Help HELP NOW HELP 1. List six adjectives that describe the life of a mobster.

2. Describe what seems to attract people to this lifestyle.

3. Describe how the mob supposedly uses violence to lifestyle?

4. Explain how members of a mob crime family prey on and take advantage of other people.

5. What does Frank Gioia’s attitude towards violence say about mafia members?

6. Summarize what the term “Omerta” is supposed to mean in the life of a mobster.

7. Who did mobster John “Junior” Gotti say was higher in standing than mafia turncoats (often called “rats”)?

8. In the life of a mobster, who does he own the ultimate allegiance to?

9. What caused Michael Franseze’s relationship with his mafia dad, Sonny Franseze, to sour and make Michael think about leaving the life of a mobster?

10. In the mob life, describe how important it was to read people to try to understand their motivations.

1) checks and balances- this idea is implemented in the constitution to ensure that no one branch of the federal government gains too much power. for example, the legislative branch(congress) can approve a bill that will then be sent to the executive branch (president). if the president does not like the bill or thinks that it violates the rights of citizens, he/she can veto the bill. vetoing the bill stops the bill from becoming a law. this check on power ensures that congress makes laws that do not violate the rights of citizens.

2) anti-federalists do not want to ratify the constitution unless it includes a bill of rights. the anti-federalists are worried that the constitution gives too much power to the federal government. having a strong central government caused problems when the us was still part of great britain. this is why the anti-federalists are fearful of this type of system.

3) federalists want a new constitution passed because it will fix america's weak political structure. before the us constitution is implemented, the constitution being used is known as the articles of confederation. this constitution has an extremely weak central government, allowing for disunity among the states.

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the committees of correspondence were the american colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the revolutionary war. in 1764, boston formed the earliest committee of correspondence to encourage opposition to britain’s stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of american paper money. the following year, new york formed a similar committee to keep the other colonies notified of its actions in resisting the stamp act. in 1773, the virginia house of burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a committee for intercolonial correspondence. the exchanges that followed built solidarity during the turbulent times and bring about the formation of the first continental congress in 1774.