Reading Essentials and Study Guide
Reading Essentials and Study Guide
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UNIT 1 Foundations of American Government
Chapter 1
People and Government Section 1 Principles of Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Section 2 The Formation of Governments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Section 3 Types of Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Section 4 Economic Theories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2
The Origins of American Government Section 1 The Colonial Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Section 2 Uniting for Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Section 3 The Articles of Confederation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Section 4 The Constitutional Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 3
The Constitution Section 1 Structure and Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Section 2 Three Branches of Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Section 3 Amending the Constitution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Section 4 The Amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 4
The Federal System Section 1 National and State Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Section 2 Relations Among the States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Section 3 Developing Federalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Section 4 Federalism and Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
UNIT 2 The Legislative Branch
Chapter 5
The Organization of Congress Section 1 Congressional Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Section 2 The House of Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Section 3 The Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Section 4 Congressional Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Section 5 Staff and Support Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Chapter 6
Development of Congressional Powers Section 1 Constitutional Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Section 2 Investigations and Oversight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Section 3 Congress and the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Chapter 7
Congress at Work Section 1 How a Bill Becomes a Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Section 2 Taxing and Spending Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Section 3 Influencing Congress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Section 4 Helping Constituents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
UNIT 3 The Executive Branch
Chapter 8
The Presidency Section 1 President and Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Section 2 Electing the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Section 3 The Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Section 4 The Executive Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Chapter 9
Presidential Leadership Section 1 Presidential Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Section 2 Roles of the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Section 3 Styles of Leadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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Chapter 10
The Federal Bureaucracy Section 1 Bureaucratic Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Section 2 The Civil Service System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Section 3 The Bureaucracy at Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
UNIT 4 The Judicial Branch
Chapter 11
The Federal Court System Section 1 Powers of the Federal Courts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Section 2 Lower Federal Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Section 3 The Supreme Court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Chapter 12
Supreme Court Decision Making Section 1 The Supreme Court at Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Section 2 Shaping Public Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Section 3 Influencing Court Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
UNIT 5 Liberty and Justice for All
Chapter 13
Constitutional Freedoms Section 1 Constitutional Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Section 2 Freedom of Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Section 3 Freedom of Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Section 4 Freedom of the Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Section 5 Freedom of Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Chapter 14
Citizenship and Equal Justice Section 1 A Nation of Immigrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Section 2 The Basis of Citizenship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Section 3 Equal Protection of the Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Section 4 Civil Liberties Challenges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Chapter 15
Law in America Section 1 Sources of American Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Section 2 Civil Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Section 3 Criminal Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Section 4 The Rights of the Accused . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
UNIT 6 Participating in Government
Chapter 16
Political Parties Section 1 Development of Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Section 2 Party Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Section 3 Nominating Candidates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Chapter 17
Elections and Voting Section 1 Election Campaigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Section 2 Expanding Voting Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Voter's Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Section 3 Influences on Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Chapter 18
Interest Groups and Public Opinion Section 1 Interest Group Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Section 2 Affecting Public Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Section 3 Shaping Public Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Section 4 Measuring Public Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Chapter 19
Mass Media and the Internet Section 1 How Media Impact Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Section 2 Regulating Print and Broadcast Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Section 3 The Internet and Democracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
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UNIT 7 Public Policies and Services
Chapter 20
Taxing and Spending Section 1 Raising Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Section 2 Preparing the Federal Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Section 3 Managing the Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Chapter 21
Social and Domestic Policy Section 1 Business and Labor Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Section 2 Agriculture and Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Section 3 Health and Public Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Section 4 Education, Housing, and Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Chapter 22
Foreign Policy and Defense Section 1 Development of Foreign Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Section 2 Shared Foreign Policy Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Section 3 State and Defense Departments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Section 4 Foreign Policy in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
UNIT 8 State and Local Government
Chapter 23
State Governments Section 1 State Constitutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Section 2 The Three Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Section 3 State Government Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Section 4 Financing State Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Chapter 24
Local Governments Section 1 Structure of Local Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Section 2 Serving Localities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Section 3 Challenges of Urban Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
UNIT 9 Political and Economic Systems
Chapter 25
Political Systems in Today's World Section 1 Democratic Governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284 Section 2 Authoritarian Governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Section 3 International Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Section 4 Global Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Chapter 26
Development of Economic Systems Section 1 Capitalist and Mixed Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Section 2 Emerging Economies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Section 3 Major Economies in Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Section 4 The Global Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
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