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POL 110 U.S. Government Full Course 2018 Strayer

POL 110 All Weeks Discussions Strayer

POL 110 Week 1 Discussion

Rewrite an Amendment – Please respond to the following:

You have the chance to rewrite one of the Constitutional Amendments besides the 2nd Amendment. Which amendment would you choose and why? What changes would you make in rewriting this amendment? How would this affect the day-to-day lives of U.S. citizens and residents today?

POL 110 Week 2 Discussion

States’ Rights vs. Federal Jurisdiction – Please respond to the following:

From the following 4 topics, research one issue from the past three (3) months. What is or are the main point or points in the issue you selected? Discuss if you side with states’ rights or federal jurisdiction regarding this issue and why.

• Education
• Health Care
• National Parks
• Environment

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States’ Rights vs. Federal Jurisdiction – Please respond to the following:

Assume you are from the State of Texas. Based on this week’s scenario, the information provided below, and the knowledge gained from reading Chapters 2, 3, and 4, in your opinion present arguments for or against the following Texas law. Argue one side only.

(1) Is the State of Texas infringing on a woman’s Right to Privacy by making abortion difficult to perform in the state? Why or why not?

(2) How would you relate this law to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade?

(3) Is this Texas law just, and does it infringe on a woman’s right to choose? Be insightful. Conduct some research.

For background information on this issue, please see the attached file.

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POL 110 Week 3 Discussion

The Right to Protest – Please respond to the following (use paragraphs to separate responses):

• Identify a recent protest from the past 3 months.
• Describe the issue or issues that were protested, who the protesters were, and what their actions were.
• Explain and discuss if there were counteractions, such as counter-protests, retaliation, or extra security visible during the protest.
• Do you think the government, universities, or businesses have the right to censor protests (threaten protesters with legal action or disciplinary action for protesting), or set limits on protests (including social media) such as where and when protests can happen by citizens/students/employees?

POL 110 Week 4 Discussion

Fair and Balanced –  Please respond to the following:

• Choose a current political issue within the past month. Find an article about the political issue selected from both a liberal and conservative news source (not social media).
• Provide a brief summary of the articles and discuss how each article covers the issue.
• Which article do you think did a better job of presenting the facts of the issue most clearly and objectively?

POL 110 Week 5 Discussion

The Influence of Interest Groups – Please respond to the following:

• Identify a recent policy debate (besides gun control) from the past 6 months. Research which interest groups participated in this policy. Do you think they had too much influence on the policy, the right amount, or not enough?

OR

Are interest groups seeking to corrupt the political process? – Please respond to the following:

• How do tightly organized, single interest groups differ from broadly based interest groups? For example, how should a Congressman react when confronted by a single interest group in his district that has a substantial voting bloc and includes millions of dollars in campaign contributions as opposed to focusing on the broad welfare of citizens (example – NRA vs. groups for gun control).

POL 110 Week 6 Discussion

Third Party Candidates – Please respond to the following:

• Discuss one effect that the two-party system of the United States has on the political interests of American citizens. Suggest one reason or strategy used by the two-party system to keep third party candidates from successfully running for president.

POL 110 Week 7 Discussion

I’m Just a Bill – Please respond to the following:

• Identify a bill in the House or Senate during the past 6 months that was scheduled for a vote but removed. Identify and discuss reasons why the vote was cancelled and implications for the people or congressional body.

POL 110 Week 8 Discussion

Executive Orders –  Please respond to the following:

• Identify an executive order that a U.S. president has issued in the past 2 years. Discuss why you think this was or was not a good use of presidential power. Did the president first try to get Congress to pass the order as a law? Or was it in response to an emergency or national crisis?

POL 110 Week 9 Discussion

The Right to a Fair Trial – Please respond to the following:

• Select a recent high-profile court case from the past 2 years. Identify and explain at least 3 factors of the trial that could prevent the defendant from receiving a fair trial. Then construct or develop at least 2 policies that could mitigate those issues.

POL 110 Week 10 Discussion

Social Policy – Please respond to the following:

• Research the current debates from the past 6 months about Social Security and Medicare. Identify one issue in the Social Security or Medicare debate and discuss two changes that would help address the issue you have identified.

