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Christian Civics & Politics - Senior High

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FINAL EXAMFIRST - PRAY! THEN study. And be confident - it will come back to you...

Make sure you know your VOCABULARY!

Be ready to list the ALL THE PRESIDENTS of your country (know the attached chart)

Review the READING handouts

BIBLICAL INFLUENCES

Review Romans 13:1-7 and I Peter 2:13-17 again. Know what these two passages teach us how to relate to human governments? How does Acts 5:29 relate to these two passages?

Review I Timothy 2:1, 2 - what two things should we do to honor the king and those in authority?

ANCIENT INFLUENCES

Make sure you can distinguish the differences between Plato’s Four Government Types and Aristotle’s Four Government Types - know how this relates to our Founding Fathers’ fears and apprehensions when establishing our nation’s governments.

Know what a “citizen” is to Aristotle. How does this relate to our Founding Fathers’ ideas?

What does it mean to be a “political creature”? Does this relate to America today?

Can you explain how governments “evolve” (or “digress”) according to Plato?Explain how “democracy passes into despotism”.

What is the significance of Hammurabi’s Law Code (and Roman Code as well)?

Review the KEY CONCEPTS of Aristotle’s The Politics and Plato’s Republic.

EUROPEAN INFLUENCES

Be able to list the four main points Locke uses to disagree with Robert Filmer’s Partiarcha. Locke, ¶1

Know the four things make up “political powers”. Locke, ¶3

Know the significant principles also found in our Declaration of Independence in these sections of Locke’s Second Treatise - Locke, ¶96, 137, 199


Review John Locke’s SOCIAL CONTRACT concept (review the chart)

Review the KEY CONCEPTS of the Magna Carta, Petition of Right and English Bill of Rights (and their respective dates). How do these documents relate to our Founding Father’s ideas?

Review the “Countdown to Liberty” chart.

Review John Locke’s “Checklist Leading to Revolution”.

THRESHOLD - Common Sense; Declaration of Independence; Confederacy; U.S. Constitution

Thomas Paine describes government in what ways (in their “best state” and “worse state”)? How did these ideas influence our Founding Fathers?

According to Paine, what was Israel’s great sin?

Be sure to be able to explain how “we have it in our power to begin the world over again”.

Review the KEY CONCEPTS of Paine and the early Colonial Charters.

Be aware of the Resolution for Independence by Richard Henry Lee (Declared June 7, 1776; Ratified July 2, 1776).

MEMORIZE the first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence.

Know the main divisions of the Declaration of Independence: 1. Preamble - this is the introduction and explanation of the document 2. Charges or Grievances - there are 27 listed grievances toward King George III (you do not need to know them all, but just be aware of a few general ones) 3. Conclusion - the wrap up of the colonial complaint against England 4. Summation - the final word dedicating all the signees’ “lives...fortunes...sacred honor”

UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

Review the main differences between DEMOCRACY and REPUBLIC (see attachment)What can DEMOCRACY lead to? What two things does a REPUBLIC form of government avoid?

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION - 1777-1787

Learn the FOUR MAIN WEAKNESSES of the Articles of Confederation.


Be able to show how SHAY’S REBELLION illustrates the weak form of government under the Articles of Confederation.

Note the NORTHWEST LAND ORDINANCE as the only real success under the Articles of Confederation. We discussed in class but if you can’t locate this in your notes, you need to read on it online or in the history book Mr. J. will leave in the classroom.

CONVENTION LEADING TO THE CONSTITUTION

Review the three main conferences leading up to the writing of the Constitution: Mount Vernon Conference - 1785 - why was this conference unsuccessful? Anapolis Convention - 1786 - what did this convention reveal? Philadelphia/Constitutional Convention - 1787

What were the THREE MAIN DEBATES at the Convention (and what were the reasons for the disagreements between each group)

Large states vs. small states - debate over REPRESENTATION North states vs. Southern states - same debate due to the problem of SLAVERY Federalists vs. Antifederalists - debate over POWER (State vs. Federal)

What was the VIRGINIA PLAN (large state)? The NEW JERSEY PLAN (small state)?What’s the significance of the CONNECTICUT COMPROMISE?

