POLSCISTUDYGUIDE

Students of Dr Hrebenar's 1100 course: Below the the study guide for the MT. I have decided to drop political parties and elections from this exam and replace it with interest groups and lobbying due to the limited time left before the exam. RJH

POLSCI 1100. Dr. Hrebenar Midterm Study Guide. Fall 2013 (100 t/f, multiple choice questions) Midterm, Tuesday, Nov 5th Exam Short answer from lectures and GOVT5 text book: Chps 1-4, 6. Intro: Social Contract of government. Harold Lasswells definition of politics? Purposes of modern governments? Is the US a democracy? A representative democracy? A presidential democracy? The five principles of American Democracy?

Constitution Making: Causes of the American revolution, Declaration of Independences rights, weaknesses of Articles of Confederation, The Constitutions major principles of Government. Great compromises of the Const Con issue of slavery, separation of powers; anti-federalist demands, division of powers, enumerated powers, elastic clauses, checks and balances, constitution amending rules, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th 6th and 8th Amendments, 9th and 10th Amendments, Supremacy Clause, judicial review, Marbury v. Madison, Incorporation, 14th amendment. Single and compound republics (Federalist 51) Bill of Rights, Incorporation process. What are the SCs rules for obscenity? For political speech? For religion and government? Accommodationalists, Search and seizure rules? Confessions? New SC rules for 2nd amendment? Meaning of the 8th amendment? Significance of the 9th and 10th amendments? 14th and modern applications. Federalism Unitary system? requirements, reasons for federalism, needed for success of federalism, evolution of federalism, federal preemptions, state and federal areas, fiscal federalism, advantages and disadvantages of federalism. Federal eras in the US. The role of the Supreme Court and

New Federalism? The SC and the health care insurance battles. American ideology: liberal, conservative, libertarians, neoconservatives, limited government, What should government do? 1939-2010. Two issue dimensions of economic and individual behavior freedoms. Interest groups: Lobbying (direct and indirect); PACs, Symbols, Interest power. Types of lobbyists, grassroots lobbying, judicial lobbying, K ST strategy. Lobbying tactics and the role of money. Free rider problem. What do IGs do in US politics? How are IGs different from Political Parties? What is the Tea Party? How are IGs regulated? Annual Editions 13/14 readings: 1-12; 35, 41-42. 1. What are the major contributions to political philosophy stated in the Declaration of Independence? (Art 1) 2. Do the later amendments (11-27) alter the fundamentals of limited government found in the US Constitution? 3.Madisons Federalist #10: (#3) What are the causes of factions? How can factions be controlled? Can enlightened leaders control factions? Why is a large republic the best way to control factions? 4. Madisons Federalist #51: (#4) Why is legislative power divided into two branches? Is legislative or executive power expected to be stronger? What is a compound republic? and why is it good? 5. What makes a country great?? Is America in decline? American exceptionalism? What does it mean that America is becoming a normal nation? 6. What they dont know? What level of ignorance exists in the public? What is the larger problem than ignorance? 7.Legacy Nation. What is the recent US record for income mobility? How does it compare to other developed nations? Why is there a problem in this area in the USA? 8.Does Government need to grow?? Is economic growth the result of increased government spending? The author is a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, liberal or conservative? 9.The Youre on your own society? What is an individualist mindset? approach to social issues? 10. Anatomy of the 1%?. What are the 4 reasons why top 1% salaries are bad?? 11.Stuff White People Like,? What do whites and middle class Americans get from government?

12. It is Time to Repair the Constitutions Flaws? (#12) Why does the author argue the Constitution has flaws that make it undemocratic? What are the flaws? How can the flaws be corrected? 13.Big Oils? (#41) What are BigOils best lobbying techniques? 14. Who gave us Obamacare?? (#42) Why was the AMA and the drug industry so important to the creation of Obamacare? Is this a liberal or conservative article?

Videos: 1. How does US health care and health insurance compare to those featured in the TR Reid video? Do all the other nations in the video have the same type of system, i.e the role of government in regulating and paying for health care? 2. What were the roles on the Iraq War held by Cheney, Romney, Rice and Powell? 3. What was the immediate response to 9/11 by the neo-cons in the Bush administration? 4. What was the role of President G.W. Bush?