1st Edition
POLS 1101: American Government
School: Georgia State University (GSU )
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Pages: 5This study guide covers lectures 16-20 on the institutions of government like the judiciary, the presidency, and the legislative.
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Pages: 3These notes discuss Pluralism and problems with this theory as well as how interest groups are linkage institutions
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Pages: 3Discusses interest groups, different types, and the key aspects of Pluralism
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Pages: 2These notes go over the different courts, judicial review, jurisdiction and the appointment process
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Pages: 3The notes discuss the legislative, judicial, executive, and military powers of the president as well as the requirements to become president.
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Pages: 2These notes discuss the different types of representations and committees found in Congress
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Pages: 2These notes go over Congress and the powers and requirements of the House and the Senate, as well as important terms in Congress
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Pages: 2This is just a quick review of things gone over in class for exam 2.
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Pages: 5This study guide covers lectures 9-14 and discusses political parties, voting, public opinion, political socialization, and more.
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Pages: 3These notes discuss what exactly political parties are, their functions, and the history of the two political parties.
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Pages: 3These notes go over how campaigns fund their elections and campaigns, the different types of money, and advertising for campaigns.
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Pages: 3These notes cover possible explanations for the current voter decline, how people choose who to vote for, the primary elections and the electoral college.
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Pages: 2These notes go over what political participation is, the different forms of participation, and why people do or do not vote.
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Pages: 2These notes discuss the framing effect, agenda setting, priming, and persuasion in relation to how it shapes and affects our political opinions and ideals.
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Pages: 2Goes over what public opinion is and some controversial topics as well as some agents of socialization and how it affects adolescents.
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Pages: 9This study guide is for the first exam and goes over all main components of each lecture such as the government, politics, the articles of confederation, federalism, civil rights, and civil liberties.
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Pages: 3These notes go over what civil rights are and the history of civil rights as well as significant court cases, acts, and people of the civil rights movement.
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Pages: 4Covers the difference between Civil Liberties and Civil Rights, the debate over the Bill of Rights, and some amendments.
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Pages: 3These notes discuss what federalism is and why we need it, the evolution of federalism, the division of powers, and coercive federalism.
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Pages: 2These notes briefly cover the amendments, the electoral college, and federalism.
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Pages: 3These lecture notes cover the issues brought up in the 1787 Constitutional Convention, the Great Compromise and its components, and then the three branches of government and their system of checks and balances
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Pages: 3These notes go over the taxes implemented on the colonies by the British government and the colonists' reaction, the Declaration of Independence and its key aspects, and the components and failures of the Articles of Confederation.
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Pages: 3This lecture serves as an introduction to the class, focusing on the many purposes of government, how government and politics are defined and the differences between the two, and the many types of government.