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mexican-war-and-manifest-destiny
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government-review-1213Here’s a good tip! READ THE DARN CHAPTERS, 12 AND 13!!!
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The test covers from Lexington and Concord to the end of the Jeffersonian Presidency. Good luck!
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Here is the review for the next unit test over chapters 8 through 11. Good luck!!!
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the PowerPoint over the Articles and Constitution
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the PowerPoint for the current unit over the Articles and the writing of the Constitution.
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The review for the test
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Includes info on the Stamp Act and the First Continental Congress!
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Chapter One:
Linkage institutions
Dahl’s five criteria for democracy (know these well)
The three theories of democracy: (as do these)
Pluralism
Elite and class theory
Hyperpluralism
“Iron triangles” (or “subgovernments”, as the text calls it)
Chapter Two
The influence of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, particularly Locke
The Declaration of Independence and its contents
Aspects of the Articles of Confederation
The characteristics/fears/areas of agreement/purposes of the Founding Fathers
The Virginia, New Jersey, and Connecticut Plans
The 3/5 Compromise
The purposes and functions of the Electoral College
The structure of the new government under the Constitution
Article I, Section 8
Article I, Section 9
Article II
Article III
Fears of the Anti-Federalists
The ratification process of the Constitution
The formal and informal amendments processes of the Constitution
McCulloch v. Maryland
Marbury v. Madison
Chapter Three
The definitions of the three basic types of government
The definitions of federalism
The benefits and potential drawbacks
The division of powers between national and state governments
Article IV – “full faith and credit clause”
Article VI – the “supremacy clause”
The Tenth Amendment – the “Reserved Powers” amendment
The definitions of the various kinds of grants/the differences between