IN PROTEST?

IMPLIED POWERS

•WHAT KIND OF POWERS ARE DEFINED BY THE NECESSARY AND PROPER CLAUSE?

BROWN V. BOARD

•WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SUPREME COURT DECISIONS UPHELD THAT SEPARATE BUT EQUAL FACILITIES WERE NOT LEGAL?

3/4

•WHAT PORTION OF THE STATES IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO RATIFY A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT?

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•WHICH AMENDMENT STATED THAT PEOPLE WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY A POLL TAX TO VOTE?

FEDERALISM

•THE CONSTITUTION STATES THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALLOWED TO COIN MONEY, BUT THE STATES MAY NOT. WHICH PRINCIPLE IS THIS AN EXAMPLE OF?

GERRYMANDERING

•REDRAWING DISTRICT LINES TO ADVANTAGE A PARTICULAR PARTY OR GROUP

SENATE

•ALL PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE….

UNIT 3 – LET’S BEGIN

GENERAL ELECTION

primary elections

national nominating convention

?electoral

college vote

IDEOLOGICAL PARTY

•A THIRD PARTY THAT PRIMARILY TRIES TO PROMOTE A POLITICAL OR PHILOSOPHICAL DOCTRINE IS A(N)…

WE IGNORED WASHINGTON

•HOW DID THE COUNTRY’S LEADERS RESPOND TO GEORGE WASHINGTON’S WARNINGS AGAINST POLITICAL PARTIES?

BANDWAGON

•WHICH PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUE IS ILLUSTRATED IN THE IMAGE ABOVE?

RADICAL

•SOMEONE OF THE FAR LEFT OF THE IDEOLOGICAL SPECTRUM WOULD BE CONSIDERED A…

SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES

•WHICH NATIONAL OFFICIALS ARE ELECTED EXCLUSIVELY BY VOTERS?

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•IN ORDER TO BE THE PRESIDENT, YOU MUST WIN _____ VOTES OUT OF 538 FROM THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

DEMOCRAT

•I SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, INCREASED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, AND HIGHER TAXES FOR THE RICH. I AM MOST LIKELY TO BE A MEMBER OF WHICH PARTY?

RESPONSIBILITIES; DUTIES

•______________ARE VOLUNTARY ACTIONS; ___________ARE ENFORCEABLE BY LAW

PETITION

•WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE INITIATIVE PROCESS?

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•HOW MANY MAJOR PARTIES DOES THE US HAVE?

PICK CANDIDATE FOR PARTY; PLATFORM

•WHY ARE NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTIONS HELD BY THE TWO U.S. POLITICAL PARTIES?

MELTING POT

•WHICH THEORY STATES THAT AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS ARE ASSIMILATED INTO THE SOCIETY AND ADOPT AMERICAN VALUES, BECOMING A SINGLE GROUP

DEMOCRACY

•WHAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT WAS CREATED BY THE CONSTITUTION?

PLANKS

•THE DEMOCRATS MEET FOR THEIR NATIONAL CONVENTION AND DECIDE TO SUPPORT A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO ABORTION ON DEMAND, OPPOSE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AGAINST FLAG BURNING, AND SUPPORT CERTAIN CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION. THE INDIVIDUAL TOPICS DESCRIBING THE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS WHICH THE PARTY SUPPORTS ARE KNOWN AS WHAT?

OLIGARCHY

•GOVERNMENT THAT IS RULED BY A FEW PEOPLE

GIVE SOFT MONEY NOT DESIGNATED TO A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE

•WHAT IS A WAY FOR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES (PACS) AND OTHER INTEREST GROUPS TO GET AROUND LIMITATIONS ON DIRECT CAMPAIGN DONATIONS?