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Understanding American Government: Key Concepts and Debates

Explore topics like federal spending, political culture, ideologies, and voter turnout in American government. Learn about federal control, voter enfranchisement, and political participation. Delve into the history of liberal and conservative ideologies. Enhance your knowledge of the American political system with this comprehensive overview.

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Understanding American Government: Key Concepts and Debates

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  1. Bell Ringer 10-22-2007 • How does the federal government spend money for purposes that are not authorized by the Constitution? • Identify the four reasons that federal money seems so attractive to state officials. • 60-62

  2. Bell Ringer 10-23-2007 • What is the difference between revenue sharing and categorical grants? • Pages 63 through top of 65

  3. October 25, 2007 • What is the difference between a conditions of aid and mandate? • Page 66

  4. Bell Ringer 11-5-2007 • According to Alexis de Tocqueville, why did a democratic republic take root in the United States but not in other countries that copied the US Constitution? • Page 76

  5. Bell Ringer 11-6-2007 • List the contributions to U.S. political culture made by the Revolution, by the nation’s religious heritages, and by the family. • Page 84 (The Sources of Political Culture) to page 86 (The Culture War)

  6. Bell Ringer 11-8-2007 • What is class consciousness? • What is the difference between being orthodox or progressive? • What are the two major changes in American society? • Pages 86(culture war) to page 87 (Mistrust of Government)

  7. Bell Ringer 11-9-2007 • Explain what is meant by “equality of opportunity” but not “equality of results.” • Page 79 (Economic System)

  8. Bell Ringer 11-13-2007 • List the three questions that are raised about our political culture. • When listing the second question discuss what Gunnar Mydral says bout this question. • Start Page 77 (The Political System) and stop at page 79 (The economic system)

  9. Bell Ringer 11-14-2007 • When it comes to policy attitudes about the Economic System, how do Donald Kinder and David Sears differ from Paul M. Sniderman and Michael Gray Hagen? • What is the Individualist View? • Read the Economic System Pages 80-81

  10. Bell Ringer 11-19-2007 • What role did the Framers o f the Constitution think public opinion should play in American democracy? • Pages 155-156

  11. Bell Ringer 11-26-2007 • What is opinion saliency? • What is opinion stability? • What is opinion-policy congruence? • Page 157

  12. Bell Ringer 11-28-2007 • What is political ideology? • What are the two ways political scientists measure the extent to which people have a political ideology? • Page 167

  13. Bell Ringer 11-29-2007 • What are the political ideologies of Latin Americans (Cubans, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans) • What are the political ideologies of Asia Americans (Japanese, Koreans)? • Pages 164-167

  14. Bell Ringer 11-30-2007 • What was the meaning of a liberal and a conservative before Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal? • Beginning around the Time of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal how did the meaning of liberal and conservative change? • Read 167-171 stop at political elites

  15. Bell Ringer 12-3-2007 • Explain how information and peers are two reasons how citizens display ideological consistency on the conventional liberal-conservative spectrum • (pages171-172)

  16. December 11, 2007 • Identify and explain three examples of how increasing federal control over registration and election rules has led to the enfranchisement of more groups of voters. • Pages 181-183

  17. December 12, 2007 • Identify and explain the two broad categories (Real Decline & Apparent Decline) of explanations for why U.S. election turnout in the 20th Century has been very low. Provide the view of the text on this question as well • Pages 184-187

  18. BELL RINGER 12-13-2007 • Explain the difference between VAP and VEP measures and summarize what we know about voter turnout when we view it from these two perspectives. • Pages 186-187

  19. December 13, 2007 • Discuss the causes of political participation. What factors are correlated with political participation? • Education, Race And Ethnicity, Religion, Age, Class • 188-191

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