Chapter 1 Key Topics

1. ·     What is Political Power?

2. ·     Power

3. ·     Authority

4. ·     Legitimacy

5. ·     Three different types of democracies

Four Theories of Who Governs:

1. ·     Marxist view

2. ·     Elite

3. ·     Bureaucrats

4. ·     Pluralist view

Chapter 2 Key Topics

1. Declaration of Independence and unalienable rights
2. Articles of Confederation
3. Pennsylvania State Constitutions
4. Massachusetts State Constitutions
5. Shays’ Rebellion
6. James Madison
7. John Locke
8. Virginia Plan
9. New Jersey Plan
10. Great Compromise

• Five Key Principles of the Constitution:

11. Federalism
12. Republicanism
13. Judicial Review
14. Separation of Powers
15. Flexibility
16. Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists (Hamilton vs. Jefferson)
17. Federalist Papers 10 and 51 (coalitions and factions) page 36 and 37

• The liberties guaranteed in the Constitution (before the Bill of Rights was added) page 37

18. Habeas Corpus
19. Bill of Attainder
20. Ex Post Facto Law
21. All 27 of the amendments
22. Ways of Amending the Constitution (p. 44)

• Examples of the system of Checks and Balances for each branch:

23. Legislative Brach checks on the Executive
24. Legislative Brach checks on the Judicial
25. Executive Brach checks on the Legislative
26. Executive Brach checks on the Judicial
27. Judicial Brach checks on the Legislative
28. Executive Brach checks on the Executive

Chapter 3 Key Topics

1. ·       Federalism

2. ·       Unitary Government

3. ·       Confederate System

4. ·       Hamilton’s view of federal system in Federalist paper No. 28 (p. 58)

5. ·       Elastic Language

6. ·       John Marshall

7. ·       McCulloch v. Maryland

8. ·       “Necessary and Proper”

9. ·       Article I, Section 8 of Constitution

10. ·       Nullification

11. ·       Dual Federalism

12. ·       The Commerce Clause (Courts evolving interpretation of Interstate vs. Intrastate commerce)

13. ·       Grants-in-aid

14. ·       Reasons why state politicians like federal grants

15. ·       Categorical vs. Block Grants

16. ·       Mandates (know examples of jails and ADA)

Chapter 4 Review Topics

·      Write short notes on each topic

·      Five Elements of U.S. Political Culture:

o    Liberty

o    Equality

o    Democracy

o    Civic Duty

o    Individual Responsibility

·      Progressive View

·      Orthodox View

·      Government Mistrust and Watergate

·      Political Efficacy:

o    Internal

o    External

Chapter 7 Key Topics

1.                    Political Party

2.                    Democrats

3.                    Republicans

4.                    Greens

5.                    Libertarians

6.                    Problems of the nominating system for Presidential Candidates

7.                    Jeffersonian Republicans

8.                    Federalists

9.                    Jacksonians

10.             Whigs

11.             Early Republicans

12.             Progressives (Mugwumps)

13.             Hiram Johnson

14.             Basics of the National Party Structure Today

15.             Political Machine

16.             Ideological Parties and a few examples

17.             Two Party System

18.             Multiparty System

19.             Plurality System

20.             French Method