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  • Ways to get involved: Donating money or time to a candidate with similar beliefs
    Campaigning for a candidate
    Lobbying public officials
    Letter writing
    Participating in an interest group
  • (State or Local Participation) Run for the school board
    Local
  • The job of the legislative branch is to
    make laws
  • (Executive, Legislative, Judicial branch) Environmental Protection Agency establishes regulations to prevent pollution
    Executive
  • Two-house legislature
    bicameral
  • (State or Local)Volunteer as a fireman
    Local
  • Federalism
    A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
  • The job of the judicial branch is to
    interpret laws
  • Checks and Balances
    A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
  • (State or Local) Vote in state-wide elections
    State
  • Popular Sovereignty
    A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
  • Participation at the state level that allows people to vote on laws or amendments.
    Referendum
  • (Federal, state, or local) Sign a petition to bring the issue of emergency services to the governor’s attention
    State
  • (Federal, state, local) Ohio Courts of Common Pleas applies sentencing guidelines for convicted felons
    State
  • Participation at the state level that allows people to put an issue on the ballot to be voted on
    Initiative
  • (Federal, state, local) State Department issues a warning about travel in a foreign country
    Federal
  • (Federal, state, local) Run for General Assembly on a platform of improved emergency services
    State
  • Ways to get involved: Writing your representative to express your views
    Providing testimony
    Preparing judicial briefs
    Letter writing
    Holding public demonstrations
  • Judicial Review
    Allows the court to determine the constitutionality of laws
  • (State or Local Participation)Volunteer for the Neighborhood Watch Group
    Local
  • The job of the executive branch is to
    enforce laws
  • Ways to get involved: Groups who are paid to influence Congress (lobbyists); they are hired by Interest Groups to inform Congress of policies
    Campaigning for a candidate
    Letter writing
    Providing testimony
    Lobbying public officials
  • Separation of Powers
    Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
  • public policy
    the course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem
  • (Executive, Legislative, Judicial branch) Miamisburg residents want the city to install a traffic light at an accident-prone intersection
    Legislative
  • (State or Local Participation)Serve in the National Guard
    State
  • (Federal, state, local) Congressional Budget Office provides analyses of economic and budgetary data
    Federal
  • (Federal, state, local) City council agrees to build a new skate park
    Local
  • Ways to get involved: Joining an organization (like the NRA)to promote the group’s cause
    Letter writing
    Participating in an interest group
    Holding public demonstrations
    Campaigning for a candidate
  • (Executive, Legislative, Judicial branch) State Department issues a warning about travel in a foreign country
    Executive
  • Ways to get involved: Marches (or demonstrations) to show how the people feel
    Lobbying public officials
    Campaigning for a candidate
    Holding public demonstrations
    Participating in an interest group
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