Polsci 200.11 Final Review
There will be one multiple choice question for each category below, UNLESS noted by a number in parenthesis at the end of the item.
Categories
From Wasserman – 27 questions
Chapter One – What is Government?
Chapter Two – Is the Constitution Anti-Democratic? The Debate over Modern Federalism; How has the Constitution Changed?
Chapter Three – The Executive Office of the President; Cabinet Departments; Regulatory Commissions; Rise of the Civil Service.
Chapter Four – Makeup of Senate and House; Malapportionment and Reapportionment; How Congress Works; Committee Chairmen and the Seniority System; Filibuster; Presidential Veto; and The Budget Process.
Chapter Five: Judicial Review and National Supremacy; The Court After the Civil War; Modern Courts; Judicial Activism versus Judicial Restraint
Chapter Six: Which People need protection? Suspect Classifications; Race as..; Sex as..; The Justice Department; Private Attorney Generals; Legal Strategies; Obeying the Courts
From Lecture Notes– 11 questions
Week 1 – Analysis of 14th Amendment (1868-2003) – (2)
Week 2 – Virginia Colony and Bacon’s Rebellion – (2)
Week 3 – NY Times Article “In Turnaround, Industries Seek US Regulation” (1); Looking at the political spectrum (2); analysis of citizenship (2)
Week 4 – Dahl’s four steps towards revolutionary change (1); Causes of first fundamental social movement in U.S. history during the 1840s and 1850s (1).
PPT’s – 42 total
Federal Budget ppt (10) -- Total Outlay (#5); Watchdog of CIA article (#17); Osprey article (#19); Department of Homeland Security (#30); No Need for a Warrant artcle (#31); Medical audits article (#37); official ties to contractor article (#42); crackdown upends slaughterhouse (# 53); Dangerous Sealer article (#55); Department of Transportation (#57);
Critical Thinking ppt – Journalism study (#25 – #29) (5)
Civil Rights ppt – all 27 slides
Freedom on my Mind - 6 total questions– student submissions
Guest Lecturers – 6 total
Mesha (4) – 2 from her first appearance and 2 from second appearance
Bruce (2)
READINGS: 8 questions