American Politics Today - Essentials (3rd Ed)

WHAT IS POLITICS?| 11 Finally, we are not arguing that all confl ict is good. For example, obstruction for the sake of obstruct ...

12 CHAPTER 1|UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN POLITICS short-lived as Republican Scott Brown won a special election in early 2010 to fi ...

Answers: 1.b; 2.a The rule that the president must receive a majority of votes in the electoral college (not just the most votes ...

14 CHAPTER 1|UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN POLITICS individuals whom they meet in other areas of life. Also, consider that convincing ...

Economic Interests People’s economic interests today vary widely, and they constitute a source of con- fl ict in politics. In co ...

16 CHAPTER 1|UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN POLITICS of intelligent design and creationism; gay marriage; abortion; stem cell research ...

SOURCES OF CONFLICT IN AMERICAN POLITICS | 17 Also, personal ideologies are not always consistent. Someone could be both a fi s ...

18 CHAPTER 1|UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN POLITICS relative strength by state of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, with the reddest stat ...

STUDY GUIDE|^19 STUDY GUIDE WHY DO WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT? E Describe the basic functions of government. Pages 6–9 SUMMARY Forms ...

20 CHAPTER 1|UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN POLITICS S PRACTICE ONLINE “What Do Political Scientists Do?” video exercise: William Bian ...

STUDY GUIDE|^21 Which issue is commonly associated with the culture wars? a) the national debt b) environmental regulation c) ...

The Constitution and the Founding 22 2 ...

23 SUPPORTERS OF THE TEA PARTY movement think the federal government has overstepped the powers granted by the Constitution. Thr ...

24 CHAPTER 2|THE CONSTITUTION AND THE FOUNDING Antifederalists over the document’s ratifi cation. Unfortunately, the Constitut ...

THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION| 25 The Historical Context of the Constitution The Constitution was created through ...

26 CHAPTER 2|THE CONSTITUTION AND THE FOUNDING that rejected the trappings of royalty, there was still a large contingent of T ...

THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION | 27 the states. For example, Congress could suggest the amount of money each state ...

28 CHAPTER 2|THE CONSTITUTION AND THE FOUNDING courts to stop prosecuting debtors and taking their land, but the rebels were r ...

THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION | 29 First among these principles was rejection of monarchy in favor of a form of go ...

30 CHAPTER 2|THE CONSTITUTION AND THE FOUNDING than the disease,” and the second he found “as impracti- cable as the fi rst wo ...