Full Government Semester 2 Review
2025
Function of the Legislative branch
Make law and translate the public will into public policy in the form of law
Function of the Executive Branch
enforcing laws
Function of the Judicial Branch
Interpret and apply laws
Three Jobs of a Congressman
-Make laws
-Represent constituents (voters)
-Serve on committees
How a bill becomes a law
A) The bill starts in either the house or the senate (In this case the house), where
it is given a name and a number
B) The Speaker of the House sends the bill of to the appropriate standing
committee
C) Subcommitteee
D)Back to full committee
E)House rules committee
F)Goes to the floor for debate, read a second time
G)Vote on the bill
H)Goes to the senate through the same steps
I) Goes to the president; The president can either veto it, sign it, wait ten days and
have it pass automatically when congress in session, or wait ten days and pocket
veto it when congress is not in session
Formal duties of VP
-Preside over the senate (President of the Senate)
-Helps decide if the president is disabled (along with majority of cabinet)
Two major jobs of cabinet members
- Individually, each is the administrative head of one of the executive departments
- Together, they are advisers to the President
Grand Jury v. Petit jury
In one, they decide if there is enough evidence to have a trial In another, they
decide guilt or innocence
Cases juvenile courts have jurisdiction over
-Children who break the law
-Wayward or beyond control children
-Neglected children
, Reason the juvenile system is separate
-A person's brain isnt fully developed unitl 21; therefore, a child doing something
wrong can be corrected. They want to give the child a chance to correect their
behavior; thus, the idea is to help the wrongdoer correct his behavior, not punish
him.
juvenile system v. adult system
-More informal
-Hearings not trials
-No release on bail
-No trial by jury
Three questions that all economic systems seek to answer
What is to be produced
How is it to be produced
Who is to receive the goods and services
Size of the national debt
31 trillion
Who the U.S. government has borrowed from
Itself
Private investors and Private individuals
Advantages of a global economy
-More goods available to consumers
-More markets for producers to sell their goods
-Help developing nations expand their economies and raise their standards of
living by selling goods to more affluent countries
-Competition in global markets lowers the price of goods
-Increases in jobs and higher wages allow consumers in developing nations to
buy American goods and services, and this helps to increase or at least maintain
American jobs
-Increased economic interdependence may lead to more cooperation and so to
fewer conflicts
Disadvantages of a global economy
-Conflicts in other nations can have economic consequences in the U.S.
-Could affect a nation's sovereignty if they have to get permission from partner
nations to make decisions about such matters as civil rights, defense, or the
environment
-Economic downturns or market fluctuations in one part of the world now cause
instability in other markets within hours
-Exploitation of workers in some less developed countries
-U.S. affected by adverse trade deficits with some countries
-Loss of manufacturing jobs
Local Government system of West Unity
Council, Mayor and Village Administrator
Where does Ohio get its list of jurors?
From the list of registered voters
Most common type of crime in Ohio
Property crime
2025
Function of the Legislative branch
Make law and translate the public will into public policy in the form of law
Function of the Executive Branch
enforcing laws
Function of the Judicial Branch
Interpret and apply laws
Three Jobs of a Congressman
-Make laws
-Represent constituents (voters)
-Serve on committees
How a bill becomes a law
A) The bill starts in either the house or the senate (In this case the house), where
it is given a name and a number
B) The Speaker of the House sends the bill of to the appropriate standing
committee
C) Subcommitteee
D)Back to full committee
E)House rules committee
F)Goes to the floor for debate, read a second time
G)Vote on the bill
H)Goes to the senate through the same steps
I) Goes to the president; The president can either veto it, sign it, wait ten days and
have it pass automatically when congress in session, or wait ten days and pocket
veto it when congress is not in session
Formal duties of VP
-Preside over the senate (President of the Senate)
-Helps decide if the president is disabled (along with majority of cabinet)
Two major jobs of cabinet members
- Individually, each is the administrative head of one of the executive departments
- Together, they are advisers to the President
Grand Jury v. Petit jury
In one, they decide if there is enough evidence to have a trial In another, they
decide guilt or innocence
Cases juvenile courts have jurisdiction over
-Children who break the law
-Wayward or beyond control children
-Neglected children
, Reason the juvenile system is separate
-A person's brain isnt fully developed unitl 21; therefore, a child doing something
wrong can be corrected. They want to give the child a chance to correect their
behavior; thus, the idea is to help the wrongdoer correct his behavior, not punish
him.
juvenile system v. adult system
-More informal
-Hearings not trials
-No release on bail
-No trial by jury
Three questions that all economic systems seek to answer
What is to be produced
How is it to be produced
Who is to receive the goods and services
Size of the national debt
31 trillion
Who the U.S. government has borrowed from
Itself
Private investors and Private individuals
Advantages of a global economy
-More goods available to consumers
-More markets for producers to sell their goods
-Help developing nations expand their economies and raise their standards of
living by selling goods to more affluent countries
-Competition in global markets lowers the price of goods
-Increases in jobs and higher wages allow consumers in developing nations to
buy American goods and services, and this helps to increase or at least maintain
American jobs
-Increased economic interdependence may lead to more cooperation and so to
fewer conflicts
Disadvantages of a global economy
-Conflicts in other nations can have economic consequences in the U.S.
-Could affect a nation's sovereignty if they have to get permission from partner
nations to make decisions about such matters as civil rights, defense, or the
environment
-Economic downturns or market fluctuations in one part of the world now cause
instability in other markets within hours
-Exploitation of workers in some less developed countries
-U.S. affected by adverse trade deficits with some countries
-Loss of manufacturing jobs
Local Government system of West Unity
Council, Mayor and Village Administrator
Where does Ohio get its list of jurors?
From the list of registered voters
Most common type of crime in Ohio
Property crime
