11/3/25 - Review and Quiz.

Entry 14 - 11/4/25 - American Government - Ch. 3 pg. 79

  1. Besides formal amendment, what are the five basic ways the Constitution continues to change?

  2. What is the presidential cabinet? How many executive departments make up the cabinet?

  3. What is the current role of the electoral college?

  4. What is the difference between an executive agreement and a treaty?

  5. What is the “no-third-term-tradition?” Why, when, and how did it become formal law?

11/5/25 - American Government - Ch. 3 pg. 84.

  • Complete the Ch. 3 Assessment (#1-25) on a separate sheet of paper and hand in.

    • #11 - List and briefly describe each section.

Entry 15 - 11/6/25 - American Government - Ch. 4 pg. 88

  1. What three things were the Framers of the Constitution dedicated to when it came to the concept of limited government?

  2. Define federalism. How does the division of powers in federalism effectively produce a dual system of government? According to the text, what is federalism’s major strength?

  3. Define delegated powers, implied powers, and inherent powers.

  4. Define and give examples of expressed (enumerated) powers, concurrent powers, and reserved powers.

11/7/25 - Daily Entry Check!

Entry 1 - 11/10/25 - American Government - Ch.4 pg. 93

  1. About how many local governments are there in the U.S.? How do these local governments fit in our federal system?

  2. How did the framers of the Constitution address the inevitable conflicts between national law and state law? Where is it written in the Constitution?

  3. In your own words, what does the Supremacy Clause do?

  4. What was the significance of McCulloch v. Maryland in the development of the federal system?

Entry 2 - 11/11/25 - Veterans Day

What does being a veteran mean to you?

Using online resources answer the following questions:

  1. What is the difference between Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day?

  2. What are the branches of the U.S. Military? What are the missions and responsibilities of each?

  3. What is the National Guard?

  4. Today, What percentage of U.S. Military members are volunteers? About what percentage of U.S. citizens are veterans?

The history of Veteran’s Day.

Veteran’s Day by the numbers (2016).

A Veteran’s Day message (2018).


Entry 3 - 11/12/25 - American Government - Ch. 5 pg. 114

  1. Define “political party.” What are the two major parties in the U.S.?

  2. What are the five major functions that political parties perform?

  3. Define partisanship. In what ways is American government conducted on the basis of partisanship?

  4. In the U.S., what is the “party in power?” What does it mean when the party out of power plays the role of “the loyal opposition?”

Entry 4 - 11/13/25 - American Government - Ch. 5 pg. 119

  1. What are four reasons why the U.S. effectively has a two-party system. Briefly describe each.

  2. Define pluralistic and consensus. How do both terms apply to the U.S.?

  3. What is a multiparty system? Why do some people prefer it for the U.S.

  4. Name four factors (there are many) that that tend to influence party choice.

Political Parties - Crash Course Government

Entry 5 - 11/14/25 - American Government - Ch.5 pg. 126

  1. Define incumbent, faction, electorate, and sectionalism.

  2. When did the U.S.’s two party system begin to emerge? What were those parties known as?

  3. What did Thomas Jefferson’s Anti-Federalist party eventually become known as?

  4. Briefly describe the four major eras of political American Parties.

How America Became a Two-Party System

A visual representation of evolving U.S. political parties.

Entry 6 - 11/17/25 - American Government - Ch.5 pg. 132 - The Minor Parties

  1. Define ideological party. What kind of thought have most of them been built on? What does the Libertarian Party emphasize? Are ideological parties generally more long or short lived?

  2. Define single-issue party? What are some examples of them? Why are they usually short lived?

  3. Define economic protest parties. What are some examples of them? What usually happens to them?

  4. Define splinter parties. What are some examples of splinter parties?

  5. Name two ways minor parties are important.

Entry 7 - 11/18/25 - American Government - Ch. 5 pg. 137

  1. What are the major causes of the decentralized nature of political parties?

  2. What are the four main elements of major party organization at the national level?

  3. Describe how wards and precincts are part of the local party organization.

  4. What is split-ticket voting? How has its increase contributed to the weakened state of the two major political parties?

