Never lose who you are. Even at the cost of your life.

1. PRESIDENTS
2. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE VOCAB
3. PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION
4. VARIOUS QUESTIONS FROM THE YEAR (SEE BELOW)

1. PRESIDENTS:

A. List 1st and last name (Either from memory or Will already be provided; don't know which yet)
B. Put them in order
C. Know what happened while they were president (Fill in the blank or Multiple Choice)

Please note that this is a summarized list; the idea is that if you recognize key words, you won't have to memorize everything. Granted, I could have chose the wrong key words, but overall I should be correct.

1. George Washington - "get rid of political parties"
2. John Adams - XYZ Affair
3. Thomas Jefferson - Louisiana Purchase from France
4. James Madison - War of 1812; White house burned
5. James Monroe - Monroe Doctrine: told Europe to stay out of Western Hemisphere
6. John Quincy Adams - stirring speech to the Supreme Court
7. Andrew Jackson - Forced native Americans to leave their native lands
8. Martin Van Buren - Amistad slaves to Spain
9. William Harrison - Died before he could do anything
10. John Tyler - Insisted on getting all of the pres. powers after the former president died
11. James Polk - got more done in 4 years than others did in eight
12. Zachary Taylor - Paved the way for the Panama Canal sixty years later
13. Millard Fillmore - Compromise of 1850 (Fugitive Slave Act)
14. Franklin Pierce - Best looking President
15. James Buchanan - First bachelor president; did nothing as country sled into Civil War
16. Abraham Lincoln - His election caused the southern states to secede
17. Andrew Johnson - Impeached for violating Tenure of Office Act
18. Ulysses Grant - LOUSY judge of character. His buddies took lots of $$ f/ gov't
19. Rutherford Hayes - MAJOR controversy election. Ended Reconstruction
20. James Garfield - Assassin "told by God" to kill him. Death led to the end of the spoils system
21. Chester Arthur - "Elegant Arthur" Threw a lot of parties.
22. Grover Cleaveland - Fathered a child out of wedlock. Vetoed a lot of bills
23. Benjamin Harrison - Sherman Anti-trust Act
24. Grover Cleaveland - Fathered a child out of wedlock. Vetoed a lot of bills
25. William McKinnley - Attacked by DeLome letter. Declared war on Spain
26. Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt - Panama Canal.
27. William Taft - Trust Buster
28. Woodrow Wilson - racist president
29. Warren Harding - Teapot Dome Scandal
30. Calvin Coolidge - left the economy alone in the roaring 20's
31. Herbert Hoover - bolder dam
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt "FDR" - The New Deal
33. Harry Truman - Atomic bombs
34. Dwight Eisenhower - Interstate Highway System
35. John F. Kennedy - Cuban Missile Crisis
36. Lyndon Johnson - The Great Society
37. Richard Nixon - Watergate Scandel
38. Gerald Ford - "Stagflation" (Stagnation + Inflation)
39. Jimmy Carter - Desert One
40. Ronald Reagan - Wouldn't negotiate with Communists
41. George H. W. Bush (Can't put Bush Sr.) - Gulf War
42. Bill Clinton - Impeached; also balanced budget
43. George W. Bush (Can't put Bush Jr.) - Iraq

2. DELCARATION OF INDEPENDENCE VOCAB

This is matching and there are NO FILL IN THE BLANK SENTENCES. JUST DEFINITIONS! :)

1. Usurpations - steal power without permission
2. Prudence - Reason and common sense
3. Magnanimity - bear trouble calmly; not seek revenge
4. Despotism - Absolute Power
5. Tyranny - Oppressive Power
6. Consanguinity - same ancestor as another person
7. Arbitrary - totally random
8. Transient - coming and going constantly
9. Assent - To agree with a decision
10. Annihilation - completely eradicate
11. Inestimable - To0 high to count
12. Endeavored - to try something
13. Acquiesce - To go along with
14. Disavows - deny responsiblity
15. Rectitude - moral integrity
16. Relinquish - to give up
17. Abdicated - to flee from
18. Unalienable - Cannot be taken away
19. Perfidy - betrayal of trust
20. Evinces - "evidence" of something

3. PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION

Mr. Fletcher does not count off for Misspellings! Try to get the main ideas and PHRASES; not nessesarrily word for word. Try to Memorize in 8 points.

1. We the people of the United States,
2. In order to form a More Perfect Union,
3. Establish Justice,
4. Insure Domestic Tranquility,
5. Provide for the Common Defense,
6. Promote the General Welfare,
7. And Secure the Blessings of Liberty to Ourselves and Our Posterity,
8. Do Ordain and Establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

4. VARIOUS QUESTIONS FROM THE YEAR

Probably T or F questions.
NO SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS! NO ESSAY QUESTIONS! :)

1. UNITARY GOV'T = centralized gov't; single central agency (NOT FEDERAL GOV'T!)

2. EQUALITY OF ALL MEN =
A. Equality of opportunity
B. Equality before the law
C. BUT NOT EQUALITY OF CONDITION FOR ALL PEOPLE

3. DICTATORSHIPS =
A. Totalitarian - Complete Power over All human affairs
B. Authoritarian - Absolute power over people (all dictatorships are Authoritarian but only some are Totalitarian)

4. DIFFERENCES:
A. Anarchy - No Gov't
B. Oligarchy - Small elite group holds power
C. Monarchy - Gov't lead by a hereditary ruler
D. Democracy - Power rests with the People

5. A CONSTITUTION sets out the principals, structures, and processes of their gov'ts.
(Basically says how the gov't works and what powers it has- what it can do.)

6. FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS = Powers of Gov't are divided between central gov't and several local gov'ts. Has DIVISIONS OF POWERS. In U.S., for example, there is the Federal Govt and the State Gov'ts.

7. JOHN LOCKE'S BELIEFS ABOUT WHY PEOPLE FORM GOV'TS = People will give up some freedom to form together for protection. A group of people in an anarchy will agree to protect each other from more powerful warlords. Thus, they give up a little bit of freedom to ensure safety. Otherwise, they are only as safe as they are strong or smart; that is, until someone better than them comes and takes their possessions from them.

8. PROPAGANDA = information, either true or false, intended to persuade people to think or act in a certain way. A one-sided explanation or opinion.

9. DIFFERENCES:
A. PRESIDENTIAL GOV'TS = Executive and Legislative branches of the gov't are separate
B. PARLIAMENTARY GOV'TS = Executive and Legislative branches are combined (consists of the Prime Minister and his Cabinet)

ALSO KNOW THESE THREE THINGS!
1. Capitalism = Free enterprise (market) system (Unites States)
2. Socialism = Wealth should be equally distributed. High Taxes enable many social programs. The money of the rich helps the poor.
3. Communism = A kind of Socialism that comes to power by a "violent and bloody revolution" The Gov't owns everything. A key term is Collectivization- where the gov't takes over local farms. Examples: former USSR and China