- Define and explain (i.e. give specific and realistic examples that relate to specific parts of our government) of each of the following: separation of powers, checks and balances and federalism.
- What rights are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights? Explain the main points of each of the first ten amendments.
- Identify and full explain the effect of 5 factors that influence how a person is politically socialized.
- Originally, the Constitution left most of the decisions over elections and how they should be handled to the states. Gradually, voting rights and the conduct of elections were taken over to a greater extent by the federal government. Explain in detail how the composition of the American electorate has expanded by fully explaining, in order, each of the following: the 15th amendment, the 17th amendment, the outlawing of the grandfather clause, the 19th amendment, the outlawing of white primaries, the 23rd amendment, the 24th amendment, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the 26th amendment.
- Differentiate between liberals and conservatives by referring to and explaining their respective beliefs on 5 different issues such as abortion, gay marriage and the economy.
Retake Questions for Test 3
- Interest Groups and Political Parties are both important in their role of influencing and connecting citizens to government, but are different in many ways. Explain the major differences between Interest Groups and Political Parties by identifying and explaining their main purpose, as well as the many methods they use to achieve those purposes.
- Describe the importance of each of the following steps of an election: Primaries, Nominating Conventions (aka Party Conventions), General Election (Election Day), and Electoral College.
- Discuss the the way in which corporate control of media and the fact that media outlets (newspapers and television) have to make profits to stay in business affects the ways in which political news is presented by the media.
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