Make sure you understand FEDERALISM.

Review the FEDERALIST PAPER handout questions.

Make sure you know the differences between the FEDERALISTS and ANTIFEDERALISTS

Make sure you know the differences between the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and SENATE(Who is the current Speaker of the House? Who is the current President of the Senate?)

Make sure you know the KEY CONCEPTS for each Article of the Constitution.

Make sure you can define FEDERALISM (review the CAKE analogy)

MEMORIZE the preamble to the Constitution. Be ready to explain what each phrase means.

Know the major articles of the Constitution - what does each article describe. Review your Constitution Commentaries.


Review the Bill of Rights - know what protections/rights each of the ten amendments refer to.Review ECONOMIC SYSTEMS of GOVERNMENT: Socialism (including Utopian Societies, such as Fourierism and Oneida) Fascism (review Mussolini’s writings on Fascism) Naziism Communisim (review Marx’s 10 Planks and Marx’s Stages of History; also review Lenin’s Socialism and Religion reading) Capitolism (review Adam Smith reading excerpt and Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel Wealth)

Review Orwell’s 1984 - go over the questions we discussed about the book.

Review Orwell’s Animal Farm - go over the discussion questions about the book.

Review the Progressive Platform and the New Nationalism speech of Theodore Roosevelt.

Make sure you can explain STRICT and LOOSE CONSTRUCTIONISM in regards to the Constitiution.

Review the POLITICAL PARTY system of America (know the basic differences between the DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN parties and be aware of the INDEPENDENT, THIRD PARTIES)

Go over FOURTH QUARTER’s quizes that deal with: TAXATION - IRS WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE EDUCATION IN AMERICA (including EVOLUTION in the schools/SCOPE’S MONKEY TRIAL) 19th CENTURY PANICS/ THE GREAT DEPRESSION FDR/NEW DEAL and LBJ/the GREAT SOCIETY REAGAN and CONSERVATIISM


Word Listabsentee voteadministrative lawanarchyallianceamicus curiaeappellate jurisdictionappropriationArticles of Confederationautocracybalance the ticketbankruptcybicameralbillbill of attainderBill of Rightsbipartisanblanket primaryblock grantsbroad constructionistsbrokered conventionbureaucracycabinetcapitalismcategorical grantscaucuscitizenshipcity chartercivil lawcivil libertiescivil rightscivil serviceclear & present dangerclosed primarycloturecoalitioncoattail effectcollective-securitycommunismconcurring opinionconfederacyconference committeecongresscongressman

conservatismconstituentsconstitutional lawconsulateconventioncriminal lawcrossover votingdefamationdeficit spendingdelegated powersdemocracydeterminismdictatorshipdirect democracydirect primarydissenting opiniondistrict courtsdivine rightdomestic policydouble jeopardydual federalismdue processdutyegalitarianismelastic clauseelectorselectoral collegeembassyenabling actentitlementsenumerated powersestablishment clauseex post facto lawexciseexclusionary ruleexecutive agreementexecutive ordersexit pollsextraditionfascismfederalismfelonyfeudalism


filibusterfiscal policyforeign policyformula grantfourth branchfranking privilegefree faith and credit clausegerrymanderingglobalization“good faith” rulegovernmentgrand jurygrants-in-aidhard moneyimpeachmentimplied powersinaugural addressincorporationindependent announcementindependent expenditureindictmentindirect democracyinterest groupsinterstate commercejudicial activismjudicial restraintjudicial reviewjurisdictionkeynote addresslame duckLemon Testletter of marqueelibelliberalismlimited governmentline item vetolobbyingmajority opinionmandate of heavenmerit systemmisdemeanormonetary policymoral dissentmulti-party systemmunicipalitynation