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Foreign Policy – Please respond to the following:

• What should be America’s role in the Middle East or around the world? Explain why you think the United States should have this role or not. Identify one or two roles the United States should be engaged in internationally.
• To get you started, here is a video on the situation in Syria and how the United States got involved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFpanWNgfQY&t=14s

POL 110 Week 11 Discussion

Self-review of Course – Please respond to the following:

• Near the beginning of this Course Guide, you will find 15 course outcomes. Based on these outcomes, address the following:
• Select at least one outcome that was well accomplished from your point of view and explain why.
• Select at least one outcome that was not well accomplished and that you believe needed further coverage.
• Provide at least one enlightening experience you had in this course. For example, what fact or concept was new, surprising, or very interesting and you would not have known if you had not taken the course. Explain why this is valuable to you.

POL 110 All Weeks Exam Sets Strayer

POL 110 Week 4 Exam # 1

• Question 1

0 out of 5 points

	In the United States, a person is said to have political __________ if he or she acts in a certain way that is conferred by a law or by a state or national constitution.

• Question 2

5 out of 5 points

	In our political system, Aristotle’s ideal of direct democracy has been most closely approximated by the

• Question 3

5 out of 5 points

	The financial position of the state and national governments under the Articles of Confederation could be best described as

• Question 4

5 out of 5 points

	Karl Marx is associated with the view that elites reflect a(n)

• Question 5

5 out of 5 points

	One distinctive feature of many European democracies is that very few offices are

• Question 6

5 out of 5 points

	An unalienable right is one that is based on

• Question 7

5 out of 5 points

	The Declaration of Independence explicitly stated that governments were instituted among men to

• Question 8

5 out of 5 points

	Madison dramatized his perspective in a Federalist paper by observing that “if men were _________, no government would be necessary.”

• Question 9

5 out of 5 points

	Under the Articles of Confederation, amendments had to

• Question 10

5 out of 5 points

	Each state would have had an equal number of votes in the legislature under the ________ Plan.

• Question 11

5 out of 5 points

	A central premise in Marshall’s analysis of federalism was that the government of the United States was established by

• Question 12

5 out of 5 points

	One of the reasons that our local governments are independent of the national government is

• Question 13

5 out of 5 points

	Which is a procedure that enables voters to reject a measure adopted by the legislature?

• Question 14

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	According to the Office of Management and Budget, this program represented the largest federal grant to state and local governments for fiscal year 2014.

• Question 15

5 out of 5 points

	In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), the Supreme Court ruled that

• Question 16

5 out of 5 points

	The earliest immigrant group to arrive in large numbers and thus alter the scope of civil liberties issues consisted of

• Question 17

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	If police get a search warrant that they thought was valid but the judge used the wrong form, the ______ allows them to still use the warrant.

• Question 18

5 out of 5 points

	In this Supreme Court decision, the Court held that the federal guarantees of free speech and free press also applied to the states.

• Question 19

5 out of 5 points

	In passing the Sedition Act of 1798, the Federalists were fearful that Thomas Jefferson and his party would

• Question 20

5 out of 5 points

	In 1803, this U.S. president wrote a letter to the governor of Pennsylvania requesting that he prosecute newspaper publishers for speaking out against the government.

• Question 21

5 out of 5 points

	The difference between de facto and de jure segregation is that

• Question 22

5 out of 5 points

	Laws that address public order and the safety and morals of citizens have traditionally been considered the focus of

• Question 23

5 out of 5 points

	In order to discourage segregation, federal laws began to

• Question 24

5 out of 5 points

	A great change in the status of American women took place when

• Question 25

5 out of 5 points

	The philosophy of civil disobedience suggests that there is value to

POL 110 Week 8 Exam # 2

• Question 1

5 out of 5 points

	Although early studies of American public opinion and voting found low information levels, they also found that Americans were pretty good at

• Question 2

5 out of 5 points

	If any given voter has an equal chance of being in a survey, the sample is best described as a __________ sample.

• Question 3

5 out of 5 points

	Which of the following ages is most likely to be considered part of someone’s “impressionable years”?

• Question 4

5 out of 5 points

	In the early years of the republic, newspapers were financially supported by

• Question 5

5 out of 5 points

	Political __________ is the process by which personal and other background traits influence one’s views about politics and government.

