| Chapter 1 |
| Challenges to America: Thinking About What Lies Ahead |
| Zionism |
| International
Cooperation as a Tool to Combat Terrorism |
| The
Window |
| Baby
Talk |
| Hollowed
Victories |
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| Chapter 2 |
| The American Experience: New Ideas for a New Nation |
| What
Manner of Men? After the Manner of Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) |
| The
Articles of Confederation |
| The
Judiciary Act of 1789 |
| Sovereign
Immunity and the Eleventh Amendment: Then and Now |
| Federalist
Papers |
| Federalist
No. 47 |
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| Chapter 3 |
| Our Federal System: The Theory of Shared Governance |
| Bills
of Attainder |
| Exercise
on Article V: U. S. Constitution |
| The
Three-Fifths Compromise |
| Popular
Names of Clauses of the Constitution: Part I |
| Popular
Names of Clauses of the Constitution: Part II |
| Popular
Names of Clauses of the Constitution: Part III |
| Popular
Names of Clauses of the Constitution: Part IV |
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| Chapter 4 |
| American Federalism: Putting the Ideas into Practice |
| Taxation
With Representation |
| The
Legend of William Tell: One of History's Famous Tax Protestors |
| The
Whiskey Rebellion |
| Federalist
No. 30 |
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| Chapter 5 |
| Political Parties: Donkeys, Elephants and "Long Shots" |
| Democratic
and Republican Party Platforms |
| An
Excerpt from the 2000 Democratic Party Platform |
| An
Excerpt From the 2000 Republican Party Platform |
| Libertarian
Party Platform 2000 |
| The
Green Party Platform 2000 |
| The
Socialist Party of the United States |
| Dictionary
of Political Parties |
| Propaganda |
| The
New Bipartisanship |
| Fence
Walking |
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| Chapter 6 |
| Interest Groups: The Politics of Numbers |
| Selected
Historical Dates in the U. S. Trade Union Movement |
| General
Profile of the U. S. Trade Union Movement |
| The
AFL-CIO |
| No
Union Democracy or Leadership Accountability Within UFCW |
| Max
Tax |
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| Chapter 7 |
| Public Opinion: Americans Speak |
| Direct
Democracy League |
| The
Gallup Organization: Politics and Elections |
| Gallup
Poll: Southern States Flying Confederate Flag |
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| Chapter 8 |
| Voter Behavior: The Politics of Choice |
| Thomas
Jefferson and his Dedication to Civil Liberties |
| The
Limits of Tolerance |
| How
Presidents Get Elected |
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| Chapter 9 |
| Campaigns and Elections: Winning Ain't Everthing But It Beats
What's in Second Place |
| Voter
Apathy: Two Opposing Views |
| Voting
Via the Internet |
| The
Endorsement |
| Secrets |
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| Chapter 10 |
| Congress: The People's Branch |
| Brief
History of the Senate |
| The
Senate - The Great Forum of Constitutional Liberty |
| A
Procedural Guide to the Electoral College |
| Remarks
by the President to the Nation (2002) |
| Can
Congress Be Embarrassed into Ending Wasteful Pork Barrel Spending? |
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| Chapter 11 |
The American Presidency: Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears
the Crown |
| Warnings
From the First President of the United States |
| The
Commander in Chief and the War Powers Resolution |
Is
the War Powers Act an Efficient Means of Curbing Presidential
Authority
as Commander-in-Chief? |
| Who's
Watching the Leaders |
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| Chapter 12 |
| The Executive Bureaucracy: Making Government Work |
| Bureaucratic
Gobble De Gook |
| Employment
Practices: Public and Private Bureaucracies |
| Dangers
of a Salaried Bureaucracy |
| The
Promised Land of Jackie (Moses) Witkowski |
| The
Prickly, Stickily Case of Little Billy Cowan |
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| Chapter 13 |
| The Relations of Nations: The Shrinking Globe |
| Should
America Lift Sanctions on Cuba? |
| America's
International Development Agenda |
| Back
Alley |
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| Chapter 14 |
| Foreign Policy: American Style |
| BMD:
The Phantom Menace |
| How
Much Nuclear Deterrence is Enough |
| Ronald
Reagan on Deterrence |
| A
Truly Magnificent Machine |
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| Chapter 15 |
| The Judicial Branch: The Grand Ole Umpire |
| The
Supreme Court of the United States and the Federal Judiciary |
| The
2001 Year-end Report on the Federal Judiciary |
| The
Constitution of the United States Lecture |
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| Chapter 16 |
| Citizens and the Law: The Rights of the Accused |
| Hearing
on the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 1997 |
| Crime
& the Economy: What Connection? |
| Increasing
Public Trust and Confidence in the Criminal Justice System |
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| Chapter 17 |
| Civil Liberties: Freedom in America |
| Curfews
for Minors |
| The
Bible & Public Schools: A First Amendment Guide |
| Visitors |
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| Chapter 18 |
| Equality: Promises and Realities |
| Dwight
D. Eisenhower, "The Situation in Little Rock" (1957) |
| Domestic
Violence: A Workplace Issue |
| Support
of the Equal Rights Amendment |
| Opposition
to the Equal Rights Amendment |
| The
Declaration of Sentiments |
| A
Shade Off |
| A
Name By Any Other Name |
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Answers to Crossword Puzzles |
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