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Zack Wesner Notes

Zack Wesner Notes. March 15, 2010. 1. who is the vice president of the US Joe Biden Why is public opinion important Define 3 features of public policy Critics would say that polls discourage people from doing what Why does the govt. classify certain information

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Zack Wesner Notes

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  1. Zack Wesner Notes

  2. March 15, 2010 • 1. who is the vice president of the US • Joe Biden • Why is public opinion important • Define 3 features of public policy • Critics would say that polls discourage people from doing what • Why does the govt. classify certain information • Why is it important that lobbyist supply lawmakers with information

  3. March 16, 2010 • The primary goal of interest groups is to • Influence public govt.

  4. March 17, 2010 • Ch 12’s title is • State govt.

  5. March 18, 2010 • Guided reading 12-1 • Federal system of govt. • Awards of money

  6. March 19,2010 • An example of a reserved power is the power to • C.

  7. March 22, 2010 • Who is the chair man of the board of supervisors in Richland township • Melvin wingard

  8. March 23,2010 • Guided reading 12-2 • National law • Separation of powers, designed powers and terms • Reserved- state concurrent- national & state • Intrastate- established local govt.

  9. March 24, 2010 • Division in to district • Jennifer m. granholm • She was the state first female attorney and governor • Federal prosiutor • Cool cities

  10. March 25, 2010 • Section review • State govt. • Full time legislature • -Introduced -in a committee -bill is sent to other houses -house revises the bill -compromises the bill -both houses pass the bill

  11. Continued • Guided reading 12-3 • Govt. • American citizen, 30 years old, been state resident 5 years • Carry out the law 4. 5.

  12. March 26, 2010 • Photo story

  13. March 29, 2010 • A change to population based apportionment result from ruling by the supreme court during 1960 • Guided Reading 12-4 • -Courts for minor violations and lawsuits -appeals courts • judge in a small rural court • -Conduct fairly, and lawfully by ruling on testimony or evidence

  14. Continued -By guiding the jury on points of law • By majority vote • It reviews decisions of appeals courts and is responsible for supervising all courts in the state • Popular votes, nonpartisan elections, appointed by the governor Photo Story

  15. March 30, 2010 • TEST MONDAY • School to home connection • Reserved for the state rather than the national govt. • They have two parts upper house senate • Governor • Lower courts

  16. School to home connection (2) • No state can be divided or combined with another state w/o consent. States can maintain their own militia • Population • Veto the bill, pass the bill • Magistrate courts handle minor cases • Test practice • A • D • A

  17. Test practice continued 4. C • B • C • B • D • C • D • B • B Study Guide

  18. Document Based Question • Talks about more than Michigan • Federalist system • Responsible for states economic well being • Manufacturing

  19. March 31, 2010 • Review game • Test Monday

  20. April 1, 2010 yarnick.wikispaces.com

  21. April 6, 2010 • ( 33 ) Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski

  22. April 7,2010 • Guided Reading 13-1 • A locality with an officially organized govt • State legislature • The council • Recommends a budget, oversees city departments, and deals with personnel matters • They run in citywide elections rather than representing only one district

  23. Guided Reading 13-1 Continued 6. No person is in charge 7. a school district

  24. April 8,2010 • Biography • First African American Mayer • 3 African Americans are mayors of cities • Children's education • Housing, better jobs

  25. Guided reading • To grant power to local govt. • commissioners

  26. April 12, 2010 • No • City charger • Strong mayor • Ordaments • Mayor • The authority is limited • Super intendant • no

  27. April 13,2010 • Where is Cambria country courthouse located • Ebensburg • John Murtha

  28. Guided Reading 13-2 • 1. A state’s largest territorial and political subdivision • 2. When the counties were formed in the 1800s, people wanted to make sure that the county courthouse was within one day’s round-trip drive by horse and buggy • 3. County services, such as providing water services, developing mass transit systems, and enforcing laws

  29. 4. Commission-manager, commission elected executive, strong commission • 5. The sheriff is the county’s chief law enforcement officer and oversees the sheriff’s department, which enforces court orders and manages the county jail • 6. To examine all taxable property within the county, estimate its worth, and set property taxes

  30. April 14, 2010 • Section 2 Review • The county court is in Ebensburg • They were designed long ago so that residents in the farthest corners of the county could travel to and from the county courthouse in one day. • Sewer and water service, mass transit systems, health and social services • Yes

  31. Section 2 Review Continued 5. County Commissioners Public works Social services transportation health Administrative services

  32. April 15, 2010 • What is the purpose of the performers. • A. • Local Govt. • In the commission the voters elect the board commissioners which elects the pass ordinances control funds. The police, fire parks, finance, public works commissioners elect the carry out policy.

  33. 2. that county seats are the towns where the county courthouse is located. • Guided Reading 13-3 • 1. What is a town meeting? • A form of direct democracy in New England in which all of a town’s citizens meet to make important decisions • 2. Who runs most governments in New England towns? • A board of selectmen • 3. Some New England towns have replaced town meetings with what two forms of government? • A representative meeting or a town council

  34. 4. How were townships in the Midwest formed? • Congress divided new lands in the region into six-mile blocks so that people could get to the township hall within an hour’s buggy ride. As people settled the area, they set up local governments. • 5. What types of leadership may a village have? • a small board of trustees and an elected executive or a city manager • 6. What are the advantages of village government? • Villagers often receive better services; this situation upgrades the community’s status, making it more attractive to visitors, businesses, and new residents.

  35. School rules- no running in halls, • Class rules- be quite,

  36. April 16, 2010 Organ - Ted Kulongoski • Guided Reading 13-3 • Some people live in villages or towns. And also people live in counties that are divided by townships. • It began when a group of men in Massachusetts, met to discuss how to divide their land

  37. 3. A village government works on improving services or projects that will help the community and may set up their own school district • 4. Yes, village can offer better • No, village requires higher taxes 5. Townships Village Lies within boundary of Township or county, people elected board of trustees, Borders Established by Congress, citizens Elect small body Of officials

  38. April 19, 2010 • A city charter closely resembles? • Constitution STH Study Guide

  39. April 20, 2010 • Person who tends to dominate city government? • -Strong-mayor • Ch. 13 Self-check quizzes • Review Game • Study Guide

  40. Council manager- form of govt. seen as a way to reform corrupt or inefficient • District attorney- county’s prosecutor • Village- smallest unit of local govt. • Strong mayor-

  41. May 3, 2010 • Work Cited is how you spell it.

  42. May 4, 2010 • Presentation Complete Guided Reading 14-2 • 1. All students in grades 3-8 must take a series of state tests in reading, science, and math • 2. Low test scores, high dropout rates, crime, and violence • 3. Teacher unions say that vouchers funnel education funds away from the public schools; other opponents say that vouchers violated the First Amendment b/c they can be used to pay tuition at religious schools

  43. 4. A program in which police become a visible presence in the neighborhood, come to know local residents, and involve residents in neighborhood watch efforts • 5. A five-year lifetime limit attaches to receiving welfare, and states are required to develop job training programs to help people become self-sufficient taxpayers. • 6. The booming economy in the late 1990s

  44. May 5, 2010 • City charter • Section 2 review • People want their kids to go to charter school

  45. May 6, 2010 • Booker T. Washington • He worked in furnace and was a coal miner • Education Tuskegee Institute • Economic equality • Supporting themselves would not help them

  46. March 7, 2010 • No child left behind • Making more school acoutable

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