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Chapter 1 - Introducing Government in America
Goods such as clean air and clean...,
The institutions and processes th...,
The process by which we select ou...
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Chapter 2 - The Constitution
The document approved by the repr...,
A nation s basic law it creates p...,
Rights inherent in human beings n...
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Chapter 3 - Federalism
A way of organizing a nation so t...,
A way of organizing a nation so t...,
The national government is weak a...
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Chapter 4 - Civil Liberties and Public Policy
Th first ten amendments to the us...,
Individual legal and constitution...,
The constitutional amendment that...
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Supreme Court Cases
The 1925 supreme court decision h...,
The 1833 supreme court decision h...,
The 1971 supreme court decision t...
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Chapter 5 - Civil Rights and Public Policy
The constitutional amendment adop...,
Policies designed to protect peop...,
Part of the 14th amendment emphas...
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Chapter 13 Congress
Activities of members of congress...,
Individuals who already hold office,
The mighty list of federal projec...
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Chapter 14 - The Politics of Taxing and Spending
An excess of federal expenditures...,
A policy document allocating burd...,
Federal spending of revenues majo...
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Chapter 14 The Presidency
The political equivalent of an in...,
Passed in 1951 the amendment that...,
The events and scandal surroundin...
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Chapter 15 - The Federal Bureaucracy
A hiring or promotion system base...,
A hierarchical authority structur...,
Passed in 1883 an act that create...
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Chapter 16 - The Federal Courts
The requirement that plaintiffs h...,
Lawsuits permitting a small numbe...,
A requirement that to be heard a ...
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Chapter 6 - Public Opinion and Political Action
The science of population changes,
The distribution of the populatio...,
A valuable tool for understanding...
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Chapter 9 - Nominations and Campaigns
The way in which candidates attem...,
The official endorsement of a can...,
The supreme power within each of ...
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Chapter 10 - Elections and Voting Behavior
A state level method of direct le...,
A characterization of elections b...,
A process permitted in some state...
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Chapter 7 - The Mass Media and the Political Agenda
Television radio newspapers magaz...,
A politics in which the behavior ...,
Events purposely staged for the m...
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Chapter 9 Political Parties
According to anthony downs a team...,
The battle of the parties for con...,
The channels through which people...
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Chapter 11 - Interest Groups
A theory of government and politi...,
An organization of people with sh...,
A theory of government and politi...
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Chapter 17 - Economic Policymaking
An economic system in which the g...,
Businesses with vast holdings in ...,
The federal agency created during...
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Chapter 20 - National Security Policymaking
An organization whose members inc...,
An alliance of the major western ...,
The head of the department of sta...
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