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• ASHFORD POL 201 Entire Course

• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation of Powers
  Checks and Balances

• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation of Powers
  Checks and Balances
• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Amending the U.S.
  Constitution
• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy-making in the
  Federal System

• Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances. For
  much of 2011 and 2012, public dissatisfaction
  with Congress rose to all time highs, with 70-80
  expressing disapproval with how Congress does its
  job. Many commentators note that Americans are
  fed up with Washington "grid-lock"

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• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Amending the U.S.
  Constitution

• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy-making in the
  Federal System

• Amending the U.S. Constitution. The formal
  process of amending the Constitution is
  cumbersome and slow. While this fact explains why
  relatively few amendments have been adopted, it
  does not discourage advocates of constitutional
  change from proposing them.

• Policy-making in the Federal System. The U.S.
  government's expansive role in public policy is
  caught in a swirl of conflicting cross-currents.
  On the one hand, popular expectations about
  government's responsibility to solve problems
  often exceed the capacity of state and local
  authorities

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• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Meet Your Rep

• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 Short Essay -
  Policy-making in the Federal System

• Meet Your Rep. The Constitution states, "The
  House of Representatives shall be composed of
  Members chosen every second Year by the People of
  the several States..." (Art. I, Sec. 2). Contrast
  this with the original constitutional language
  for the other house of Congress, "The Senate of
  the United States shall

• Short Essay Policy-making in the Federal
  System. The U.S. government's expansive role in
  public policy is caught in a swirl of conflicting
  cross-currents. On the one hand, popular
  expectations about government's responsibility to
  solve problems often exceed the capacity

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• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 Presidential
  Leadership and the Electoral College

• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Defence Spending and
  the Military-Industrial Complex

• Presidential Leadership and the Electoral
  College. Americans expect their presidents to get
  things done, to solve problems, to govern
  effectively, and to be strong leaders. The
  framers of the Constitution did not envision such
  presidential leadership. A scholar of the
  presidency points

• Defense Spending and the Military-Industrial
  Complex. Levin-Waldman (2012, pp. 186-89)
  analyzes how "iron triangles" link Congress, the
  bureaucracy, and interest groups in self-serving
  relationships that influence policy in ways that
  are contrary to the public interest. In 1961

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• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 The Supreme Court and
  Judicial Review

• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Habeas Corpus and the
  War on Terror

• The Supreme Court and Judicial Review. In a
  recent lecture at Yale University, Supreme Court
  Justice Stephen Breyer cautioned that while most
  citizens assume that judicial review is an
  enduring part of American government, judges
  should not take it for granted.

• Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror. Soon after
  the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the
  Bush administration developed a plan for holding
  and interrogating prisoners captured during the
  conflict. They were sent to a prison inside a
  U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay on land leased
  from the government of Cuba. Since 2002, over 700
  men have been detained at "GITMO."

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• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Party Platforms and
  Winning Elections

• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Voting and Turnout

• Party Platforms and Winning Elections. Political
  parties mobilize voters to win elections and
  implement policy goals. Parties use their stated
  policy goals (i.e., their platforms) as a way to
  mobilize voter support. Generally, in order to be
  successful in a two-party system

• Voting and Turnout. The U.S. has one of the
  lowest voter turnout rates among modern
  democratic political systems. One study ranks the
  U.S. 120th on a list of 169 nations compared on
  voter turnout (Pintor, Gratschew, Sullivan,
  2002). While during the last decade many
  initiatives

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• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper Civil
  Liberties, Habeas Corpus, and the War on Terror

• POL 201 Entire Course

• The final assignment for this course is a Final
  Paper. The purpose of the Final Paper is to give
  you an opportunity to apply much of what you have
  learned about American national government to an
  examination of civil liberties in the context of
  the war on terror. The Final Paper represents 20
  of the overall course grade.

• POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 The U.S. Constitution
• POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Week One Reflection
• POL 201 Week 1 Learning Activity The Constitution
• POL 201 Week 1 Quiz
• POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Your Life

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• POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 The U.S. Constitution

• POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Week One Reflection

• The U.S. Constitution
• Prepare Prior to writing your initial post, read
  Chapters 1 and 2 of American Government. In
  addition, watch the video provided on the U.S.
  Constitution, Episode IV - Built to Last.
• Reflect The U.S. Constitution is the cornerstone
  of our federal government.

• Week One Reflection.
• Prepare Prior to beginning your reflection this
  week, complete all course readings, your
  introduction, and the
• Discussion, The U.S. Constitution.
• Reflect Once you have completed these
  assignments think about how American politics
  have and could affect your career aspirations.

