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NC Social Studies Civics and Government
NC Social Studies Civics and Government - 8th grade
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Civics
8th Grade
02/27/2014

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People gather together to protest something often carrying a sign
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Picketing
Term
To stop buying something in order to make a statement and to hurt your opponent economically
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Boycott
Term
a protest in which peopleĀ sitĀ or stay in a place and refuse to leave until they are given what they demand
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Sit-In
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action by a mass group of people in favor of a cause in order to call attention to the cause
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March
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Persuading elected official to make specific laws (usually involves favors and money)
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Lobbying
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Most famous and successful march in US History
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March on Washington (1963)
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Most famous and successful Sit-in in US History
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Greensboro 4 (1960)
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Colonial Americans refused to pay taxes on imported goods or on printed materials
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American Revolution boycotts
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Rosa Parks and MLK Jr. led this quest for desegregation by refusing to ride busses.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott (1956)
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This ended school segregation
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
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After Brown v. Board of Education, these students were one of the first to attend a desegrated school in the South
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Little Rock Nine (1957)
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What did Brown v. Board of Education achieve?
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Equal access to education
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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 achieve?
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Prohibited discrimination at work, in schools, and in the public
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What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 achieve?
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protected African-Americans voting rights
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What did the Fair Housing Rights Act of 19658 achieve?
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Prohibited discrimination during the rental or purchase of a home
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Federalist v. Anti-Federalist disagreement
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More Power -nat'l or state gov't?
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Liberal: Gov't should provide it for free; Conservative: buy your own and get better service
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Healthcare
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Liberal: anyone can be a citizen; Conservative: anyone can be a citizen LEGALLY
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Immigration
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May 20, 1775 - The King's laws and Gov't are annulled
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Mecklenburg Resolves
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Arpil 20, 1776 - 1st document to call for independence in the colonies
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Halifax Resolves
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North Carolina documents are unique
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"We were FIRST!!!"
Term
independence, unalienable rights, equality, grievences
Definition
Declaration of independence
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Thomad Jefferson
Term
what are your unalienable rights?
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Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
Term
1st government, weak National gov't, a failure
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Articles of Confederation
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Gov't will protect your individual rights (document)
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Bill of Rights
Term
Where is the Bill of Rights?
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1st ten amendments
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Why was the NC Constitution rewritten in 1868
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post Civil War
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Why was the NC Constitution rewritten in 1971
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It was poorly written in 1868
Term
When did the NC consitution establish NC's 1st gov't?
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1776
Term
Study of Citizenship (rights and duties)
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civics
Term
Gov't is divided into three branches
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separation of powers
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Gov't cannot do anything it wants
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limited government
Term
name of the system that explains how the branches of gov't limit each other
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checks and balances
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division of power between nation, state, and local gov't
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federalism
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People have the power. This power is excercised by voting
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popular sovereignty
Term
we elect officials to represent us.
Definition
republicanism
Term
people are born with these, and it is the gov'ts job to protect them (concept)
Definition
individual rights
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