Honors American Government
Mr. Crawford
Final Exam Review
May, 2010
Structure:
70 Multiple Choice questions (1 point each), 37% of exam grade
10 Identifications of Supreme Court cases (2 points each), 11% of exam grade
6 document analysis questions of 2 documents (20 points total), 11% of exam
grade
5/8 Short Answer questions (5 points each), 14% of exam grade
1/3 Five-Paragraph Essay (50 points – see rubric below), 27% of exam grade
Textbook: Chapters 2, 5, 13, 14, 16
Content:
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Article I
o
Expressed v. Implied Powers
o
Powers of Each House in Congress
o
Congressional terms
o
Constitutional requirements for running for the House and Senate
o
Committee System
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Article II
o
Role of Vice President
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Article III
·
Amending the Constitution
o
Why?
o
How?
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Bill of Rights
o
Definition of civil liberties and civil rights
o
Explicit v. implicit rights
o
Positive v. Negative Rights
o
Selective incorporation
§
Burlington Railway v. Chicago
o
First Amendment Liberties
§
Religion
·
Establishment clause
·
Free exercise
·
Wall of Separation
·
Lemon v. Kurtzman
§
Speech
·
Libel and slander
o
NY Times v. Sullivan
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Clear and present danger doctrine
o
Gitlow
v New York
o
Intent,Imminence,
likelihood, harm
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Obscenity
o
Miller v. California
o
Offensive, Community standards, no value, least restrictive
·
Symbolic Speech
§
Press
·
Prior restraint
·
Tinker v. Des Moines (Armbands)
·
Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier (Newspaper)
§
Association and Assembly
·
Virginia v. Loving
§
Privacy
·
Griswald
v. Connecticut
·
Implied Right
·
Amendments 4-8 - Rights of Accused
o
Search and seizure
o
Probable cause
o
Exclusionary rule
o
Double jeopardy
o
Cruel and unusual punishment
o
Gideon v. Wainwright
o
Miranda v. Arizona
o
Good Faith Exception
·
US v Leon
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14th Amendment
o
Equal protection
o
Due Process
·
15th Amendment
o
Federal guarantee of equal protection
·
Affirmative Action
o
Separate but Equal
·
Plessy
v. Ferguson
o
Afirmative
Action and Desegregation
·
Brown v. Board of Education
o
Color Blind
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Regents v. Bakke
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Describe background, issues, and precedents established by the following Supreme
Court cases:
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Marbury v. Madison
o
McCulloch v. Maryland
o
Burlington Railway v. Chicago
o
Lemon v. Kurtzman
o
NY Times v. Sullivan
o
Gitlow
v. New York
o
Miller v. California
o
Tinker v. Des Moines
o
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
o
Loving v. Virginia
o
Griswald
v. Connecticutt
o
Miranda v. Arizona
o
Gideon v. Wainwright
o
US v Leon
o
Plessy
v. Ferguson
o
Brown v. Board of Education
o
Regents v. Bakke
Short Answer
Five of the following short answers will appear on your semester end exam. You will answer five from the following:
1.
Thomas Jefferson wrote: “The Constitution belongs to the living and not to the
dead.” Explain what Jefferson means
in this quote and provide two examples to better illustrate what he is saying.
2.
Identify three rights granted to accused persons in the Bill of Rights and
explain why such rights are considered necessary in our society.
3.
Briefly explain the types of speech that are NOT protected under the First
Amendment?
4.
What is the necessary and proper clause?
Why is it sometimes referred to as the elastic clause?
5.
Briefly describe and state the historical importance of the
McCulloch v. Maryland decision.
6.
Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the national government under the
Articles of Confederation.
7.
Define government. What are the
major functions performed by all governments?
8.
Identify four checks that Congress has in relation to the Executive.
Essays
Three of the following essays will appear on your semester end exam.
You will answer one from those three.