Month 4 week 4: 'Tis the Season for an Amendment Quiz due 12/18/20

 

It's That Time of Year!

As Americans, we aren't just celebrating the holiday season. Dec. 15th is the Bill of Rights birthday! In celebration of its 228th anniversary, the National Archives Institute has created this festive quiz that tests your knowledge of America's first ten Amendments.  If you want to review the Amendments before you take the quiz take a look below. Then go on and TAKE THE QUIZ

Directions: Review the Bill of Rights in your textbook or in the document below. Take the Bill of Rights Quiz. Answer the questions below. Post your answers.

Questions:

1. After taking the quiz and submitting your answers, what was your score?
2. Chose 4 articles you were the least familiar with, name each one and describe each one. Include the impact the article has had on society historically and currently. 

Month 4 week 2: Powers of Congress

 

Powers of Congress: The Constitution gives powers to the Congress in three ways: through the expressed, or clearly stated, powers, through the implied, powers deducted form the clearly stated powers, through the inherent powers, those possessed by all sovereign states.

Directions: Go to the U.S History website and read the Article I of the Constitution  

"How Is Power Divided in the United States Government?" Now you are ready to answer the questions below in complete sentences. Post your responses. Comment on another student response. 

Questions:

Quizlet: take the quiz on Article 1. Define one term from the quiz

1. Describe  the 2 branches of the Legislative Branch United States government and the primary functions they perform.

2. Which House has the power to impeach the president? Describe what circumstances outlined in Article I would warrant the impeachment proceedings.

3. List the steps that must be taken for a bill to become a law when the bill does not have the President's signature.

4. Which branch shares foreign relations powers with Congress?

Why do you thing this power is shared?

5. Section 8 of Article I states, "The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes," list several circumstances in which Congress can exercise the power to tax.

6. Select two Articles from the Bill of Rights and describe how each one impacts current events.

Month 4 week 3 : Chapter 13 - the President and Executive Orders-Ordinance Power due 12/11/20

 

Chapter 13 - the President and Executive Orders-Ordinance Power

Directions: Read the paragraphs below. View the latest executive orders issued by the current President (see link below). Read about the most controversial executive order (see link below). Answer the questions listed below. Post your answers. 

Presidents have the power to issues executive orders. An executive order is a signed, written, and published directive from the President of the United States. One type is a ordinance, this type addresses managing operations of the federal government.  As outlined by the Constitution, the power to make laws belongs to the legislature. Although, in cases when the legislature is not in session, and 'immediate action' is needed, the President can create an ordinance. An ordinance is a law, but not legislation. 

Another type of executive order is a proclamation.  Proclamations, which are signed by the President communicate information on holidays, commemorations, federal observances, and trade.  President Lincoln signed several famous proclamations which have remained in effect today. You may know them as: Emancipation Proclamation, Thanksgiving Proclamation,  the National Day of Prayer  that have had a profound effect on our cou

According to the American Bar Association, "Executive orders are not legislation; they require no approval from Congress, and Congress cannot simply overturn them. Congress may pass legislation that might make it difficult, or even impossible, to carry out the order, such as removing funding. Only a sitting U.S. President may overturn an existing executive order by issuing another executive order to that effect". (Insights, Vol 17 Issue 1. Downloaded on 11/27/17 from The American Bar Association )

If you follow current events, you would have heard of a recent controversial ordinance. President Trump exercised the ordinance power in the, Executive Order: Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States. Every ordinance is published and available for view on the president's website.  Take a look at some of the executive power exercised as ordinance power  issued by the current President Ordinance of President Donald Trump 

Now that you are doing a little research, take a look at the With Executive Orders, Trump Embraces Time-Honored Power Move  and answer the questions below.

Questions:

1. Describe the social and economic impact of one of the ordinances issued by President Donald Trump.
2. Describe the social impact on 2 proclamations issued by Abraham Lincoln.
3. Explain how to overturn an ordinance of Executive Power.
4. What is the constitutional basis for Presidential executive orders based on the reading of the article, "With Executive Orders, Trump Embraces Time-Honored Power Move"?