• Question 6

5 out of 5 points

	An outsider strategy that is designed to generate public pressure directly on government officials is

• Question 7

5 out of 5 points

	Progressives called for civil service reform to

• Question 8

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	The modern Republican Party

• Question 9

5 out of 5 points

	The __________ manages the day-to-day work of the party.

• Question 10

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	The first step in electing candidates to office is

• Question 11

5 out of 5 points

	Now, people can register to vote when they apply for

• Question 12

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	In most European nations, voter registration is

• Question 13

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	Compared to citizens of other nations, Americans are _______ involved in politics and community affairs and vote at ________ levels.

• Question 14

5 out of 5 points

	What amendment gave women the right to vote?

• Question 15

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	In 1995, the 104th Congress passed a bill that obliges Congress to obey 11 important laws governing things, including all of the following EXCEPT

• Question 16

5 out of 5 points

	The _________ privilege allows members of Congress to send mail to their constituents for free.

• Question 17

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	The Supreme Court struck down an effort by a state to impose term limits on

• Question 18

5 out of 5 points

	A concurrent resolution passed by Congress seeks to

• Question 19

5 out of 5 points

	What is the term used to describe a two-chamber legislative body?

• Question 20

5 out of 5 points

	Today, it takes __________ of the Senate to cut off debate.

• Question 21

5 out of 5 points

	A marginal district is one in which

• Question 22

5 out of 5 points

	Beginning in 1997, the chairs of Senate committees were limited to

• Question 23

5 out of 5 points

	Congress is quick to pass what type of legislation, according to the text?

• Question 24

5 out of 5 points

	__________ are provisions that direct the federal government to fund specific projects.

• Question 25

5 out of 5 points

	Recent changes in the composition of Congress have resulted in

POL 110 Week 11 Exam # 3

• Question 1

5 out of 5 points

	Which of the following is NOT one of the constraints on a president’s ability to plan a program?

• Question 2

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	When the government is unable to act on matters such as education because the legislature believes states should pay more for education and the president believes the federal government should pay more for education, it is an example of

• Question 3

5 out of 5 points

	The electoral college provides for each state to cast _____ electoral vote(s) for each senator and representative it has.

• Question 4

5 out of 5 points

	When the president uses the prestige and visibility of the office to guide or mobilize the American people, we say that he/she is using the

• Question 5

5 out of 5 points

	In his first term in office, Barack Obama vetoed

• Question 6

5 out of 5 points

	When Congress formally sets aside money for a specific use, it is called a(n)

• Question 7

5 out of 5 points

	A laissez-faire economy is one which is

• Question 8

0 out of 5 points

	In terms of bureaucracy, divided government appears to have the greatest effect on

• Question 9

5 out of 5 points

	One way that appropriations committees have lost their power is because Congress changed many programs from permanent authorization to __________ authorization.

• Question 10

5 out of 5 points

	The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 requires

• Question 11

5 out of 5 points

	Fee shifting is the practice of

• Question 12

5 out of 5 points

	One unintended consequence of the Supreme Court’s heavy caseload is an increase in the influence wielded by

• Question 13

5 out of 5 points

	Courts do not issue _________ opinions.

• Question 14

5 out of 5 points

	Brown v. Board of Education is an example of a

• Question 15

5 out of 5 points

	If California and Arizona sue each other over water usage from the Colorado River, the case can be heard only

• Question 16

0 out of 5 points

	Welfare policies in which a relatively few number of people benefit but almost everyone pays are characterized by

• Question 17

5 out of 5 points

	Which industry is the most vocal regarding the topic of pesticides and has made their voice heard in Congress so that very few pesticides have been taken off the market?

• Question 18

0 out of 5 points

	Which region of the United States was most impacted by acid rain?

• Question 19

0 out of 5 points

	Which of the following is NOT true about AFDC?

• Question 20

5 out of 5 points

	The form of pollutant thought to be caused by the burning of high-sulfur coal by Midwestern steel mills and electric power plants is

• Question 21

0 out of 5 points

	When describing how well the American public is informed on foreign affairs, it is accurate to say

• Question 22

0 out of 5 points

	The National Security Council includes all of the following EXCEPT the

• Question 23

5 out of 5 points

	In September of 2002, President George W. Bush issued a document formally announcing that the doctrine of __________ would guide American foreign policy in regard to the war on terror.

