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INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION. Summer is OVER!. I WANT TO LEARN!. INTRODUCTION. Alemany. U.S. Government. The institutions and processes through which public policies are made for a society Policies = Actions taken by the government . Government. Institutions include: * Congress * President

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INTRODUCTION

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  1. INTRODUCTION Summer is OVER! AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  2. I WANT TO LEARN! INTRODUCTION Alemany AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  3. U.S. Government The institutions and processes through which public policies are made for a society Policies = Actions taken by the government AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  4. Government Institutions include: * Congress * President * Courts * Bureaucracy AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  5. That government is best that governs the least . . . because its people discipline themselves. ~ Thomas Jefferson Founding Father, President Some Common Views AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  6. Government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan • Conservative Hero, President Some Common Views AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  7. Our goal is to shrink the government to the size where we can . . . drown it in a bathtub. ~ Grover Norquist Influential Conservative Some Common Views AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  8. The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people . . . • and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the government. Some Common Views AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  9. Some Common Views • ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt • Savior or Devil, President AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  10. Two Fundamental Questions How should we govern? Related: Who should hold power? Who should have influence? 2. What should the government do? AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  11. Basic Functions of Gov’t. * National defense * Preserve order * Provide public goods & services * Socialize the young AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  12. Basic Functions of Gov’t. * Collect TAXES * To pay for Defense, Order, Goods & Services, and Education AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  13. Comments on Taxes The power of taxing people and their property is essential to the very existence of government. ~ James Madison Founding Father, President AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  14. Comments on Taxes Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Supreme Court Justice AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  15. Politics Process by which we select our governmental leaders and influence the policies these leaders pursue AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  16. Politics: Key Questions * Who serves as leaders? * Who selects them? Notable Quote: The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~ Winston Churchill AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  17. Politics: Key Questions * Who serves as leaders? * Who selects them? * What do they do? * Why? AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  18. Politics Politics is about who gets what, when, and how. ~ Harold Lasswell Yale Political Scientist AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  19. American Political Culture The United States is a country organized around an ideology which includes a set of dogmas about the nature of a Good Society. ~ Seymour Martin Lipset Stanford Political Sociologist AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  20. American Political Culture Five Elements of the “American Creed” * Liberty Give me liberty or give me death. . . . life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness * according to Lipset AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  21. American Political Culture Five Elements of the “American Creed” 2. Egalitarianism All men are created equal. AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  22. American Political Culture Five Elements of the “American Creed” 3. Individualism You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go. AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  23. American Political Culture Five Elements of the “American Creed” 4. Laissez-Faire “Let Do” . . . Let it be . . . Leave it alone AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  24. American Political Culture Five Elements of the “American Creed” 5. Populism Government of the people, for the people, and by the people. ~ Abe Lincoln President AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  25. Dialectics Tension or opposition between two interacting forces or elements: ~ Individualism v. Community ~ Private interest v. Public purpose ~ Private action v. Public action AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  26. Dialectics Tension or opposition between two interacting forces or elements: ~ Rich v. Poor ~ Men v. Women ~ “Whites” v. “Non-Whites” ~ Educated v. Non-Educated AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

  27. Reading Government Text: Pages 8 – 10 19 – 22 AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS - Introduction

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