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US History II Midterm Review

Federal Government

Describe Amendments 1-10 (Bill of Rights)

1- freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition

2-right to bear arms

3- citizens do not have to house soldiers

4- search and seizure

5- double jeopardy, self-incrimination, eminent domain, due process, grand jury

6- the accused have the right to a speedy and public trial

7- right to a jury in civil cases (money or property)

8- no excessive bail or fines, no cruel or unusual punishment

9-people have rights not listed in the Constitution

10-rights not listed in the Constitution belong to the states

What does Amendment 22 state?

No person shall be elected to the office of President

more than twice.

Explain the separation of powers.

Powers of the government are divided into three

branches

Explain checks and balances.

A President’s veto of a bill passed by Congress best illustrates this principle

What is a special session?

In a legislature, a special session  is a period when the body convenes outside of the normal legislative session.

Define impeachment.

The power of Congress to charge an official with

misbehaviors and bring that person to trial for removal

from office.

How many electoral votes are needed to become

president?

270

What is the job of the Executive Branch?

To enforce laws

What is the total number of amendments to the

Constitution?

27

How many members are in the House of

Representatives?

435

How many members were in the Senate?

100

What is the job of the Legislative Branch?

To make laws

What is the cabinet?

Name of the fifteen advisors to the president

What is the job of the Judicial Branch?

To interpret laws and settle disputes

State, County and Local Government

Who succeeds the governor to office?

Lieutenant Governor

Who appoints state officials?

Governor

Who approves the governor’s appointments?

Senate

How many legislative districts are in NJ?

40

Who receives sample ballots?

Registered voters

World War II

Who was Stalin?

Soviet dictator who transformed the Soviet

Union from a rural nation into an industrial power

Describe the Holocaust.

The genocide (deliberate extermination of a specific

group of people) of Jews and other groups in Europe by

the Nazis before and during WWII

Why did the US enter WWII?

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

Why were Japanese Americans placed in internment camps?

Because of anti-Japanese sentiment (prejudice)

Who were the WAACs and what were their jobs?

Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps – nurses, radio operators, ambulance

drivers

What was the Battle of the Bulge?

Last German offensive, Germany retreated

What happened on V-E Day/May 8, 1945?

Germany surrendered

What was Germany’s goal in the Battle of the Atlantic?

Germany’s goal was to keep food and war supplies from reaching Great Britain and

the Soviet Union

What was the GI Bill of Rights?

The federal government paid for veterans to go to college or technical

school, gave them loans to buy homes, farms, and businesses

Korematsu vs. US

Supreme Court upheld the government’s practice of

placing Japanese Americans in internment camps

What was the Manhattan Project?

Plan to develop the atomic bomb

What were the two cities where the atomic bomb was

dropped?

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

What was Operation Torch?

Code name for Allied invasion of North Africa

Which president served more than two terms?

Roosevelt

What was the battle in the Pacific where Japan’s navy

was essentially knocked out of the war?

Leyte Gulf