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= Unit One: Foundations of Government = //Common Writing Assessment: Document Based Question//

Essential Questions
__**Chapter 1**__
 * 1) What is government and what is its purpose?
 * 2) What are some forms of government in the world today?
 * 3) What are the basic concepts of democracy?

__** Chapter 2 **__
 * 1) What ideas and traditions influenced government in the English colonies?
 * 2) What events and ideas led to American independence?
 * 3) What weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation made a lasting government impossible?
 * 4) What compromises enabled the framers to create the Constitution?
 * 5) What issues aroused the vigorous debate over ratification of the U.S. Constitution?


 * __Chapter 3__**
 * 1) What are the six main principles on which the Constitution is based?
 * 2) How has the Constitution been amended through the formal amendment process?
 * 3) How have the day-to-day workings of government affected how we interpret the Constitution?


 * __Chapter 4__**
 * 1) How is power divided between the Federal Government and the States?
 * 2) According to the Constitution, what must the National Government guarantee to each State?
 * 3) How do the States work together to preserve the Union?

Unit One Media
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Unit One Exam Review
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Unit One Vocabulary Terms

 * ** Chapter 1 ** || ** Principles of Government ** ||
 * || government ||
 * || legislative power ||
 * || executive power ||
 * || judicial power ||
 * || constitution ||
 * || dictatorship ||
 * || democracy ||
 * || state ||
 * || sovereign ||
 * || autocracy ||
 * || oligarchy ||
 * || unitary government ||
 * || federal government ||
 * || division of powers ||
 * || confederation ||
 * || presidential government ||
 * || parliamentary government ||
 * || compromise ||
 * || citizen ||
 * ** Chapter 2 ** || ** Origins of American Government ** ||
 * || limited government ||
 * || representative government ||
 * || Magna Carta ||
 * || due process ||
 * || charter ||
 * || bicameral ||
 * || unicameral ||
 * || delegate ||
 * || Articles of Confederation ||
 * || ratification ||
 * || Framers ||
 * || Virginia Plan ||
 * || New Jersey Plan ||
 * || Connecticut Compromise ||
 * || Three-Fifths Compromise ||
 * || Federalist ||
 * || Anti-Federalist ||
 * ** Chapter 3 ** || ** The Constitution ** ||
 * || popular sovereignty ||
 * || limited government ||
 * || constitutionalism ||
 * || rule of law ||
 * || separation of powers ||
 * || checks and balances ||
 * || veto ||
 * || judicial review ||
 * || unconstitutional ||
 * || amendment ||
 * || Bill of Rights ||
 * || executive agreement ||
 * || treaty ||
 * ** Chapter 4 ** || ** Federalism ** ||
 * || federalism ||
 * || delegated powers ||
 * || expressed powers ||
 * || implied powers ||
 * || reserved powers ||
 * || concurrent powers ||
 * || Supremacy Clause ||
 * || Full Faith and Credit Clause ||
 * || extradition ||