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POL 201 Entire Course

• 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
• POL 201 Week 2 Quiz
• POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 The Electoral College
• POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Week Three Reflection
• POL 201 Week 3 Learning Activity Branches of
  Government
• POL 201 Week 3 Quiz

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

• 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. 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 are two key
  principles separation of powers and a system of
  checks and balances. Write In your initial post,
  explain why the separation of powers and the
  system of checks and balances are important for
  our democracy. Provide recent, real-world
  examples of the separation of powers and
  checks/balances in action (one example each).

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POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Week One Reflection

• 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. 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 executive, legislative, or
  judicial has, or will have, the greatest
  influence on your business ambitions?

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POL 201 Week 1 Learning Activity The Constitution

• 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

• 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. The Federalist Papers were intended
  to Question 6. The theory of American
  Exceptionalism is rooted in the idea that the
  United States was founded in opposition to the
  European feudalistic

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POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Your Life

• 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 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 about government's
  responsibility to solve problems often exceed the
  capacity of state and local authorities to
  respond effectively.

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POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Week Two Reflection

• 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, 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

• 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 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.

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POL 201 Week 2 Quiz

• 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?

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POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 The Electoral College

• 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 Why the
  Electoral College is Bad for America. Also,
  please watch this weeks videos, Episode I - A
  More Perfect Unionand Episode II - Its a Free
  Country regarding the U.S. Constitution. Reflect
  As the textbook author asserts, the Framers
  intentionally designed a process for selecting
  presidents that would minimize the presidents
  political power the Electoral College.

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POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Week Three Reflection

• 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
  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. In addition, there are
  times when a judicial review has direct impact on
  your life. For example, when the Supreme Court
  declared the Affordable Care Act constitutional,
  many people without health care insurance were
  finally able to purchase health care insurance.

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POL 201 Week 3 Learning Activity Branches of
Government

• 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 assets and deficiencies of the
  branches of our national government. To complete
  the assignment, save the Week Three Learning
  Activity Worksheet (available in the online
  classroom) to your computer, fill it out, and
  submit it.

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POL 201 Week 3 Quiz

• 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.
  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 would best be described
  as Question 5. Question The scope of
  presidential power has expanded over time due to
  presidents carving out their own powers as they
  have needed.

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

• 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, the government also has an obligation to
  provide for the security of its citizens from
  serious internal and external threats that could
  cause grave or severe damage to our country.

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POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Week Four Reflection

• Week 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 of issue areas to appeal to a broad range
  of voters. Write Identify one issue area that
  you want investigate.

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

• 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 the positive
  and negative impacts of political parties,
  interest groups, or federal elections on the
  national government. In addition, you will
  recommend one option to enhance the positive
  impact and one to diminish the negative impact.

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POL 201 Week 4 Quiz

• 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.
  Question 5. The 1964 Civil Rights Act Question
  6. Two-party electoral systems, such as we have
  today in the United States, tend to be examples
  of what type of political party model?

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POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Voting and Voter Turnout

• 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). During the last
  decade, many initiatives have been undertaken to
  increase voter participation, yet concerns about
  the possibility of election fraud have also
  increased.

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POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Week Five Reflection

• 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 and separation of powers that have been
  focal points for class discussions. In addition,
  the Constitution identifies three main branches
  for the national government the legislative,
  executive, and judicial, which are tasked,
  respectively, with the creation of the
  legislation to guide the country, the
  implementation and execution of that legislation,
  and the review of that legislation for
  constitutionality and legality.

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

• This Tutorial 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 through the weekly
  Learning Activities. In addition, you have read
  the course text and course readings, reviewed
  videos, and researched additional material for
  each weeks assignments and for this paper.

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