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  1. Feb 2021
    1. Explain the right to petition government

      is one of the fundamental freedoms of all Americans, and is documented in the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States

    2. Identify at least three forms of speech that are NOT protected by the First Amendment:

      Obscenity, theft, child pornography, speech integral to criminal activity, speech that incites immediate lawless behavior, speech that violates intellectual property law, actual threats, and industrial threats are forms of speech that are granted less or no protection under the First Amendment.

    3. Identify, generally, all of the “freedoms” protected in the First Amendment:

      The First U.S. Amendment. Free expression, religion and the press are protected by the Constitution. The right to peaceful protest and to petition the government is also secured.

    4. Identify and explain the two ways that freedom of Religion is protected

      The 1st Amendment contains two provisions: the Establishment Clause prevents the government from defining a national religion and the Free Exercise Clause prohibits the government from banning people from practicing any single religion.

    1. Political Socialization

      Political socialization is the mechanism by which people absorb and always internalize a political lens that frames their views of how power is structured and how the world is structured around them;

    2. Agents of Socialization”

      Socialization agents include families, faith, peer groups, economic structures, legal systems, penal systems, vocabulary, and the media, or organizations that can impress social norms on a person.

    3. Identify at least four specific categories of agents of socialization:

      Four of the most influential agents of socialization during that phase of our lives are the family, school, peers, and mass media.

    4. Identify at least three key elements of American “Political Culture

      The five elements of political culture are liberty, equality, democracy, civic duty, and individual responsibility.

    5. classic Liberalism

      Classical liberalism is a political ideology and a branch of liberalism that advocates civil liberties under the rule of law with an emphasis on economic freedom

    6. Explain the difference between classic and modern liberalism

      The notion that "individuals are inherently good" and that they should not need to be constrained by rules is classical liberalism. The rules of classical liberalism are structured to limit what governments should do. If you look at the American Constitution, most of the things in it are about keeping states from doing things like banning speech or firearms. It is predicted that citizens would be successful enough to not require any revision. Global liberalism, a.k.a. American liberalism, occurred as a result of world wars and subsequent massacres, in which people understood that people would do a lot of damage to each other and might not be necessarily good. Modern liberals, also known as American liberals, still claim that citizens are "socially" fine, but that monetary/economic/(self)defense-related liberties should not be trusted.

    7. Describe Recalls

      is a procedure by which, in certain polities, voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before that official's term has ended.

  2. Jan 2021
    1. Describe Referendums:

      is a direct and universal vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal and can have nationwide or local forms

    2. Define the term “direct democracy”:

      In comparison to indirect or representative democracy, direct democracy, also called pure democracy, is a type of direct citizens' engagement in political decision-making.

    3. Define the term “Republic”

      A democracy where the people and their chosen officials have absolute authority, and which has an elected or appointed president rather than a ruler.

    1. Describe the right to assemble:

      Unity of peaceful speech, also used interchangeably with freedom of association, is the right or capacity of persons to come together to communicate, encourage, seek, and protect their common or mutual ideas collectively.

    2. Generally describe the evolution of the freedom of Speech:

      Adopted in 1791, freedom of expression is a provision of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. In Article 11 of the French Declaration, freedom of speech is laid down in the following paragraph: free communication of thoughts and views is one of the most precious of human rights.

    3. Explain the term “Bill of Rights”:

      The first 10 Changes to the Constitution are the Bill of Rights. It guarantees the individual's fundamental rights and freedoms, such as freedom of expression, of the press, and of religion.

    4. Define the term “civil liberties”

      The state of being subject only to legislation created for the benefit of the society, in particular with regard to freedom of expression and voice.

    1. ou are engaged whether you recognize it or not (apply what I am asking you to learn to do and you will understand what I mean).

      This is very true even though we may think we are engaged or not, most of the time we are because of course we vote for the things we want

    2. The news media, social media, and many people in general focus on the surface, superficial, publicly visible, noise, related to government and politics in America

      You will never always get the full story of what is really going on, so people attend to react with what they know.

    3. By removing the soil that covered it we are then able to study, learn more,

      Once you realize it is time to face that fact of certain things you will soon begin to learn more and find the truth.

    1. You can turn off the flame under a tea pot and stop the creation of steam.  But, you can’t do that to the causes of conflict between people.

      I agree with my classmate This is a prime example of how one thing, in this case the flame, can be easily managed, but when it comes to real life, you can not easily turn off the fire or confrontation between entities as easily.

    2. U.S. Constitution

      We, the Citizens of the United States, restore justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the popular defense, support the general welfare, and preserve the blessings of democracy for ourselves and our posterity in order to form a more perfect Union, order and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

    3. Framers of the Constitution

      Delegates to the National Conference became the Framers of the Constitution who helped write the United States Constitution. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington were among the other Founding Father

    1. Declaration of Independence. 

      On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress approved the United States' founding paper, declaring the secession of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain.

    1. saw government as a necessary evil. 

      People have their opinions while not everyone may think they are evil while some people have their rights to think that just because they have done a lot.

    2. “bicameral” legislature)

      In two independent legislatures, chambers, or houses, a bicameral body includes legislators. Bicameralism is characterized by unicameralism, in which all members deliberate and vote as a single party.

    3. The three wheels are like the three branches of government. 

      They are the Executive, Legislative , and Judicial. The President of the United States administers the Executive Branch of our government.

    1. we will attempt to study American government from a number of perspectives. 

      i actually agree with my classmate I feel like we need to look at politics from an impartial mindset to see the various viewpoints first, then bring the pieces together to shape our view of the issue,

    2. political independence of the colonies. 

      The colonies along North America's eastern coast were established under various charter forms, but most of them created parliamentary democratic governments to administer their territories.

    3. federalism

      Federalism tends to understand that each state has its own constitution and powers, such as being free, including in national elections, to pick what type of ballots it uses.

    4.  checks and balances

      Checks and balances a government concept in which independent branches are able to prohibit other branches from taking action and are induced to share authority. In constitutional democracies. Checks and balances are mainly enforced.