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Politics - American Government - Questions, Exams of American literature

Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication TechnologyAmerican literature

Politics, Types of Politics Exist, Disagree with Each Other, Need Government, Government Necessary, American Founding, American Colonies Unreasonable, Republic and a Democracy, Constitution Lasted, Constitution Political Scripture. This file contains questions from different classes.

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Chapter Questions
The Basics
What is politics?
What different types of politics exist?
Where does politics happen?
Do you agree with how the textbook defines politics?
What is/are your politics?
Why do we disagree with each other?
Why do we need government?
Is government necessary? Desirable?
Is anarchy better than government?
Is large government good government?
The American Founding
Were the American colonies unreasonable about the tax issue?
Is it healthy politically for us to question the government?
What is the difference between a republic and a democracy?
What makes a citizen?
What duties do we have as citizens?
Why has the Constitution lasted?
What do you think of the Virginia Plan? The New Jersey Plan?
Is the Constitution political scripture?
What would have happened had the Constitution never been written?
Should we go to direct democracy?
Does the government respond too much to the whims of the people?
Do we have majority tyranny now?
Is it too hard to amend the Constitution?
Is the Constitution too ambiguous?
How do you change the Articles of Confederation without changing the Constitution?
Will we ever see an assembly like that of the founders again?
Why did the founders create Article I as they did?
Why did the founders create Article II as they did?
Is the necessary and proper clause too dangerous? Too vague?
Is Article II too dangerous because it is so vague?
Would it have been better to lay out explicitly the authority and powers of each branch?
Is the Supremacy Clause a good idea?
What would happen if we called a constitutional convention to amend or change the
Constitution?
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Chapter Questions

The Basics

What is politics? What different types of politics exist? Where does politics happen? Do you agree with how the textbook defines politics? What is/are your politics? Why do we disagree with each other?

Why do we need government? Is government necessary? Desirable? Is anarchy better than government? Is large government good government?

The American Founding

Were the American colonies unreasonable about the tax issue? Is it healthy politically for us to question the government? What is the difference between a republic and a democracy? What makes a citizen? What duties do we have as citizens? Why has the Constitution lasted? What do you think of the Virginia Plan? The New Jersey Plan? Is the Constitution political scripture? What would have happened had the Constitution never been written? Should we go to direct democracy? Does the government respond too much to the whims of the people? Do we have majority tyranny now? Is it too hard to amend the Constitution? Is the Constitution too ambiguous? How do you change the Articles of Confederation without changing the Constitution? Will we ever see an assembly like that of the founders again?

Why did the founders create Article I as they did? Why did the founders create Article II as they did? Is the necessary and proper clause too dangerous? Too vague? Is Article II too dangerous because it is so vague? Would it have been better to lay out explicitly the authority and powers of each branch? Is the Supremacy Clause a good idea? What would happen if we called a constitutional convention to amend or change the Constitution?

Balance

Does one branch dominate? Why or why not? Should it?

Is it time to divide the country up into different smaller countries? What should Georgia do and what should it not do? Does local government work? Does state government work? Does one level dominate? Why or why not? Should it? Should the national government dominate the other forms of government? Should national laws be superior to state laws? What are the problems and advantages of a confederal system? What are the problems and advantages of a unitary system? Should we go to one or the other? Should we adopt the Doctrine of State’s Rights? Is dual federalism a good way to go? Is it time to abandon fiscal federalism? Should the national government give money to the states? Does the Constitution form “a happy combination…the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, and the local and particular to state governments?” How do we draw the line between what is “great and aggregate” and what is “local and particular?” Should the powers of the national government be fixed and limited as dual federalism desires? Can the states set limits on the conduct of the national government? Should they be able to do so? Should Congress be limited to enumerated powers only? Where do the citizens fit in the federal system? Which should dominate – the 10th^ Amendment or the Necessary & Proper Clause (Elastic Clause) Who is right – the liberals or the conservatives when it comes to federalism? What would have happened had the states not attempted to secede? Do the states even now have the right to secede? Has the Commerce Clause been used too widely to justify anything that Congress wants? Where do we draw the distinction between what is truly national and truly local? Should the national government give money to the states? To enact social policy? Should the national government attach restrictions on the money it gives to the states? How does alcohol become a national issue? Should the national government use money to demand action from the states? Do the powers of the national government come from the people rather than the states? Can the states Nullify the laws of the national government? How do we reduce the size of the government? What personal problems that people used to take care of themselves that are now national policy? Should they be national policy? Should the national government enact laws that assume total or partial responsibility for state government function ( Preemption )?

