21706 Agenda

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• 2/17/06 Agenda
• Quiz on reading pages 203-214
• Discuss/Review Reading
• 3) Lecture History of Critical Elections
• Socratic Seminar Political Parties
• Lecture Notes Interest Groups and PACs

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• Please get out a separate sheet of paper. Thank
  you!
• Title the paper Chapter 9 Quiz and put your
  heading in the upper right corner.

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• An interest group is
• A collection of people who share a common
  interest.
• A group that seeks to discover what other people
  are interested in.
• A group that charges interest rates on money.
• None of the above.

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• 2) A free rider is
• A) Someone who uses public transportation
• without paying.
• B) An individual who does not join an
• interest group but receives the benefits from
• that group.
• C) Passengers who refuse to wear
• seatbelts.
• D) A workplace where union membership
• is not required

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• 3) Public Interest groups tend to focus on
• A) The interests of business.
• B) The interest of foreign nations
• C) The interests of disease control centers
• D) The interests of the general public

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• 4) The federal registrar is
• A) A daily publication of new and proposed
• rules.
• B) The most important job besides the
• presidency
• C) A job that has lost importance in recent
• years
• D) A publication of fugitives and terror
• suspects.

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Discuss/Review Reading Pages 203-214
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• Open your Interactive Notebook to page 31.
• Title the page History of Re-Alignments and put
  your heading in the upper right corner.
• Get ready to take lecture notes.

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• I. 1860-1928 The Republican Era
•   A. Slavery issue dominated politics and split
  the Whigs and Democrats in the 1850s.
• 1. The  Republican Party became the anti-slavery
  party.
• 2. They forged a coalition out of several minor
  parties, elected Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
• 3. The Republican party dominated for sixty years
  (Democrats controlled the South).
• 4. Election of 1896 important because A) It was
  the last attempt to win a presidential election
  on an agrarian platform B) Weakening of party
  system C) Increased concern for business
  regulation and welfare of the worker.
• 5. Republican dominance continued until Black
  Tuesday (stock market crash of 1929) and the
  ensuing Great Depression.

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• II.1932-1964 The  New Deal coalition
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• A.The Great Depression of the 1930s gave rise to
  the New Deal coalition. President Herbert
  Hoover's handling of the Great Depression was
  disastrous for the Republicans. He took the
  Laissez-Faire approach to the Great Depression
• 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt brought together the
  original New Deal coalition and easily defeated
  Hoover in 1932. The New Deal coalition was
  responsible for electing and re-electing
  Democrats.
• 2. Congress passed Roosevelt's anti-Depression
  measures during his first hundred days in office.
  
• 3. Party realignment began, and Roosevelt forged
  the New Deal coalition from union members,
  southerners, intellectuals, liberals, the poor,
  and African Americans.
• 4.  During the New Deal, Blacks changed their
  allegiance from Republican to Democrat.

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• III. 1968-present The era of divided government
•   A. Since 1968, American politics has been
  characterized by divided government. The
  weakening and party de-alignment resulted from
  diverse views on social programs. While
  Republicans believe states should dictate funding
  for social programs, the Democrats have been more
  to appropriate federal funds for social programs.
  
• 1. This divided government (when the executive
  and legislative branches are controlled by
  different parties) has existed since 1968.
• 2. It is likely divided government will continue
  at federal and state levels.

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• Socratic Seminar Political Parties

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• Do you think political parties are a cause or
  effect of conflict in our federal government?
• Do you think political parties hinder or help the
  publics understanding of important issues?
• Do you think we should make it harder for
  people/businesses to give money to political
  candidates? (Campaign finance reform)
• Do you think third parties, like libertarians and
  the green party, should have greater influence in
  American politics?
• Which political party do you think will be most
  successful in the next 10 years? Justify your
  answer.
• Which political party do you think best
  represents the interests of women/minorities/busin
  ess owners/the wealthy/middle class people?

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• 1) Open your IN to page 36. 2) Title the page
  Interest Groups and PACs and get ready to take
  lecture notes

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• Homework
• Read pages 214-225 in the textbook.
• Take at least one page of notes on page 34 of
  your Interactive Notebook.
• Title the Notes Interest Groups.