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Unit 1: Foundations of America
Key Terms:
Limited Government, Natural Rights, Popular Sovereignty, Republicanism, Social Contract
1.2 Types of Democracy
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Democracy, pluralist democracy, elite democracy
1.3 Government Power and Individual Rights
Key Terms:
Faction, federalists, anti-federalist, federalism, checks and balances, seperation of powers
1.4 Challenges of the Articles of Confederation
Key Terms:
Articles of Confederation, Shay’s Rebellion
1.5 Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
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Great Compromise, Electoral College, Three-Fifths Compromise, Amendment Process
1.6 Principles of American Government
Key Terms:
Congress, the President, Federal Judiciary, checks and balances, separation of powers
Federalism
1,7 Relationship Between the States and the Federal Government
Key Terms:
Checks and balances, seperation of powers
1.8- Constitutional Interpretations of Federalism
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Federalism, concurrent powers, federal revenue sharing, mandates, categorical grants, block grants
1.9- Federalism in Action
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Federalism, tenth amendment, fourteenth amendment, commerce clause, necessary and proper
Unit 2: Interactions Among the Branches
Congress- Chapter 7
2.1 Congess: The Senate and the House of Representatives
Key Terms:
Senate, house chamber sizes, constituencies, term-lengths in Congress, Enumerated Powers (including passing a budge, raising revenue, coining money, declaring war, and maintaining armed forces), implied powers, necessary and proper clause
2.2: Structures, Powers and Functions of Congress
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Policy making process, congressional standing committees, speaker of the house, president of the senate, party leadership in Congress, committee leadership, filibuster and cloture, holds, unanimous consent, rules committee, committee of the whole, discharge petitions, treaty ratification, confirmation, federal budget, discretionary spending, mandatory spending, entitlement spending, tax revenues, budget deficit, pork barrel, logrolling
2.3: Congressional Behavior
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Party polarization, gerrymandering, redistricting, “one person, one vote”, divided government, lame-duck, trustee, delegate, politico
The Presidency
2.4 Roles and Powers of the President
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Formal Powers, informal powers, vetoes, pocket vetoes, commander-in-chief, treaties, executive agreements, executive orders, signing statements
2.5 Checks on the President
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Appointments (Cabinet Members, ambassadors, white house staff, federal judges), executive orders
2.6 Expansion of Presidential Power
Key Terms:
Twenty-second amendment, formal powers, informal powers
2.7 Presidential Communication
Key Terms:
state of the union, bully pulpit
2.8 The Judicial Branch
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Judicial review
2.9- Legitimacy of the Judicial Branch
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Life tenure, precedent, stare decisis, appointment and confimation
2.10- The Courts in Action
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Judicial review, judicial activism, judicial restraint
2.11 Checks on the Judicial Branch
Key Terms:
Constitutional amendments, appointments and confirmations, court jurisdiction, implementation of Court Rulings
The Executive Branch and Bureaucracy
2.12- The Bureaucracy
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Regulations, fines, congressional testimony, issue network, irong traingles, political patronage, civil service, merit system
2.13- Discretionary and Rule-Making Authority
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Bureaucratic discretion, rule-making, policy implementation
2.14-Holding the Bureaucracy Accountable
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Oversight (committee hearings and power of the purse)
Unit 3: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Topic 1: Bill of Rights
Key Terms:
Bill of Rights, Civil Liberties
Topic 2: First Amendment Freedom of Religion
Key Terms:
Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause Foundational Documents and Required Cases: The Constitution of the United States, Engel v. Vitale (1962), Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
Topic 3: First Amendment Freedom of Speech
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Symbolic Speech, Limits on Speech – Time, Manner, and Place Regulations, Defamatory, Offensive, and Obscene Gestures, “Clear and Present Danger”
Topic 4: First Amendment Freedom of Press
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Prior Restraint