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• POL 201 Week 1 Learning Activity The Constitution

• POL 201 Week 1 Quiz

• The Constitution. The weekly worksheets will help
  you build all the necessary parts for your Final
  Paper. This week, you will evaluate the strengths
  and weaknesses of the most important document for
  Americas national government, the U.S.
  Constitution. In your worksheet, you will
  describe one strength and one weakness of the
  Constitution. In addition, you will need to
  recommend

• Question 1. The American system of government can
  be most accurately described as a _________.
• Question 2. In 1607, the English monarch King
  James I granted a charter to which organization
  to establish a settlement in the Chesapeake
  region?
• Question 3. The Connecticut Plan, also known as
  the Great

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• POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Your Life

• POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Week Two Reflection

• Policy and Your Life
• Prepare Prior to beginning work on this
  discussion question, read Chapters 3 and 4 in
  American Government. In addition, watch the
  videos provided on federalism Quick Study of
  Federalism

• Prepare Prior to beginning your reflection this
  week, complete all course readings and assigned
  videos, and the
• Discussion, Policy and Your Life.
• Reflect Once you have completed these
  assignments, think about how federalism and the
  U.S. Congress have or will affect your life.
• The federal structure ensures that there is a
  clear line between local

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• POL 201 Week 2 Learning Activity Federalism

• POL 201 Week 2 Quiz

• Federalism This week, we continue completing the
  worksheets in preparation for the Final Paper.
  One of the most important structures in the
  national government is federalism. Understanding
  the relationship between local, state, and
  national level governments is critical in being
  able to understand

• Question 1. The national government can attempt
  to gain the cooperation of state governments by
  using what type of coercive measures?
• Question 2. The Tenth Amendment balances out
  national authority by
• Question 3. A presidential veto of a bill can be
  overridden by what percentage vote of all members
  of Congress?

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• POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 The Electoral College

• POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Week Three Reflection

• Prepare Prior to beginning work on this
  discussion question, read Chapters 5 and 6 in
  American Government. In addition, read the
  following articles
• What Are the Arguments Made in Favor and
  Against the Electoral College?,
• GOP Leaders United in Defense of the Electoral
  College, and the ProQuest article

• Week Three Reflection
• American Government. Review the videos, Episode I
  - A More Perfect Union and Episode II - Its a
  Free Country regarding the U.S. Constitution.
• Reflect The executive and judicial branches of
  the U.S. national government often seem to
  operate independently and with little conflict.
  Many laws are signed by the President and then
  implemented

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• POL 201 Week 3 Learning Activity Branches of
  Government

• POL 201 Week 3 Quiz

• Branches of Government. The three branches of
  our government each play crucial roles in the
  U.S. national government. Each branch has
  specific power, duties, and responsibilities that
  are the most apparent features of our system of
  separate powers. Nevertheless, each branch has
  been critiqued for having definite strengths .

• 1. Question In the realm of foreign affairs,
  presidents are usually weak and must solicit
  congressional approval before entering into
  agreements with other countries.
• Question 2. Question Prior judicial experience
  is required to be appointed as a judge on the
  federal level.

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• POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 Individual Rights and the
  Obligations of Government

• POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Week Four Reflection

• Prepare Prior to beginning work on this
  discussion, read chapters 8, 9, and 10 in
  American Government and watch the video, Episode
  II - Its a Free Country.
• Reflect Our political system is characterized by
  certain fundamental features to include a system
  of laws, rights, and liberties. The laws, created
  and supported by the Constitutional framework

• Prepare Prior to beginning work on this
  discussion, read chapters 8, 9, and 10 in
  American Government, watch the video, Episode II
  - Its a Free Country, and review your results
  from the Political Typology Quiz.
• Reflect Political parties mobilize voters to win
  elections and implement policy goals. Parties use
  their stated policy goals (i.e., their platforms)
  as a way to mobilize

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• POL 201 Week 4 Learning Activity Political
  Parties, Interest Groups, and Elections

• POL 201 Week 4 Quiz

• Political Parties, Interest Groups, and
  Elections. The various political actors involved
  in the processes, activities, and policies of the
  U.S. government each have evolving goals and
  objectives. In addition, these actors have
  produced differential effects, both positive and
  negative, on the processes, activities, and
  policies of the federal government. In this last
  weekly worksheet, you will assess

• Question 1.What constitutional amendment
  guaranteed women the right to vote?
• Question 2. How are interest groups are different
  from political parties?
• Question 3. Which Supreme Court decision stated
  that affirmative action intended to promote
  greater equality was acceptable public policy,
  but the use of quotas was not.

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• POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Voting and Voter Turnout

• POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Week Five Reflection

• Prepare Prior to completing this discussion
  question, review Chapters 9 and 10 in American
  Government and the following articles
• How Voter ID Laws Are Being Used to
  Disenfranchise Minorities and the Poor, Fraught
  with Fraud, and Proof at the Polls.

• Prepare Prior to beginning your reflection,
  review all course readings and videos as
  required.
• Reflect The U.S. national government is based on
  the framework detailed in the U.S. Constitution.
  The process that the Founding Fathers used to map
  out our national government is fascinating and
  illuminating. The Constitution creates a system
  of checks and balances

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• POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper Americas Democracy
  Your Report Card (2 Papers)

• POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Week Five Reflection

• Prepare Prior to beginning your reflection,
  review all course readings and videos as
  required.
• Reflect The U.S. national government is based on
  the framework detailed in the U.S. Constitution.
  The process that the Founding Fathers used to map
  out our national government is fascinating and
  illuminating. The Constitution creates a system
  of checks and balances

• Prepare Prior to beginning your reflection,
  review all course readings and videos as
  required.
• Reflect The U.S. national government is based on
  the framework detailed in the U.S. Constitution.
  The process that the Founding Fathers used to map
  out our national government is fascinating and
  illuminating. The Constitution creates a system
  of checks and balances

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