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Constitution Day | iCivics Leson

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Use the reading to help you answer the questions.

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Pitanje 1
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A BILL BECOMES A LAW Check out the ways the branches interact! Based on what you have learned about the jobs of each of the branches, label the gears Executive (E), Judicial (J), or Legislative (L).

Drugi mogući odgovor:

Executive (E)

Legislative (L)

Judicial (J)

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SEPARATING POWERS & THE CHECKS AND BALANCE SYSTEM Place each action in the correct arrow to show what checks the three branches have on one another.

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The President appoints Supreme Court justices and other federal judges.

The president can veto bills, call special sessions of Congress, recommend laws, and ask citizens to pressure Congress to act.

The Courts can declare laws made in Congress unconstitutional.

Congress creates the lower courts. It can remove judges through impeachments and must approve appointments to the federal courts.

Congress can override a presidential veto with 2/3 vote. It can also remove a president through the impeachment process. It also approves executive appointments.

Judges are appointed for life, free from influence by the president or the people. The Courts can declare executive actions unconstitutional.

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A. Vocabulary. Match the definitions with the vocabulary term from the lesson.

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Bill of Rights

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The two houses that make up the legislative branch

Preamble

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Citizens elect officials to represent them in the government

Checks and Balances

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Dividing the government into parts and giving each specific jobs

Congress

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When the three branches review each other to make sure they follow the Constitution

Separation of Powers

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The introduction to the U.S. Constitution

Representative Democracy

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The first ten amendments of the Constitution

B. What’s My Job? Connect each quote about working in government to the correct branch.

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Pitanje 4a
4a.

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C. Separate those Powers! Read each power and select the correct branch of government.

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Pitanje 5a
5a.

We write the bills that become laws.

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D. Checking and Balancing. These are the steps involved with appointing a Justice to the Supreme Court. Label the branches that apply. (This process is repeated for all presidential appointments!)

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Pitanje 6a
6a.

The President selects someone that they think should become the next member of the

Supreme Court.

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Pitanje 7
7.

Whose Job Is It? Executive, Legislative, or Judicial

  • State representatives are elected by popular vote

  • Enforces the laws

  • Collect federal taxes

  • Declares war

  • Makes treaties with other countries

  • Punishes pirates!

  • Approves presidential appointments

  • Divided into the House and Senate

  • Can declare laws unconstitutional

  • Includes the president, vice president, and the cabinet

  • Appoints Supreme Court Justices, federal judges, ambassadors and cabinet members

  • Decides what a law means

  • Makes a State of the Union address each year

  • Coins money

  • Selected by the Electoral College

  • Legislative

  • Executive

  • Judicial

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Part 1: Match each definition with the correct amendment.

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If a power isn't given to the federal government, it goes to the states or the people.

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Bails, fines and punishments must not be excessive.

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Citizens can keep and bear arms.

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You don't have to house soldiers in your home during peacetime.

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Did you find a right not listed in the Constitution? It still belongs to the people!

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No unreasonable search & seizures.

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The government cannot deprive you of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

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The right to have a jury hear your case in most civil trials.

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You have freedoms of religion, speech and press; and the right to assemble peacefully & petition the government.

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The right to have a jury hear your case in a criminal trial.

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Part 2: Read the amendments in your packet and write in your own words.

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Pitanje 9a
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13th Amendment

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Pitanje 9b
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14th Amendment

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Pitanje 10
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A. Categorize. Below is a list of rights found in the Constitutional amendments. Complete the graphic organizer by placing the number of each right beneath its corresponding category.

  • 6a.

  • 5a.

  • 5b.

  • 19.

  • 6b.

  • 9.

  • 5c.

  • 1a.

  • 1b.

  • 15.

  • 2.

  • 8.

  • 13.

  • 4.

  • Individual Freedoms

  • Limits on Government

  • Rights of the Accused

  • Voting Rights

  • Natural Rights (life, freedom, etc.)

B. Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist. Decide whether each statement describes Federalists, Anti-Federalists, or both.

A. Feared a strong central government.

B. Thought the Constitution was enough to protect citizens’ rights.

C. Agreed to the Bill of Rights as a compromise.

D. Worried a list of rights might be seen as the ONLY rights people had.

E. Thought the Constitution needed a list of protected rights.

F. Opposed the Constitution as-is.

G. Believed people had rights that should be protected.

H. Wanted the Constitution to be approved as-is.

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Pitanje 11a
11a.
  • A

  • B

  • C

  • D

  • E

  • F

  • G

  • H

  • Federalists

  • Anti-Federalists

  • Both

C. Missing Amendments Think about the amendments listed below, then describe one thing that might happen if the amendment was missing from the Constitution. The first one has been done for you.

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Pitanje 12a
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6th Amendment

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4th Amendment

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8th Amendment

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4b.

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4c.

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5b.

We make sure the laws are carried out and enforced.

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5c.

We hear cases about the laws and decide what the laws mean.

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6b.

The appointment must be approved by a majority vote in the Senate before they can take

their seat on the court.

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6c.

Once approved, the new justice takes their place on the Supreme Court and begins work.

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9c.

15th Amendment

Pitanje 9d
9d.

19th Amendment

Pitanje 9e
9e.

26th Amendment

Pitanje 12d
12d.

1st Amendment