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| | *What is incorporation doctrine? | | *What is incorporation doctrine? |
| | *What is the "Elastic Clause"? | | *What is the "Elastic Clause"? |
| | + | *How is the Constitution amended, and what is an example of a proposed amendment that was never ratified? |
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| | '''Three branches of the federal government and what they do''': | | '''Three branches of the federal government and what they do''': |
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| | *What are some of the major powers of Congress? | | *What are some of the major powers of Congress? |
| | *What powers do a president have? | | *What powers do a president have? |
| | + | *What is a filibuster, and a "senatorial prerogative"? |
| | + | *What happens when the House of Representatives passes a bill, and the Senate passes a modified version of the same bill? |
| | + | *Which decision established "one man, one vote," and which decision prohibited classroom prayer? |
| | + | *What decision caused more than a million abortions per year to occur in America? |
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| | '''The media, public opinion, and polling''': | | '''The media, public opinion, and polling''': |
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| + | *What are some examples of parts of the media, ranked by their influence? |
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| + | *What does a pollster do, and how can be influence his results? |
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| + | *How does public opinion relate to demographic characteristics? |
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| + | *What is a "trial balloon," and how does it relate to the media? |
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| + | *How is voter turnout related to age? |
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| + | *How do the media influence politics? |
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| + | *The "gender gap" tends to favor which political party? |
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| − | '''Interest groups, lobbying, political parties, and elections''':
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| − | *What are the two major political parties, and what entity runs them? | |
| − | *What is "lobbying"? | |
| − | *What is a "Super PAC"? | |
| − | *What is "early voting"? | |
| − | *What are some examples of interest groups, and what is their significance? | |
| − | *What did the ''Citizens United'' decision accomplish? | |
| − | *What is an "initiative", and what is a "referendum"? | |
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| | '''Interest groups, lobbying, political parties, and elections''': | | '''Interest groups, lobbying, political parties, and elections''': |