Government Sem

Issuing driver's licenses

Regulating interstate commerce

Maintaining national defense

Printing currency

Collect taxes

Raise an army

Provide school textbooks

Ensure home fire protection

General election, Campaigning; primaries and caucuses, Party nomination in convention, Electoral College

Campaigning; primaries and caucuses, General election, Party nomination in convention, Electoral College

Campaigning; primaries and caucuses, Party nomination in convention, General election, Electoral College

Electoral College, General election, Campaigning; primaries and caucuses, Party nomination in convention

Individuals must be informed of their legal rights before interrogation.

Individuals must be provided with a lawyer immediately upon arrest.

Individuals are exempt from any legal proceedings if not informed of their rights.

Individuals can only be detained for a limited time without charges.

repealing the Jim Crow laws

founding African American cultural institutions

implementing diversity initiatives in workplaces

providing equal schooling opportunities for African American students

It provides entertainment to the public

It ensures government accountability

It promotes economic growth

It supports cultural diversity

Civic Activities Open to Non-Citizens

Ways to Manipulate Legislation

Forms of Congressional Participation

Examples of Civic Responsibility

It allowed Mexican Americans to serve on juries.

It granted Mexican Americans the right to own property.

It ensured Mexican Americans could attend public schools.

It recognized Mexican Americans as a distinct class deserving equal protection under the 14th Amendment.

To display their patriotic participation in the democratic process

To tell those around them whom they voted for

To convince their bosses that they should get the day off from work

To make campaign volunteers stop calling them

Alexander Hamilton

Benjamin Franklin

James Madison

Patrick Henry