Unit 1 Essential Standards & Objectives

Honors Civics & Economics Unit 1 Study Guide ~ Citizenship and the Foundations of American Government

**This study guide must be completed and turned in on test day. Be sure to define all terms, answer all questions, etc. You will receive a daily grade for this study guide.

Unit 1 Essential Standards & Objectives:

CE.C&G.1.1, 1.2, 1.4; CE.C&G.2.5; CE.C&G.3.8; CE.C&G.4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5

Civics & Citizenship
1. Define Civics:
2. Define Citizen:
3. Citizen by birth – Identify the 2 ways one can become a citizen by birth:
A:
B:
4. Naturalization Process – Identify the 4 steps in the Naturalization Process:
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:
5. Rights / 6. Duties / 7. Responsibilities
Definition: / Definition: / Definition:
Examples: / Examples: / Examples:

8. How do our personal desires and/or interests, often interfere with our role as citizens? Be sure to provide specific examples.

9. In what ways can citizens display active citizenship?

Are citizens’ rights limited, somewhat limited or unlimited?(Think about: right to privacy/civil liberties, responsibilities, political rights/due process, equal protection under the law, participation in government, etc.) Write “limited”, “somewhat”, or “unlimited” in the boxes provided and explain.
Types of Government / Limited, somewhat or unlimited? / How? (Explanation, examples, etc.)
10. Republicanism
11. Democracy
12. Absolute Monarchy
13. Limited Monarchy/
Constitutional Monarchy
14. Dictatorship

15. How are the rights of legal immigrants/aliens different from those of illegal immigrants/aliens?

16. How has our perceptions of citizenship and naturalization changed through the years?

17. In what ways have our perceptions stayed the same?

FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICA’S CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY
Enlightenment Thinker / Views on Government
18. Thomas Hobbes
19. John Locke
20. Jean Jacques Rousseau
FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICA’S CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY (cont.)
British Traditions/Documents
21. What is the significance of the Magna Carta?
22. How do we see evidence of this in the U.S. today?
23. What is the significance of the English Bill of Rights?
24. How do we see evidence of this in the U.S. today?
25. What is meant when a justice uses precedent when deciding a case?
26. What is Common Law?
27. How do we see evidence of this in the U.S. today?
28. What was the British economic policy of Mercantilism?
29. What was the role of the American colonies in this system?
30. What was the unofficial British policy of salutary neglect?
31. What impact did this have on the colonies?
French & Indian War
32. What impact did the French & Indian War have on the British?
33. What impact did the French and Indian War have on the American colonies?
34. What was the significance of Benjamin Franklin’s Join or Die political cartoon?
35. What laws/regulations/acts were put into place in the colonies as a result of the French & Indian War?
Conflict in the Colonies
36. How did the colonists show their discontent with these laws/regulations/acts?
37. What role did the Sons of Liberty play in the colonies?
Declaration of Independence/American Revolution
38. What was the significance of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense?
39. What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
40. What evidence of John Locke’s ideas of government can be found in the Declaration of Independence?
41. What evidence of Rousseau’s ideas of government can be found in the Declaration of Independence?
First Government
42. The colonists feared a strong central government because of their experiences under British rule. In what ways do we see evidence of this in the Articles of Confederation?

Unit 1 – Key Understandings:

An active citizen participates in government to bring about positive political change.
A nation’s political documents are often influenced by philosophical theories.
People develop systems to manage conflict and create order.
Democratic societies must balance the rights and responsibilities of individuals with the common good.