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Test Bank By the People Debating American Government 4th Edition by James A. Morone

By the People: Debating American Government, Brief Fourth Edition, reflects the dynamism of American government and politics with superior teaching and learning tools that prepare students to ENGAGE, THINK, and DEBATE now more than ever before.

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0190928727
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0190928728

James A. Morone, Rogan Kersh

Table Of Contents
About the Authors

Preface

PART I IDEAS AND RIGHTS

1. Ideas That Shape American Politics

BY THE NUMBERS American Ideas

The Spirit of American Politics

Who Governs?

How Does American Politics Work?

Ideas

Institutions

Interests

Individuals

What Does Government Do

Who Are We?

A Nation of Ideas

Liberty

“The Land of the Free”

The Two Sides of Liberty

WHAT DO YOU THINK? NEGATIVE VERSUS POSITIVE

LIBERTY

The Idea of Freedom Is Always Changing

Self-Rule

One Side of Self-Rule: Democracy

Another Side of Self-Rule: A Republic

A Mixed System

Limited Government

The Origins of Limited Government

And Yet . . . the United States Has a Big Government

Limits on Government Action

When Ideas Clash: Self-Rule and Limited Government

WHAT DO YOU THINK? SELF-RULE VERSUS LIMITED

GOVERNMENT

Individualism

Community Versus Individualism

The Roots of American Individualism: Opportunity and Discord

Golden Opportunity

Social Conflict

Who We Are: Individualism and Solidarity?

WHAT DO YOU THINK? INDIVIDUALISM VERSUS SOLIDARITY

The American Dream

Spreading the Dream

Challenging the Dream

Is the System Tilted Toward the Wealthy?

INFO/DATA Most Americans Believe There Is “Opportunity to Get Ahead”

Does the American Dream Promote the Wrong Values?

Equality

Three Types of Equality

How Much Economic Inequality Is Too Much?

Opportunity or Outcome?

Religion

Still a Religious Country

So Many Religions

The Politics of Religion

How Do Ideas Affect Politics?

Ideas in American Culture

The Ideas in Political Institutions

Culture or Institutions?

Conclusion: Culture and Institutions, Together

Chapter Summary

Key Terms

Study Questions

2 The Constitution

BY THE NUMBERS The Constitution

The Colonial Roots of the Constitution

Why the Colonists Revolted

The Colonial Complaint: Representation

The Conflict Begins with Blood on the Frontier

The Stamp Tax and the First Hints of Independence

The Townshend Acts Worsen the Conflict

The Boston Tea Party

Revolution!

A Long Legacy

The Declaration of Independence

The Principle: “We Hold These Truths . . .”

Grievances

The First American Government: The Articles of Confederation

The National Government

Some Success . . .

. . . And Some Problems

WHAT DO YOU THINK? YOUR ADVICE IS NEEDED

Secrecy

The Constitutional Convention

How Much Power to the People?

National Government Versus State Government

Big States Versus Small States

The Virginia Plan

The New Jersey Plan

The Connecticut Compromise

The President

Committee or Individual?

The Electoral College

Separation of Powers

“A Principle of Which We Were Ashamed”

The Three-Fifths Compromise

The Slave Trade

Fugitive Slaves

“The National Calamity”

An Overview of the Constitution

Preamble

WHAT DO YOU THINK? HAVE WE ACHIEVED THE CONSTITUTIONS GOALS TODAY?

Article 1: Congress

Article 2: The President

Article 3: The Courts

Article 4: Relations Between the States

Article 5: Amendments

Article 6: The Law of the Land

Article 7: Ratification

The Missing Articles

Ratification

The Anti-Federalists

The Federalists

Two Strong Arguments

A Very Close Vote

Changing the Constitution

The Bill of Rights

The Seventeen Amendments

The Constitution Today

INFO/DATA Amend the Constitution Today? On What Issue?

WHAT DO YOU THINK? HOW STRICTLY SHOULD WE INTERPRET THE CONSTITUTION?

Conclusion: Does the Constitution Still Work?

