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Chapter 1

Bell Ringer 9-6-2007. Chapter 1 In your own words explain what the textbook means when it states that politics exists in part because people differ about two things: who should govern, and the ends toward which they should work. Bell Ringer 9-11-2007.

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  1. Bell Ringer 9-6-2007 • Chapter 1 • In your own words explain what the textbook means when it states that politics exists in part because people differ about two things: who should govern, and the ends toward which they should work

  2. Bell Ringer 9-11-2007 • Explain the four answer that have traditionally been given to the question of who governs. • Marxist • Elitist • Bureaucratic • Pluralist Remember 9-11

  3. Bell Ringer 9-12-2007 • Explain what is meant by power, and by political power in particular. Relate the latter to authority, legitimacy, and democracy

  4. Bell Ringer 9-12 Cont • Explain how political change tends to make political scientists cautious in stating how politics works or what values dominate it.

  5. Bell Ringer 9-17-2007 • What is the difference between the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan? • Explain how the Great Compromise utilized both the Virginia and New Jersey Plan.

  6. Bell Ringer 9-18-2007 • Explain the notion of "higher law" by which the colonists felt they were entitled to certain "natural rights." List these rights.

  7. Bell Ringer 9-20-2007 • Compare the basis on which the colonists felt a government could be legitimate with the basis of legitimacy then assumed in monarchies.

  8. Bell Ringer 9-24-2007 • Pages 27-29 • Why did the framers of the constitution choose to create a republic instead of a pure democracy? • Why did the framers choose to have the president chosen under the electoral college?

  9. Bell Ringer 9-25-2007 • Discuss the evidence that the framers of the Constitution meant for popular rule to be only one element of the new government. In what ways did the new government limit the power of majorities?

  10. Bell Ringer 10-2-2007 • What is the New Jersey Plan – be detailed in your answer • What is the Virginia Plan – be detailed in your answer • Explain, in detail, what the Great Compromise did. • Pages 25-27

  11. Bell Ringer 10-5-2007 • Define: sovereignty, unitary system, confederation or confederal system, federal system, and federal regime

  12. Bell Ringer 10-9-2007 • Chapter 3 • What is the difference between a federal and a unitary system of government?

  13. Project Write-On • Pages 54-56 • What was Chief John Marshall’s decision in McCulloch v. Maryland and how did Marshall’s decision reflect Hamilton’s view of federalism over Jefferson’s? • Intro, body, and conclusion • Due at end of class

  14. Bell Ringer 10-12-2007 • Why was the 10th Amendment added to the Constitution? • Pages 52-53

  15. Bell Ringer 10-18-2007 • What is dual federalism? • Read the hand-out Layer v. Marble Cake and explain the differences (in relation to dual federalism) between the two cakes.

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