History 10: Government-Ideals Name___________________
1. What are Checks and Balances?
2. What is Legislative Supremacy?
3.Why did many states set up a constitution that focused on Legislative Supremacy? What are 3 reasons why this might not be a good idea or 3 ways this could go wrong:
4. Who is your Representative? Know 5 of your representatives:
5. Do you consider yourself to be a Democrat, Republican or something else? WHY?? You must have 3 reasons why you consider yourself to be a part of that particular party (or why you do not align with a different party). If you do not know, then what do you consider to be the most important topics when deciding what is important?
6. What might be a disadvantage to having judges serve for a limited amount of time (or unlimited) based “according to their good behavior, not for limited terms”?
7. Write down the ideas/topics that matter to you the most. Write down at least 10 topics that are important to you!
Now put them in order: #1 is the most important #10 is the least important.
8. WHY are those the 10 most important ideas for you?
1. What are Checks and Balances?
2. What is Legislative Supremacy?
3.Why did many states set up a constitution that focused on Legislative Supremacy? What are 3 reasons why this might not be a good idea or 3 ways this could go wrong:
4. Who is your Representative? Know 5 of your representatives:
5. Do you consider yourself to be a Democrat, Republican or something else? WHY?? You must have 3 reasons why you consider yourself to be a part of that particular party (or why you do not align with a different party). If you do not know, then what do you consider to be the most important topics when deciding what is important?
6. What might be a disadvantage to having judges serve for a limited amount of time (or unlimited) based “according to their good behavior, not for limited terms”?
7. Write down the ideas/topics that matter to you the most. Write down at least 10 topics that are important to you!
Now put them in order: #1 is the most important #10 is the least important.
8. WHY are those the 10 most important ideas for you?