natural lawnaturalizationnominating primaryoligarchyone-party systemopen primaryopinion pollsoriginal jurisdictionoversightPACs (Political Action Committees)parliamentary systempartisanshippassportpatronage/spoils systempetty offensespocket vetopoll watcherspopular sovereigntypork barrelprecedentprecinctspresidentpresident of the Senatepresident pro temporepresidential systemprimaryprivileges and immunities clauseprocedural due processproject grantproposalpublic policyratificationreapportionmentred taperepublicreserved powersrevealed lawrevenue sharingrogue nationsanctionssecular humanismseditionselect committeeself incriminationsenateseparation of powers


shield lawsslandersocial contractsocialismsocietysociological lawsoft moneySpeaker of the Housespecial districtStandard Operating Procedures (SOPs)standing committeeStare decisisState of the Union Addressstatutory lawstraight ticketstrict constructionistssubstantive due processsubversionsuffragesuper delegatessupremacy clausetarifftenureterm limitstheocracyticket splittingtotalitarianismtreatyunalienable rightsunicameralunitary governmentvetovisawardwhipwrit of certiorariwrite of habeas corpus


President Dates in Office Political Party

1 George Washington 1789-1797 Federalist

2 John Adams 1797-1801 Federalist

3 Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809 Democratic-Republican

4 James Madison 1809-1817 Democratic-Republican

5 James Monroe 1817-1825 Democratic-Republican

6 John Quincy Adams 1825-1829 Democratic-Republican

7 Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 Democratic

8 Martin Van Buren 1837-1841 Democratic

9 William Henry Harrison 1841 Whig

10 John Tyler 1841-1845 Whig

11 James K. Polk 1845-1849 Democratic


12 Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 Whig

13 Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 Whig

14 Franklin Pierce 1853-1857 Democratic

15 James Buchanan 1857-1861 Democratic

16 Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 Republican

17 Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 Democrat; National Union

18 Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877 Republican

19 Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881 Republican

20 James Garfield 1881 Republican

21 Chester Arthur 1881-1885 Republican

22 Grover Cleveland 1885-1889 Democratic

Executive Branch



23 Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893 Republican

24 Grover Cleveland 1893-1897 Democratic

25 William McKinley 1897-1901 Republican

26 Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 Republican

27 William Taft 1909-1913 Republican

28 Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921 Democratic

29 Warren G. Harding 1921-1923 Republican

30 Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 Republican

31 Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 Republican

32 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933-1945 Democratic

33 Harry S. Truman 1945-1953 Democratic


34 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-1961 Republican

35 John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 Democratic

36 Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969 Democratic

37 Richard Nixon 1969-1974 Republican

38 Gerald Ford 1974-1977 Republican

39 Jimmy Carter 1977-1981 Democratic

40 Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 Republican

41 George H.W. Bush 1989-1993 Republican

42 Bill Clinton 1993-2001 Democratic

43 George W. Bush 2001-2009 Republican

44 Barak Obama 2009- Democratic

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CHECK HERE if your ruler has made his ambition/will more important than upholding the law and protecting the citizens with that law (¶199).If you answer yes, move to the next step. If you answer no, do not revolt!

DO NOT CHECK HERE if you can appeal to a court system that may provide justice (¶207). CHECK HERE if you do not have a justice system that can offer a just solution and move to the next step.

CHECK HERE if only a few individuals are mistreated by government (¶208).

CHECK HERE if the majority can see a pattern of abuses that may lead to tyranny (¶209, 210).

CHECK HERE if you chose to revolt and escape before the ruler becomes a full fledged tyrant (¶220).

NOTE how many of these are SUBJECTIVE and left open to interpretation. Whether the revolution is

“justified” in rebelling against an evil tyrant or simply beastly “discontent” by unruly citizens depends on

an “impartial history” that clearly explains the situation (¶230). Of course, locating an “impartial history”

will be the real challenge! And when that history is written could be years later (and biased by that time).

In other words - don’t try this at home unless you are ABSOLUTELY certain you are fleeing a tyrant.

John Locke in his Second Treatise on Civil Government suggests that one may rebel against their government IF certain conditions are met. The following is his “check list” - don’t forget Romans 13 and God’s instruction on honoring the “king” (I Peter 2:13-17) while reading Locke’s ideas.

Locke’s Second Treatise on Civil GovernmentChapters XVIII and XIX

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