End-of-Course Government
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We The People, Level 2 Reference[1]
(Created 1.15.16)
The following examples are given for reference only and do not reflect all End-of-Course content or activities within We The People, Level 2 student edition.
Magna Carta (Approximately 10% of EOC Government test questions involve quotations)
Each of the rights listed below was a right of Englishmen listed in the Magna Carta. Read the statement and respond to the four questions that follow.
“For a trivial (minor) offense, a free man shall be fined only in proportion to the degree of his offense, and for a serious offense correspondingly.”
What is the meaning of each statement?
What right does the statement guarantee?
Why is the right important?
Explain how this right limits the power of government.
(Page 53, student edition)
Declaration of Independence (Approximately 8% of EOC Government test questions involve documents)
Examine the text of the Declaration of Independence and select three complaints against the king. Complete the following steps and report your findings to the class..
Rewrite the complaint in your own words.
Explain the basis of the colonists’ complaint.
Explain what ideas about government are implied in each complaint.
(Page 74, student edition)
Articles of Confederation
What were the articles of Confederation? How did the Articles organize the national government to address the fears of the people and of the states?
What did the national government achieve under the Articles of Confederation?
What are the weaknesses of the national government under the Articles?
(Page 102, student edition)
Federalism
What is a federal system?
What powers does the Constitution delegate to the federal government?
What powers belong to the states?
What powers do the state and federal government share?
What powers did the people keep for themselves?
What powers does the Constitution deny to the state governments?
What is the supremacy clause? Why is it important?
(Page 154, student edition)
Judicial review
What is judicial review?
How does judicial review apply to laws passed by state governments?
Why was Marbury v. Madison such an important case?
How does judicial review protect the rights of the people?
How might judicial review override the will of the majority?
(Page 186, student edition)
Political parties (Approximately 8% of EOC Government test questions involve graphics)
Why were the framers of the Constitution against having political parties?
Explain how the disagreements about how to solve the nations problems led to the rise of political parties?
Why was the election of 1800 important?
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts? Why were they passed?
(Page 180, student edition)
Special note: Approximately 26% of EOC Government test questions involve quotations, documents and graphics)
[1] Source. We The People The Citizen & The constitution, Level 2, Ó 2007, Center for Civic Education