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Chapter Review
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Checking It Out
1. Use your research skills to determine how many
people are employed by our federal government.
What is the annual payroll of federal government
workers?
2. Symbols representing feelings and ideas are
printed on the paper money of the United States.
Look at a $1 bill and list the patriotic symbols
that you find on it. Make a list of the patriotic
pictures of leaders that are printed on all
denominations of our paper money.
3. Use a dictionary or encyclopedia to find out the
meaning of the term Kitchen Cabinet. Where did
this term originate?
Writing Across
the Curriculum
1. Who were Georgia’s representatives at the
Constitutional Convention? Prepare a short
biography on each delegate to share with your
classmates. Add pictures if you can locate
them.
2. Write letters to your Congressional representa-
tive and your senators. Find out how they
maintain contact with the voters in your
community. Find out where their local offices are
located and how those offices are staffed. Find
out what to do if you have a problem and need
assistance from them.
Exploring Technology
1. When our founding fathers came together to
form a new government, the only model any of
them had was the royal government in Great
Britain. Where did the ideas the new govern-
ment was based upon come from? Could the
American Indians have contributed to our nation
in this way? Using your favorite search engine,
examine the “Iroquois Confederacy” and
compare it to our government. Prepare a chart
to show your comparison.
2. Using your favorite search engine, locate the
websites of Georgia’s Congressional delegation.
Find out what committee assignments each
delegate received. Why do you think Georgia’s
delegates serve on those particular standing
committees? Are there standing committees
that have no participation from any of Georgia’s
delegation? Why do you think Georgians were
not appointed to these committees?
3. Go to Internet site www.usconstitution.net/
elecvotes.html to learn how many electoral
votes Georgia has. Click on “2004” to see how
those votes were cast in the 2004 election. You
may also want to look at Georgia’s electoral
votes in other elections.
Applying Your Skills
1. Thirty-nine of the fifty-five delegates who
attended the Constitutional Convention had also
served in the Continental Congress. What
percentage of the delegates to the Constitu-
tional Convention also participated in the
Continental Congress?
2. Look up your Congressional district representa-
tive to the U.S. Congress. What is his or her
voting record? Find out the person’s background
and some of his or her accomplishments since
being elected to Congress. Share your findings
with your classmates.
3. Find an example of an action by the federal
government in a newspaper or news magazine.
Identify which branch of government performed
the action.
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