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POL 201 Entire Course   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201genius.com   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 POL 201 Week 2
DQ 2 Week Two Reflection POL 201 Week 2 Learning
Activity Federalism .
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POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 The U.S. Constitution   FOR
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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. The
Constitution establishes a basic operational
framework that enables the three branches of
government executive, legislative, and judicial
to interact and function as a unit. Embedded in
this operational framework.
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POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Week One Reflection   FOR
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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. The Founding Fathers created
an amazing governmental structure that affects
almost every aspect of our lives even today. For
instance, if you are a criminal justice major,
what parts of the U.S. Constitution are
applicable to what you are learning in your
major? If you are a business major, which branch
of government.
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POL 201 Week 1 Learning Activity The
Constitution   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201genius.com   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 a way to maintain the strength of this
amazing document and a way to correct a weakness.
This effort begins the process of critically
analyzing key features of our national
government.
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POL 201 Week 1 Quiz   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201genius.com     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 Compromise, combined elements
of which two other plans during the
Constitutional Convention of 1787?   Question 4.
What United States document establishes the core
principles on which our government is based?  
Question 5.
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POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Your Life   FOR
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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 Part 1, Quick Study of Federalism Part
2, and Quick Study of Federalism Part 3, and the
U.S. Constitution Episode I - A More Perfect
Union. Reflect The U.S. government's expansive
role in public policy is caught in a swirl of
conflicting crosscurrents. On the one hand,
popular expectations.
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POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Week Two Reflection   FOR
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 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, state, and federal government
regulations, policies, and oversightsometimes!
Think about how federal statues affect your work
or will affect your work in the future. Does
Congress have oversight of any of the processes
or products in your workplace?
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POL 201 Week 2 Learning Activity Federalism   FOR
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sm 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 all of the key features of our
national government. Describe an advantage and a
disadvantage to a national policy that an agency
in the federal bureaucracy must implement. In
addition, recommend an option to maintain the
advantage and one to improve the disadvantage.
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POL 201 Week 2 Quiz   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201genius.com   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?   Question 4. Which
legislative act is a good example of
intergovernmental relations that are the hallmark
of Cooperative Federalism?   Question 5. The
principal powers of Congress include all except  
Question 6. If the President requests a
Congressional authorization for the use of force.
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POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 The Electoral College   FOR
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 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 Pro Quest article Why the
Electoral College is Bad for America. Also,
please watch this weeks videos, Episode I - A
More Perfect Union and Episode II - Its a Free
Country regarding the U.S. Constitution.
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POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Week Three Reflection   FOR
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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 without a word from the judicial
branch. However, there are times when executive
decisions are challenged by the judicial branch
in a process called judicial review.
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POL 201 Week 3 Learning Activity Branches of
Government   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.pol201geni
us.com   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 and weaknesses that
become obvious in certain situations. Analyzing
these strengths and weaknesses will enable you to
evaluate and recommend ways to enhance and
correct these fundamental.
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POL 201 Week 3 Quiz   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201genius.com   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. Question 3. Question The
president and Congress are unable to control the
bureaucracy or hold it accountable because
Question 4. Question The idea that citizens
should be suspicious of a strong central
government .
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POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 Individual Rights and the
Obligations of Government   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201genius.com   Individual Rights
and the Obligations of Government. 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, are designed to protect
and secure the rights and liberties of
individuals and groups throughout the U.S.
However.
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POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Week Four Reflection   FOR
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Four Reflection. 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 voter support. Generally, in
order to be successful in a two-party system,
parties must have policy goals across a broad
range.
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POL 201 Week 4 Learning Activity Political
Parties, Interest Groups, and Elections   FOR
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l 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 the positive
and negative impacts of political parties,
interest groups, or federal elections on the
national government.
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POL 201 Week 4 Quiz   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201genius.com   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.   Question 4. True
or False The peaceful transfer of power from one
government to the next has a long historical
legacy and predates the formation of the United
States.  
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POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Voting and Voter
Turnout   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.pol201genius.
com   Voting and Voter Turnout. 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.
Reflect 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).
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POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Week Five Reflection   FOR
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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 and separation of powers that have been
focal points for class discussions. In addition,
the Constitution identifies three main branches.
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POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper Americas Democracy
Your Report Card (2 Papers)   FOR MORE CLASSES
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contains 2 Different Papers Americas Democracy
Your Report Card. The primary goal of your last
assignment is to critically analyze the primary
features of the American national government. The
results of your analysis will indicate what you
have learned over the last five weeks. In order
to accomplish this task, it is important to
critically evaluate the key facets of our
American democracy. You have been preparing for
this final assignment each week by constructing a
detailed outline of the Final Papers main points.
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