Civics Online/Michelena
Midterm Review
The midterm exam will cover the first three Learning Units. The exam will exist of 75 questions and will be worth 150 points. This review should be completed before taking the exam; you should bring a copy of the review to the exam meeting day; we will be covering this material before taking the exam.
Intro. To Government & Documents of the Revolution
ü Who wrote the Declaration?
ü From whom did the author of the Declaration heavily quote?
ü What is the opening phrase of the Declaration?
ü Why was Shays’ Rebellion important?
ü What were the ideas of Montesquieu?
ü Mayflower Compact
ü First form of government in the US?
ü Did all colonists want to fight against Great Britain?
ü What was the Social Contract Theory?
The US Constitution
ü How many articles in the Constitution?
ü What is the subject of Article I, II, III?
ü How is the president elected?
ü In what amendment is the freedom of religion?
ü How many amendments in the Bill of Rights? US Constitution?
ü What is the process of impeachment?
ü What is the role of each branch?
ü Federalist/Anti-Federalist?
ü Federalist Papers
US Congress
ü Terms for a Congressman? Senator?
ü What type of bill must be introduced in the House, only?
ü Constituents
ü Elastic clause
ü Permanent committees
ü How are constitutional amendments passed?
ü Differences between the House and the Senate?
ü Case work
ü Pork barrel legislation
ü Who draws the boundary lines of congressional districts?
ü Gerrymandering
ü What happens to most bills?
ü Filibuster
ü Number in the House, Senate?
ü Who is the presiding officer of the Senate?
ü Who leads the House?
ü Seventeenth Amendment?
ü Who breaks a tie in the Senate?
ü Why is the House considered the “most responsible to the people?”
ü Which party currently controls Congress?
ü Functions of Senate, House, and both?
Executive Branch
ü Constitutional powers of the president in foreign policy
ü Does the president have more power in domestic or foreign policy?
ü National Security Council
ü How much money does the president make each year?
ü Which two presidents have been impeached?
Supreme Court
ü Rule of Four
ü What do clerks in the Supreme Court do?
ü Presiding officer of the Supreme Court is called what?
ü Appointment process for federal judges/justices
ü Criminal/civil law
ü How many justices on the Supreme Court?
ü How much time does an attorney have to argue his case in front of the S. Court?
ü Judicial Review
ü Term for a Supreme Court justice?
ü Who is the current Chief Justice?
ü First Chief Justice?
ü Writ of Cert
