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2626 Chapter 1 | Understanding American Politics What’s Your Take? Is the media the “watchdog” that protects democracy, or is it ...

Study guide 27 Making sense of American government and politics Describe the basic functions of government. (Pages 4–8) Summary ...

28 Chapter 1 | Understanding American Politics Sources of conflict in American politics Identify major sources of conflict in Am ...

Study guide 29 Summary One of the biggest problems in understanding American politics today is deciding whom you should believe. ...

30 Chapter 2Chapter 2Chapter 2 ||| The Constitution and the FoundingThe Constitution and the FoundingThe Constitution and the Fo ...

The Constitution and the Founding 31 Describe the historical circumstances that led to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. pa ...

32 Chapter 2Chapter 2 || The Constitution and the FoundingThe Constitution and the Founding The Historical Context of the Consti ...

The historical context of the Constitution 33 Under the Articles of Confederation, the weak national government was unable to ra ...

34 Chapter 2Chapter 2 || The Constitution and the FoundingThe Constitution and the Founding Congress also lacked any real author ...

The historical context of the Constitution 35 many states charged tolls and fees to export goods across state lines. (Just imagi ...

36 Chapter 2Chapter 2 || The Constitution and the FoundingThe Constitution and the Founding Political Theories of the Framers Al ...

chapter we discuss how the problem of slavery was handled), but the notion that a government gains its legitimacy from the “cons ...

38 Chapter 2Chapter 2 || The Constitution and the FoundingThe Constitution and the Founding Economic Interests Political ideas w ...

The politics of compromise at the Constitutional Convention 39 The Politics of Compromise at the Constitutional Convention The c ...

40 Chapter 2Chapter 2 || The Constitution and the FoundingThe Constitution and the Founding that required political compromise ( ...

Majority Rule versus Minority Rights A central problem for any representative democracy is protecting minority rights within a s ...

42 Chapter 2Chapter 2 || The Constitution and the FoundingThe Constitution and the Founding but this did not seem fair to large ...

The politics of compromise at the Constitutional Convention 43 FIGURE Connecticut’s Pivotal Place at the (^) 2.2 Constitutional ...

44 Chapter 2Chapter 2 || The Constitution and the FoundingThe Constitution and the Founding Selecting the President Another cont ...

The politics of compromise at the Constitutional Convention 45 was added as part of the Bill of Rights shortly after ratificatio ...