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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapters 4 & 5 Chapter 6
Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11
Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16
Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21

N.B.  The Study Guide must be completed for each chapter including the study guide essay questions.

Chapter 1:  Introducing Government in America

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Part One - Constitutional Foundations

Chapter 2: The Constitution                                The Bill of Rights Institute      The Founders Constitution    The National Constitution Center

Supreme Court Cases:    Marbury v. Madison (1803)    

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Chapter 3: Federalism

Supreme Court Cases:  

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Chapter 4: Civil Liberties and Public Policy

Supreme Court Cases:    Gideon v.Wainwright (1963)    Engle v. Vitale (1962)   NYTimes Co. v. NY US (1971)    W. Va. Bd. of Ed. v. Barnette (1943)

LAWRENCE et al. v. TEXAS 2003

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Chapter 5: Civil Rights and Public Policy

Supreme Court Decisions:    Korematsu V  US (1944)     Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)    Plessey v. Ferguson (1896)

Brown v. Board of Education (1954),      Regents of Univ. of California v. Bakke (1978)        GRUTTER v. BOLLINGER et al 2003

GRATZ et al. v. BOLLINGER et al. 2003    

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Part Two - People and Politics

Chapter 6: Public Opinion and Political Action

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Chapter 7: The Mass Media and the Political Agenda

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Chapter 8: Political Parties            Links to Political Websites

    Political Party Platform Comparison assignment.

Where do you fit?

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Chapter 9: Nominations and Campaigns

Buckley v. Valeo, 1976

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Chapter 10: Elections and Voting Behavior

  "Deadlock: The Inside Story of America's Closest Election"

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Chapter 11: Interest Groups
American Association of Retired Persons. AARP AFL-CIO
United Farm Workers
National Education Association  NEA National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

NAACP

American Medical Association  AMA
US Chamber of Commerce The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference National Catholic Education Association NCEA Mothers Against Drunk Driving  MADD National Rifle Association   NRA
Common Cause

 

  National Organization of Women   NOW  

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Part Three - The Policymakers

Chapter 12: Congress    Vote-Smart.org

 (United States Capitol)     [ Project Vote Smart]    Biographical directory of the US Congress (1774-present)    Congress Online Project,
Pay and Perquisites of Members of Congress
Congressional Pay Rates
Reference Resources on Congress - Project Vote Smart
Pa. US District 1

Robert Brady

Pa US District 2

Chakka Fattah

Pa. US. District 7

Joe Sestak

Pa. US District 13

Allyson Schwartz

Pa. US District 16

Joseph Pitts

Pa US District 6

Jim Gerlach

Apportionment of the US House of Representatives 108th Congress  through the 114th Congress Congress Link Congress Merge: Online Congressional Directory
How a Bill Becomes a Law (Project Vote Smart)
 
 
Senator Robert Casey, Jr.
Senator Arlen Specter 
Congress Link (The Dirksen Congressional Center)

Issues of Importance:

(Campaign Finance Reform),     (The Brookings Institution's Campaign Finance Reform Home Page),     (Project Vote Smart -  Campaign Finance Reform),     ( opensecrets.org -your guide to the money in American elections),    (Racial -  Gerrymandering),      ,  (Congress in Action),,   ,   Apportionment of the US House of Representatives 108th Congress.    

Supreme Court Cases:

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Chapter 13: The Presidency

 

 

American Presidency.org

 

 

 

The Bush Cabinet   Presidential Libraries IDEA Network Presidential Inaugurations: Menu of all Presidents Historical Tour of the White House The American Presidency - A Glorious Burden
Cuban Missile Crises:, 1962: A Perspective after 40 years. The Great Debate and Beyond: The History of televised Presidential Debates       Archives: State of the Union Speeches

Supreme Court Decisions:    Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company v. US (1952)     US v. Nixon (1974),    Bush v. Gore (2000),

Issues of Importance:  

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Chapter 14: The Congress, The President, and the Budget: The Politics of Taxing and Spending

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Chapter 15: The Federal Bureaucracy

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Chapter 16: The Federal Courts    The Supreme Court of the United States

US Supreme Court 

Supreme Court Justices

Landmark Supreme Court Cases

Supreme Court Decisions

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts

Famous Trials of the 20th Century,

Judicial activism influence
(commentary -10/10/03))

Justice Learning

Federal Court Concepts

The Dissenter: Justice John Paul Stevens

Bush Would Sever Law Group's Role in Screening Judges,       

 

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Chapter 17: Economic Policymaking

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Chapter 18: Social Welfare Policymaking

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Chapter 19: Policymaking for Health, Energy, and the Environment

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Chapter 20: Foreign and Defense Policymaking

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Chapter 21: The New Importance of State and Local Government

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