American Government Ohio EOC

Current issues are addressed by all three branches of the government as they make public policy. The interactions among the branches range from instances where they work together in concert to instances involving the exercise of checks and balances. They are: (CHECK ALL)

• legislative branch checking the executive: overrides vetoes, impeaches and removes civil officers, approves appointments and treaties

  legislative branch checking the judicial: impeaches and removes federal judges, proposes constitutional amendments;

• executive branch checking the legislative: vetoes legislation

  executive branch checking the judicial: nominates federal judges, grants pardons and reprieves;

• judicial branch checking the legislative: reviews and interprets the laws, declares acts unconstitutional

  judicial branch checking the executive: reviews and interprets the laws, federal judges not subject to removal by the president, declares executive acts unconstitutional.

Individuals in Ohio have a responsibility to assist state and local governments as they address relevant and often controversial problems that directly affect their communities. Identify and explain roles that Ohio’s citizens can play in helping state and local government address problems facing their communities. (CHECK ALL)

• Involvement at the state level can range from paying taxes to serving in the National Guard, running for state office, voting, and signing petitions to place issues on the ballot.

• Involvement at the local level can range from organizing civic activities to running for local office, attending meetings of local boards and commissions, joining community watch groups, and serving in a volunteer fire department.

Basic principles which help define the government of the United States include: (CHECK ALL)

• Popular Sovereignty

• Limited Government

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

Anti-Federalists argued: (CHECK ALL)

The Constitution was ratified (or SIGNED) and the Anti-Federalists achieved success with the limitations on government by the adoption of the Bill of Rights.

• against Constitutional ratification

• for supremacy of the state governments

• for the need of a national bill of rights to protect citizens from the powers of the national government

• against the "necessary and proper" and "supremacy" clauses

The doctrine that assumes that human beings had rights in a “state of nature” and create government in order to protect those rights is known as what? (a)  

• civil rights

• consent

• natural rights

• public policy

The Federalists argued: (CHECK ALL) The Constitution was ratified (or SIGNED) and the Anti-Federalists achieved success with the limitations on government by the adoption of the Bill of Rights.

• for Constitutional ratification

• for the supremacy of the national government

• for more powers to be given to the national government to address weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation (e.g., no power to tax and no national executive or judicial branches)

• for the "necessary and proper" and "supremacy" clauses.

Supremacy Clause: (CHECK ALL)

• Article VI, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution.

• The clause establishes the Constitution and federal laws as the “supreme Law of the Land,” above state laws.

The Bill of Rights was drafted to:

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• ensure the protection of civil liberties of the people

• place limits on the federal government

The protection of civil liberties and limits on the federal government found in the Bill of Rights include, but are not limited to:

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• freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment: religion, assembly, press, petition, speech

• the right to bear arms

• no unreasonable search and seizure, no warrants without probable cause

• no self-incrimination, protection against double jeopardy

• right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury, right to be informed of the charges, the right to confront one's accuser(s), the right to counsel

  no cruel or unusual punishment

  any power not given to the federal government is given to the states or the people.

Constitutional amendments have provided for civil rights such as suffrage for disenfranchised groups.
Some amendments prohibited the denial of voting rights based on the following: (CHECK ALL)

• race, color, or previous condition of servitude

• age (18-20-year-olds)

• gender

• Poll taxes also limited voting rights for poor people although they were originally designed to keep African Americans from voting.