Reading Essentials and Study Guide - Student Edition
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Contents
Chapter 1
Section 1: Government of the People, by the People, for the People ...................1
Section 2: The Path to Citizenship ...................................................................6
Section 3: The Diversity of Americans..............................................................9
Chapter 2
Section 1: Our English Heritage ....................................................................13
Section 2: The Birth of a Democratic Nation ...................................................17
Section 3: The Nation¡¯s First Governments .....................................................21
Chapter 3
Section 1: The Road to the Constitution .........................................................25
Section 2: Creating and Ratifying the Constitution...........................................28
Section 3: The Structure of the Constitution ...................................................32
Section 4: Principles Underlying the Constitution ............................................36
Chapter 4
Section 1: The First Amendment ...................................................................41
Section 2: Other Guarantees in the Bill of Rights ............................................44
Section 3: Extending the Bill of Rights ...........................................................48
Section 4: The Civil Rights Struggle ...............................................................51
Chapter 5
Section 1: The Duties and Responsibilities of Citizenship .................................54
Section 2: Volunteering in Your Community ...................................................58
Chapter 6
Section 1: How Congress Is Organized ...........................................................62
Section 2: The Powers of Congress................................................................67
Section 3: Representing the People ...............................................................71
Section 4: How a Bill Becomes a Law ............................................................75
Chapter 7
Section 1: The President and Vice President ...................................................79
Section 2: The President¡¯s Job ......................................................................83
Section 3: Making Foreign Policy ..................................................................86
Section 4: Presidential Advisers and Executive Agencies ..................................89
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Chapter 8
Section 1: The Federal Court System..............................................................94
Section 2: How Federal Courts Are Organized ................................................97
Section 3: The United States Supreme Court.................................................101
Section 4: Deciding Cases at the Supreme Court ...........................................105
Chapter 9
Section 1: Development of American Political Parties ....................................109
Section 2: Organization of American Political Parties ....................................114
Section 3: Role of Political Parties Today .....................................................117
Chapter 10
Section 1: Who Can Vote? ..........................................................................121
Section 2: Election Campaigns ....................................................................125
Section 3: Paying for Election Campaigns.....................................................128
Chapter 11
Section 1: Public Opinion ...........................................................................132
Section 2: The Mass Media.........................................................................136
Section 3: Interest Groups ..........................................................................140
Chapter 12
Section 1: The Federal System ....................................................................145
Section 2: The State Legislative Branch ........................................................149
Section 3: The State Executive Branch..........................................................153
Section 4: The State Judicial Branch ............................................................156
Chapter 13
Section 1: City Government ........................................................................159
Section 2: County Governments ..................................................................164
Section 3: Towns, Townships, and Villages ...................................................167
Chapter 14
Section 1: How a Community Handles Issues................................................170
Section 2: Education and Social Issues .........................................................173
Section 3: Environmental Issues..................................................................178
Chapter 15
Section 1: The Sources of Our Laws.............................................................182
Section 2: Types of Laws ............................................................................185
Section 3: The American Legal System .........................................................188
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Chapter 16
Section 1: Civil Cases.................................................................................193
Section 2: Criminal Cases ...........................................................................197
Section 3: Young People and the Courts.......................................................202
Chapter 17
Section 1: Civic Participation ......................................................................206
Section 2: Challenges for Democracy ...........................................................209
Section 3: Regulating the Internet ...............................................................212
Chapter 18
Section 1: The Fundamental Economic Problem ............................................216
Section 2: Making Economic Decisions.........................................................219
Section 3: Being an Economically Smart Citizen ............................................223
Chapter 19
Section 1: Economic Resources ...................................................................226
Section 2: Economic Activity and Productivity...............................................229
Section 3: Capitalism and Free Enterprise ....................................................232
Section 4: The Economy and You ................................................................236
Chapter 20
Section 1: What Is Demand?.......................................................................240
Section 2: Factors Affecting Demand............................................................243
Chapter 21
Section 1: What Is Supply? .........................................................................247
Section 2: Factors Affecting Supply..............................................................250
Section 3: Markets and Prices.....................................................................253
Chapter 22
Section 1: Types of Businesses....................................................................256
Section 2: Labor Unions .............................................................................261
Section 3: Businesses in Our Economy.........................................................265
Chapter 23
Section 1: The Role of Government .............................................................268
Section 2: Measuring the Economy..............................................................272
Section 3: Government, the Economy, and You .............................................277
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