11/19/25 - American Government - Ch. 5 pg. 144

  • Complete the Chapter 5 Assessment on pg. 144 (#1-29) on a separate sheet of paper and hand in.

    • For #s 11-14, if the statement is false, rewrite the sentence to make it true.

Entry 8 - 11/20/25 - Ol’ Blue - Ch. 24 pg. 706

  1. Define fascism. List at least three characteristics of fascism.

  2. Who was Benito Mussolini?

  3. Who was Vladimir Lenin? Joseph Stalin?

  4. Who was Adolf Hitler? What was the Nazi Party?

  5. Why were isolationist ideas so strong in the U.S. during the 1930s? Why did FDR support internationalism?

Entry 9 - 11/21/25 - Record 10 facts from the following documentary:

Entry 10 - 11/24/25 - Ol’ Blue - Ch. 24 pg. 711

  1. What was the Neutrality Act of 1935? What did the Neutrality Act of 1937 add to it?

  2. Who was Francisco Franco? Who backed him?

  3. Who supplied Franco’s side during the Spanish Civil War? Who supplied the other side?

  4. When they eventually allied, what did Germany, Italy, and Japan become known as?

Entry 11 - 11/25/25 - Ol’ Blue - Ch. 24 pg. 713-715

  1. What reasons did Europe’s leaders have for believing Hitler could be satisfied and war avoided?

  2. What was the Austrian Anschluss? Why did Hitler want to seize Austria and Czechoslovakia?

  3. What was “appeasement?” Did it work?

  4. What was the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact?

I am collecting Entries so I can start fresh with World War II.

Entry 1 - 12/1/2025 - Google

  1. Use Google or AI to find 5 causes of World War II.

Entry 2 - 12/2/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 24 Pg 715

  1. When and where did World War II begin in Europe?

  2. How was Germany’s Blitzkrieg a new type of warfare compared to earlier wars?

  3. What was the Maginot Line?

  4. How were the events of June 4, 1940 considered a “Miracle at Dunkirk”?

12/3/2025 - Assignment

Causes of World War II WebQuest

Entry 3 - 12/4/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 24 Pg 717

  1. Who becomes the new Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1940?

  2. How did the events on August 23, 1940 change the course of the Battle of Britain?

  3. What new technology helped give Britain an advantage in this battle?

Entry 4 - 12/5/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 24 Pg 726

  1. How did FDR revise America’s Neutrality in 1939?

  2. How did the Lend-Lease Act continue to change America’s position of Neutrality?

  3. Why did the Japanese attack the United States at Pearl Harbor?

Entry 5 - 12/8/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 25 Sec 1

1.  WHY WAS THE US ABLE TO EXPAND ITS PRODUCTION SO QUICKLY AFTER PEARL HARBOR? PG 737

2.  WHY WAS THE AUTO INDUSTRY “UNIQUELY” SUITED TO THE MASS PRODUCTION OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT?

3. What was the Selective Service and Training Act?

Entry 6 - 12/9/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 25 Pg 743

  1. What was the Bataan Death March?

  2. What was the significance of the Doolittle Raid?

12/10/2025 - Battle of Midway video

12/11/2025 - Assignment

Pacific Battles WebQuest

Friday 12/12/2025 - Video on the Battle of Guadalcanal

Entry 7 - 12/15/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 25 Pg 745

  1. Why did the Americans decide to attack North Africa instead of invade Europe?

  2. What happened at the Battle of Kasserine Pass?

  3. What is the Convoy System?

Entry 8 - 12/16/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 25 Pg 740

  1. Why did many African Americans feel disfranchised?

  2. What was the Double-V Campaign?

  3. Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

QUIZ TOMORROW