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  2. S.S. Ch. 7 Notes

S.S. Ch. 7 Notes

Chapter 7 Lesson 1 Notes

1. Bill of Rights - The first 10 amendments to the Constitution added to protect citizens’ rights.

2.  Branches of Government

  1. Legislative Branch – Congress – makes laws
  2. Executive Branch – President - carries out laws
  3. Judicial Branch – Supreme Court – decides questions about law

3.  Congress is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

4.  Checks and Balances – the system that prevents any one branch from gaining too much power.

5.  Every state elects 2 Senators.

6.  The number of Representatives depends on the state population.

 

Chapter  7 Lesson 2 Notes

1.  There are 3 levels of government:

  1. Federal – President – Ex. Post Office
  2. State – Governor – Ex. Schools
  3. Local – Mayor – Ex. trash collection

2.  Each state has a constitution and 3 branches of government like the federal government does.

3.  Arkansas has 75 counties.

4.  Governments at all levels get most of their money by collecting taxes.

 

Chapter 7 Lesson 3 Notes

  1. How to be a good citizen:
    1. Vote
    2. Pay taxes
    3. Respect the rights of other people

 

Arkansas Symbols

1.  Arkansas nickname – The Natural State

2.  Mount Magazine – Arkansas’s tallest Mountain

3.  Arkansas flag – Designed by Willie K. Hocker in 1913

  1. The diamonds how that AR has the nation’s only diamond mines.
  2. 25 stars because we are the 25th state

 

 

National Symbols

1.  The U.S. received the Statue of Liberty from France.

2.  The U.S. flag has 13 stripes for the original 13 colonies.

3.  The U.S. flag has 50 stars for the 50 states.

4.  The Liberty Bell is a symbol of our nation’s struggle for freedom.

 

 

 

Here is a song to help us remember the branches of government.

It is to the tune of Oh, My Darling.

 

Three Branches

(Oh, My Darling)

 

Legislative that is Congress

And they really take the cake,

They make . . . Our laws

Legislative makes our laws.

 

Executive, includes the President

They don’t tar. . . ry very long

They just carry out the laws

Executive carries out laws

 

Judicial, that’s the judges

The Supre . . .me Court at the top

They decide if the laws are right

They don’t want to start a fight.

 

There are 75 Arkansas Counties.