United States Government

Homework due Friday, April 11

Magruder’s American Government, pp 343-349, 351-356

Copy and paste the link below into your browser. DO NOT click on the link!  Study the graphic.  Optional: print it out (landscape mode).

http://mikewirthart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/howlawsmadeWIRTH2.jpg

Go to www.hippocampus.org, click on History & Government, then American Government, then scroll down to Legislative Branch, click on Power, Committees, and Debates, click on Start Topic, (do not watch the video), click on Explore: Civil Rights Legislation and the Filibuster, click on View Gallery, and read the essay.

         From the menu on the left, click on Route of a Bill through Congress, click on Start Topic (don’t watch the video), click on Historic Filibusters under the Explore heading, click on View Gallery and read the essay.

Terms and concepts

         bill (2 types)

         hopper

         joint resolution

         concurrent resolution

         rider

         pigeonholed

         discharge petition

         committee of the whole

         voice vote

         standing vote

         roll call/record vote

         two speech rule

         filibuster

         cloture rule

         veto

         pocket veto