Saturday School Week 1

The ideas below are based on those found in the platform of a current political party in the United States.  
   We believe individual rights are essential to freedom. We believe the United States should avoid alliances and use the military only for our direct defense.
 In which political party platform are these ideas most likely to be found?

• Communist
• Socialist
• Libertarian
• Republican

Which position would most likely be found in the Republican Party platform?

• Support for the Affordable Care Act
• Opposition to American intervention overseas in the War on Terror
• Demand for increased taxation of corporations to support pre-school programs
• Introduction of tax incentives for small businesses to support better growth

What is a responsibility of the U.S. Senate in foreign policy?

• nominating ambassadors
  
  
  
• introducing tax bills
• negotiating treaties
• ratifying treaties

Which action is an example of a domestic policy decision?

• The Senate votes to ratify a treaty.
• The president nominates an ambassador.   
• Congress votes to increase the income tax.
• The president asks Congress to declare war.

The statement below was made by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a January 23, 2013 Senate hearing.   
 It has been one of the great honors of my life to lead the men and women of the State Department … nearly 70,000 serving here in Washington, more than 270 posts around the world. They get up and get to work every day, often in difficult and dangerous circumstances, because they believe, as we believe, the United States is the most extraordinary force for peace and progress the world has ever known.  
                        
Based on the statement, which is a goal of U.S. policy? 

• diplomatic alliances
• homeland security
• citizen protection
• avoiding conflict

What check does the U.S. Senate have on the president?

• overriding vetoes
• appointing judges
• declaring laws unconstitutional
• refusing to confirm appointments

The statement below was written by John Adams in April 1776.  
 A representation of the people in one assembly being obtained, a question arises, whether all the powers of government, legislative, executive, and judicial, shall be left in this body? I think a people cannot be long free, nor ever happy, whose government is in one assembly.                    
    Which basic principle of American government is John Adams describing in this statement?

• separation of powers
• individual rights
• natural laws
• civic virtue

The passage below was taken from Federalist Paper #51 published in 1788.
   In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.   
Based on this passage, which example of constitutional government would the authors support?

• Direct election of U.S. senators
• Impeachment of the president by the U.S. House of Representatives
• Impeachment of the president by the U.S. Senate
• Direct election of U.S. presidents

Who is the best Civics Teacher at JEB Stuart Middle School?

• Mr. Fowler
• Mrs. Mann
• Mrs. Smith
• Mrs. Tyson-White