Election Process Roll Call Question: Would you rather face an alien invasion or zombie apocalypse?

Mental Floss  Objective:  3.1 Identify the political spectrum  3.2 – Formulate your political ideology  Vocab:  Political Spectrum  Radical  Reactionary  Liberal  Conservative  Moderate  Two party system  Democrats  Republicans  Questions:  How are responsibilities of American citizens different from duties? Provide at least one example of each in your answer.  In what ways can you be considered an American Citizen?

Responsibility vs. Duty  Responsibility : The things we SHOULD do as Americans  Duty : The things we are REQUIRED to do as Americans

Duties of Americans  Obey the Law  Pay Taxes  Jury Duty  Draft  Attend School

Responsibilities of Americans  Be Informed  Vote  Participate in Government  Respect rights and property of others  Respect different opinions and ways of life

Citizenship  Blood Born – one parent is a US citizen  Soil Born – Born on US soil  Naturalization Process

Reminders!  First Project Due: October 16th  Counts the same as a test grade  Keep Checking PowerSchool to make sure you are not missing any assignment. Contact Mrs. Marquez to make up work

Who wants to be a president?  We can have no more than 5 candidates running with a VP per class.  Everyone else will be a campaign worker.  Who wants to be the C214 classroom president until January?  If you are not running for president/VP fill out a job application.  Presidents/VP will choose their own teams of campaign workers.

Let’s take a poll while our candidates choose their workers  All President and VP candidates please set outside. You will have 5 minutes to decide who you want to hire.  Go through the candidates one at a time. If you like the way the candidate presents himself/herself, write their number down. Everyone can’t hire the same workers.  Please note that Mrs. Marquez has the final say in all things election related.  More than one candidate might want you on their team

30 Days: Immigration  Let’s finish our film from Friday  Take out your film guides and continue answering questions  You will turn this in after the film has ended 

Political Spectrum Left Wing Right Wing Radical ex. Black Panthers Moderate *Where most Americans fall Reactionary ex. KKK LiberalConservative Democrat Republican

Political Spectrum  Radical - quick change, use violence (ex. Black Panthers)  Liberals - Peaceful change, social welfare  Moderate – Middle (share views with liberals and conservatives)

Political Spectrum  Conservative – Stay the same; Cautious about change; less government  Reactionary - the way they were”;use violence (ex. KKK)

Political Party  What is a political party?  group of people with common interests  How do you become a member of a political party?  Declare yourself a member when you register to vote

Two Party System – Began with ratification of the Constitution  FEDERALISTS  “ the rich well-born”  Stronger federal gov’t  Disappeared in 1816  ANTI-FEDERALISTS  “common man”  limited role of gov’t V.

Anti-Federalists became Democratic Republicans  DEMOCRATIC PARTY  1828 Andrew Jackson  southern and northern  DONKEY  WHIG PARTY (Nat’l Republicans)  REPUBLICAN PARTY (G.O.P = Grand Old Party)  1854 Abe Lincoln  ELEPHANT DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS the election of 1800 (Jefferson/Madison)

Political Party Symbols

Functions of Political Parties  Nominate Candidates  Inform Voters  Ensure candidates are qualified  Help govern in Congress and State Legislatures  Act as watchdogs especially of officials of other parties

Party Organization  National Conventions – nominate candidates  Party Platform – ideas, beliefs, programs of the party (voted on at the Nat’l Convention)

 Personal responsibility  Limited government  Free markets  Individual liberty  Traditional American values  Strong national defense  Role of government – provide people with the freedom necessary to pursue their own goals.  Emphasize empowerment of the individual to solve problems  Governmental action to achieve equal opportunity for all  It is the duty of the State to alleviate social ills and protect civil liberties and individual and human rights  It is the role of the government to guarantee that no one is in need  Believe that people are basically good  Emphasize the need for the government to solve people’s problems Republican PartyDemocratic Party

 It is the oldest political party in the United States and arguably the oldest party in the world.  President Obama is a democrat  The Democratic Party is the more liberal party.  Normally pass higher tax policy in order to have more social programs.

Republican Party  It is often referred to as the Grand Old Party or the GOP.  Founded in 1854 by anti-slavery expansion activists and modernizers. Abe Lincoln was the 1 st Republican president elected.  Today, the Republican Party supports a pro- business platform. It stands for lower taxes and more individual economic independence. It is considered to be the more conservative party.

Kahoot  I will read a series of statements  Make your selection based on your personal beliefs  Strongly Agree  Agree  Disagree  Strongly Disagree

Question 1  There are too many immigrants coming to the United States.

Question 2  The U.S. government should put more Immigration and Naturalization Service border patrol agents on the border with Mexico.

Question 3  Illegal immigrants take away jobs from U.S. citizens.

Question 4  U.S. immigration policy has been fair to all groups entering the U.S.

Question 5  If a country is having economic problems, the U.S. should allow its residents to come here for a better life.

Question 6  Immigration has helped the United States.

Question 7  Having a variety of cultures and languages in America benefits everyone.

Question 8  Most immigrants come to the U.S. just to get on welfare.

Question 9  Everyone who comes to the U.S. should be required to learn English.

Question 10  If a country is having political problems, the U.S. should allow persecuted citizens from this country to seek asylum here.