Chapter Summary

Key Terms

Study Questions

3 Federalism and Nationalism

BY THE NUMBERS Federalism

Forging Federalism

Who Holds Government Authority?

Advantages of State-Level Policy

The Advantages of National Policy

INFO/DATA: Regulatory Policies Differ By State

WHAT DO YOU THINK? PRESERVING LOCAL VALUES OR PROMOTING CONSISTENT NATIONAL POLICY?

How Federalism Works

The Constitution Sets the Ground Rules

The Constitution Empowers National Authority

The Constitution Protects State Authority

The Constitution Authorizes Shared Power

Dual Federalism (1789-1933)

Cooperative Federalism (1933-1981)

New Federalism

Progressive Federalism

Education

Healthcare

Federalism Today

Issues in Federalism

Unfunded Mandates

Drowned in the Bathtub? Reducing the Federal Government

Federalism in the Courts

Nationalism, American Style

The Rise of American Nationalism

Americas Weak National Government

Size

Authority

Independence

Conclusion: Who Are We?

Chapter Summary

Key Terms

Study Questions

4 Civil Liberties

BY THE NUMBERS Civil Liberties

The Rise of Civil Liberties

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

The Purpose of Civil Liberties

The Slow Rise of Civil Liberties

Privacy

Penumbras and Emanations

WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS THERE A RIGHT TO PRIVACY?

Roe v. Wade

Planned Parenthood v. Casey

Sex Between Consenting Adults

Clashing Principles

Freedom of Religion

The Establishment Clause

Free Exercise of Religion

WHAT DO YOU THINK? MAY THE CHRISTIAN YOUTH CLUB MEET IN SCHOOL?

Freedom of Speech

A Preferred Position

Political Speech

TEST YOURSELF: THE SIMPSONS VERSUS THE FIRST AMENDMENT: WHICH DO YOU KNOW BETTER?

Symbolic Speech

Limits to Free Speech: Fighting Words

Limited Protections: Student Speech

WHAT DO YOU THINK? FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS

Freedom of the Press

Prior Restraint

Obscenity

Libel

The Right to Bear Arms

INFO/DATA Guns on Campus

A Relic of the Revolution?

The Palladium of All Liberties?

INFO/DATA: GUNS ON CAMPUS

The Rights of the Accused

The Fourth Amendment: Search and Seizure

The Fifth Amendment: Rights at Trials

The Sixth Amendment: The Right to Counsel

The Eighth Amendment: The Death Penalty

Terrorism, Non-Citizens, and Civil Liberties

Contacts with Forbidden Groups

Surveillance

The Rights of Non-Citizens

Conclusion: The Dilemma of Civil Liberties

Chapter Summary

Key Terms

Study Questions

5 The Struggle for Civil Rights

BY THE NUMBERS Civil Rights

Winning Rights: The Political Process

Seven Steps to Political Equality

How the Courts Review Cases

Suspect Categories

Quasi-Suspect Categories

Nonsuspect Categories

Race and Civil Rights: Revolt Against Slavery

The Clash Over Slavery

Abolition

Economics

Politics

Dred Scott v. Sandford

The Second American Founding: A New Birth of Freedom?

Freedom Fails

The Fight for Racial Equality

Two Types of Discrimination

The Modern Civil Rights Campaign Begins

The Courts

The Civil Rights Movement

Congress and the Civil Rights Act

The Post Civil Rights Era

Affirmative Action in the Workplace

Affirmative Action in Education

WHAT DO YOU THINK? HIGHER EDUCATION AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Womens Rights

Suffrage

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Equal Rights Amendment

The Courts

Progress for Women-But How Much?

Hispanics

Challenging Discrimination

The Politics of Immigration

Ancient Fears

Three Categories

Undocumented Immigrants

Language Controversy: Speak English!

Political Mobilization

Asian Americans

Native Americans

The Lost Way of Life

Indians and the Federal Government

Social Problems and Politics

Groups Without Special Protection

People with Disabilities

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

INFO/DATA: 5.1

The Fight for Civil Rights Goes On

Voting Rights Today

Economic and Social Rights Today

Health

Income

Incarceration

Conclusion: Civil Rights . . . By