ACTUAL OST GOV

Constitution and Federalist/Anti-Federalist

❐ Articles of Confederation

❐ U.S. Constitution

❐ Preamble

❐  Articles of the Constitution

❐ Separation of powers

❐ Checks and balances

❐ Federalism

❐ Limited government

❐ Popular sovereignty

❐  Rule of Law

❐  Federalist

❐  Anti-Federalist

 

Amendments

❐ Amendment ratification process

❐ Bill of Rights (1 - 10)

❐ Due Process

❐ Reconstruction (13, 14, 15)

❐ Prohibition (18 & 21)

❐ Presidential (12, 20, 22, 25)

❐ Suffrage/voting (15, 19, 23, 24 & 26)

❐ Progressive (16, 17, 18, 19)

Legislative Branch

❐ Article I

❐  Makes the law

❐ Bicameral Legislature

❐ House qualifications

❐ Senate qualifications

❐ Term length of House/Sen.

❐ Special Duties of House/Sen.

❐ How a bill becomes a law

❐ Power of Congress

❐ Implied powers

❐ Concurrent powers

❐  Reserved powers

❐  Gerrymandering

❐  Gridlock

Economy & Government

❐ Expansionary policy

❐  Contractionary policy

❐ Fiscal Policy

❐  Govt. spending

❐  Taxes

❐  Revenue

❐  Govt. Deficit

❐  Recession

❐  Supply & demand

❐  Monetary Policy

❐  Money Supply

❐  Inflation

❐  Unemployment

❐  Discount Rate

❐  Reserve Requirements

Executive Branch

❐ Article II

❐  Enforces/executes the law

❐ Vice president

❐ Qualification of Pres./VP

❐ Term length and limit

❐ Presidential Primary Election

❐ Presidential General Election

❐ Popular Vote

❐ Electoral College

❐ Presidential powers (ex. veto)

❐ Presidential roles (comm-in-chief)

❐ Domestic policy

❐  Foreign policy

❐  Executive Departments (ex. Dept. of Defense)

❐ Presidential succession

❐ The cabinet

❐ Impeachment

Judicial Branch

❐ Article III

❐  Interprets the law

❐ Supreme Court

❐ Number of Supreme Court Justices

❐ Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

❐ Process for choosing federal judges

❐ Judges length of terms

❐ Judicial Review

❐  Precedent

❐ Federal Court System (District, Appeals, & Supreme)

 

Politics, Elections & Citizenship

❐  Political Spectrum

❐  Conservative & Liberal

❐  Interest /Advocacy Groups & Lobbying

❐ Credibility of source material/bias

❐ Compromise/ Negotiation/ Consensus/ Persuasion