Topic 5: Right to Bear Arms
Key Terms:
Second Amendment
Topic 6: Balancing Individual Freedom with Public Order and Safety
Key Terms:
Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Eighth Amendment
Topic 7: Selective Incorporation
Key Terms:
Selective Incorporation, Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
Topic 8: Due Process and the Rights of the Accused
Key Terms:
Selective Incorporation, Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Miranda Rule, Miranda v. Arizona (1966), Public Safety Exception, Right to Legal Counsel, Right to Speedy and Public Trial, Right to Impartial Jury, Protection Against Warrantless Searches, Exclusionary Rule
Topic 9: Due Process and the Right to Privacy
Key Terms:
Ninth Amendment, Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
Topic 10: Social Movements and Equal Protection
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Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Civil Rights, National Organization for Women (NOW), Pro-Life Movement Foundational Documents: The Constitution of the United States, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Topic
Topic 11: Government Responses to Social Movements
Key Terms:
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, the Voting Rights Act of 1965
3.12: Balancing Minority and Majority Rights
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Key Terms: Public Accommodation Laws, Majority-Minority Districts
Topic 13: Affirmative Action
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Affirmative Action
Unit 4: American Ideologies and Beliefs
4.1: American Attitudes about Government and Politics
Key Terms:
Individualism, Equality of Opportunity, Free Enterprise, Rule of Law, Limited Government
4.2: Political Socialization
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Political Socialization, Political Culture
4.5: Measuring Public Opinion
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Opinion Polls, Tracking Polls, Exit Polls, Sampling Techniques, Sampling Error
4.7: Ideologies of Political Parties
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Democratic Party, Republican Party, Conservative Ideology, Liberal Ideolog
4.9: Ideology and Economic Policy
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Liberal Ideology, Conservative Ideology, Libertarian Ideology, Keynesian Economics, Supply-Side Economics, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, the Federal Reserve
4.10: Ideology and Social Policy
Key Terms:
Liberal Ideology, Conservative Ideology, Libertarian Ideology
Unit 5: Political Participation
5.1: Voting Rights and Models of Voting Behavior
Key Terms:
Fifteenth Amendment, Seventeenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment, Twenty-Fourth Amendment, Twenty-Sixth Amendment, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Rational Choice Voting, Retrospective Voting, Prospective Voting, Party-Line Voting
5.2: Voter Turnout
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Voter Turnout, Vote Choice, Political Efficacy, Voter Registration, Compulsory Voting, Mid-Term Elections, Presidential Elections, Relationship Between Demographics and Voter Turnout, Relationship Between Demographics and Vote Choice
5.3: Political Parties
Key Terms:
Linkage Institutions, Political Parties, Party Platforms, Committee and Party Leadership in Legislatures
5.4: How and Why Political Parties Change and Adapt
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Candidate-Centric Campaigns, Direct Primaries, Critical Elections, Realignments, Campaign Finance
5.5: Third-Party Politics
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Proportional System, Winner-Take-All System, Party Platforms
5.6: Interest Groups Influencing Policy-Making
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Iron Triangle, Issue Networks, “Free Rider” Problem
5.7: Groups Influencing Policy Outcomes
Key Terms:
Single-Issue Groups, Ideological/Social Movements, Protest Movements, Professional Organizations, Federal Budget Process
5.8: Electing a President
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Incumbency Advantage, Open and Closed Primaries, Caucuses, Party Conventions, Electoral College, Winner-Take-All, National Popular Vote
5.9: Congressional Elections
Key Terms:
Incumbency Advantage, Open and Closed Primaries, Caucuses, Presidential Elections, Mid-Term Elections
5.10: Modern Campaigns
Key Terms:
Political Consultants, Campaign Finance, Social Media
Chapter 14: The Campaign Process
5.11: Campaign Finance
Key Terms:
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, Soft Money, “Stand by Your Ad” provision, PACs and Super PACs
Chapter 15: The Media
5.12: The Media
Key Terms:
Horserace Journalism, Media as a Gatekeeper
5.13: Changing Media
Key Terms:
Media Bias, Partisan News Sites, Ideologically Oriented Programming
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