• Question 24

5 out of 5 points

	The Supreme Court ruled that Harry Truman overstepped the bounds of wartime executive power when he

• Question 25

5 out of 5 points

	Which worldview did Walter Lippmann argue against in his book The Cold War?

POL 110 All Weeks Assignments Strayer

POL 110 Week 6 Assignment 1: Politics – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Due Week 6 and worth 200 points

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper that answers the following three (3) items using headers to separate each item:

1. Discuss either two (2) civil liberties or two (2) civil rights events. One event must be from within the last two years, and the other may be from the past. Select events that have influenced a sense of social responsibility in the American government today. Provide examples to support your answer. In your response, consider how the events influenced the way state, local, or national political leaders or agencies responded in a socially responsible or ethical manner toward the community. Please cite your sources in APA style.
2. Discuss two (2) media events (past or present) that have positively and/or negatively influenced the public’s opinion of a government agency. One event must be within the last two years, and the other may be from the past. Provide examples to support your answer. Consider how a news story or media coverage of an event positively or negatively changed the public’s opinion (or perception) regarding how responsible a government agency should be towards meeting the needs of its customers (i.e., the American people). Please cite your sources in APA style.
3. Discuss two (2) differences between the Republican and Democratic parties that may have an ethical impact (positively or negatively) on the American people. Provide examples from the past 2 years to support your answer. Consider the different ideologies, values, morals, and/or goals held by the Republican and Democratic parties, and their different views on the ethically or morally right way to govern and make the best policies for the people they serve. Determine if your example presents any type of ethical concerns for or against the public best interest of the American people. Please cite your sources in APA style.

In your research, you cannot use Wikipedia, online dictionaries, Sparknotes, Cliffnotes, or any other website that does not qualify as an academic resource.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include an APA cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are to:

• Identify informed opinions on issues and questions involving the U.S. government, national political processes, policy making, and the notion of democracy.
• Employ terminology used to study political science and American government.
• Distinguish between civil rights and civil liberties in the context of Supreme Court protection of freedom of expression.
• Develop reasoned written and spoken presentations on issues and questions involving the U.S. government and national political processes using information in the course.
• Explain how the federal system of government works.
• Explore different perspectives on issues and questions about the U.S. government and national political processes.
• Describe the importance of an informed, proactive citizenship for the effective operation of the national government and political processes.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in the field of U.S. government and politics.
• Write clearly and concisely about U.S. government and politics using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

POL 110 Week 10 Assignment 2: It May Not Work in Politics

Due Week 10 and worth 225 points

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which the student addresses the following three (3) items using headers to separate each response:

1. Congressional Ethics: Identify one (1) member of Congress who has been charged with ethics violations in the past 2 years (include the date). Briefly discuss the reason for the charges and provide two (2) reasons why you agree or disagree with the verdict and any penalties. Provide examples to support your answer. Consider how the verdict and penalties impacts your trust of the members of Congress.
2. Third Party Candidates: Discuss two (2) political reasons why a third party candidate has never been successful in winning a presidential election. Provide examples to support the answer. Consider the political impact of the Republican and Democratic Party if a third party was successful.
3. Federal and State Authority: Identify one (1) current issue facing the United States today (from the past 6 months). Analyze the respective roles of federal and state authorities in addressing the issue. Determine whether the U.S. Constitution constrains the federal and state responses to the issue. Explain.

In your research, you cannot use Wikipedia, online dictionaries, Sparknotes, Cliffnotes, or any other Website do that do not qualify as an academic resource.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are to:

• Identify informed opinions on issues and questions involving the U.S. government, national political processes, policy making, and the notion of democracy.
• Employ terminology used to study political science and American government.
• Develop reasoned written and spoken presentations on issues and questions involving the U.S. government and national political processes using information in the course.
• Describe the basic values of American political culture.
• Explain how the federal system of government works.
• Explore different perspectives on issues and questions about the U.S. government and national political processes.
• Describe the importance of an informed, effective citizenship for the national government and political processes.
• Use concepts from our study of U.S. national government and politics (such as models of democracy) to discuss government and politics in state, local, and international contexts.
• Examine the evolution of presidential power in military affairs.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in the field of U.S. government and politics.
• Write clearly and concisely about U.S. government and politics using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

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