Should the president just be the administrator of the government? When can a president use the dictatorial role legitimately? Should presidents take the lead in public affairs? Why? Should the Vice-President be put in charge of domestic affairs while the President remains in charge of foreign relations? Should presidents be the ones to first make up the budget? Should we have more than one president? Should we go to a parliamentary system where a prime minister is the head of the government? Which presidential model (restricted, prerogative, stewardship) should presidents use? Is the stewardship model too dangerous? Should the Vice-President be of a different party than the president?

The Supreme Court

Which is better - activism or restraint? Is the Supreme Court too powerful? Do we need more or less members of the Supreme Court? Is the Supreme Court too passive? Should the Supreme Court follow original intent? Do not Supreme Court decisions in effect really act as amendments to the Constitution? Is the Supreme Court too insular from the people? Should members of the Supreme Court be directly elected? Should we have one member for each ethnicity and gender on the SC?

Campaigns and Elections

Does it cost too much to run for office? Should candidates take public funds for their campaigns? What is the best way to win a campaign? Have American political campaigns become too negative? How do we change our election process? Are the political parties too left out of the campaign process? Are open, closed, and blanket primaries a good way to select nominees? Are we having the election caucuses and primaries too early? Should we abolish the electoral college? Should we put the electors on the ballot? Should we just vote for electors and then have them choose president? Should the electors be tied to a particular candidate? Is it too expensive to run for office? How do we make it less expensive? Should we make it less expensive? Did McCain-Feingold go far enough? Is it necessary now to go on Letterman and Oprah to get elected?

The Media

Talk about not only the newspapers but pamphlets and letters as forms of media

Do the media have too much influence? How do the media operate? Is there a bias in the media? What impact will the Internet have on the media and the political system? How many use the internet to get their information? How many use the newspapers to get their information? How many use magazines to get their information? How many use the radio to get their information? How many use the television to get their information? How many use C-SPAN to get their information? Is it bad that more people read the Enquirer than the New York Times? Do these forms of media encourage public discourse? How? Why not? Is talk radio a good thing for American discourse? Has the rise of the 24 hour news channels changed the way the news is presented? Are media corporations getting too big? Why not use anti-trust laws to break up the big media corporations? What are the implications of media ownership by a few big corporations? Are there problems with the news being selected in terms of how well it might appeal to people? Why do so fed media outlets discuss/report on politics? (with the exception of election years) Is infotainment (mixing journalism with theater – Hard Copy) wrong to do? What impacts might infotainment have on politics? Is the FCC too powerful? Should we get rid of the FCC in order to allow more freedom to say what we want? Does the marketplace of ideas really exist? Should the media be gatekeeper? Do journalists live up to the standards of journalism? Is one minute coverage enough time to really let you know what is going on? Is horse race journalism good for American politics? Should the media set the political agenda? Does the mass media, especially television, reinforce the dominance of the existing culture and order? Are there any counter-examples that show it doesn’t? Is reporting biased?

Political Parties

Is the two-party system a workable system? Should we encourage the rise of viable third and fourth parties? Are political parties too divisive? Are political parties too broad to be effective? What political party do you belong to? Why? Why don’t people belong to political parties anymore?

How many have the same values as your peers? How many have had conflicts between one set of values and others? How did you resolve it? Is it even possible to accurately measure public opinion?

Participation

What is the best way to encourage citizens to participate? What is the best way to participate? How do we encourage citizens to vote? Should Americans be required to participate? Has anyone has participated in some way and how they felt doing so Has anyone tried to influence the government? Are there any militia members in the class? What benefits do citizens receive from voting? How much participation is necessary to make government better and responsive? Can citizens really govern indirectly through their representatives? How large is your efficacy now? Why are American citizens more likely to protect than citizens of other countries? How much is done secretly by the government? Should it do anything secretly? Do cities have responsibility to meet these needs on page 204? Is it okay to have only a few knowledgeable citizens influence government more than the rest of the citizens? Why do you vote? How do we encourage more voting in the United States? Should we? Should there be punishments or rewards for voting? Should voting be made compulsory? Do we need another round of progressivism?