21506 Agenda

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• 2/15/06 Agenda
• Quiz on reading pages 275-300
• Discuss/Review Reading
• Review V.O.Key Presidential Election categories
• 4) Diagram Re-Alignment vs. De-Alignment,
  example of re-alignment
• 5) Lecture History of Critical Elections
• 6) Socratic Seminar Political Parties

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• Please get out a separate sheet of paper. Thank
  you!
• Title the paper Chapter 12 Quiz and put your
  heading in the upper right corner.

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• Our electoral system is based on
• A) Fixed terms
• B) Staggered terms
• C) Fixed representation
• D) A and B
• E) A, B, and C

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• 2) The electoral college was created in order to
• A) Make the presidential vote more accessible to
  the people.
• B) Reduce the voting power of middle and lower
  class people.
• C) Remove the choice of president form a direct
  vote of the people.
• D) IN crease the quality of presidential
  candidates.

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• 3) The biggest factor in elections for the House
  of Representatives is
• A) Incumbency
• B) Personal wealth
• C) Friendships and connections
• D) Public opinion polls

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• 4) National party conventions have evolved from
• A) A time to nominate candidates into a time to
  build unity.
• B) A time to build unity into a time to attack
  the opposition.
• C) A time to test public opinion into a time to
  nominate candidates
• D) A time to build unity into a time to nominate
  candidates.

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• 5) Issue advertising is allowed unlimited funding
  because
• A) It is nationwide in scope
• B) Advertising is only at a local level
• C) The advertisements focus on issues, not
• candidates.
• D) The advertisers must reveal the source of
• their funding.

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• 6) The most commonly proposed reform to the
  electoral college system is
• A) Direct, popular election of the president
• B) Increasing electoral votes for large states
• C) Decreasing electoral votes for small
• states
• D) Increasing the funding for third party
• candidates

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Discuss/Review Reading Pages 275-300
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• Please open to page 28 in your Interactive
  Notebook. Thank you!
• Get ready to create a diagram for
  re-alignment/de-alignment and write definitions
  for Liberals and Conservatives

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• Definitions
• Liberals Desire change. Prefer an active
  government in dealing with the economy, expanding
  opportunities for the disadvantaged and
  redistributing income. Democrats.
• Conservatives Want to conserve the past. Prefer
  fewer policies for the disadvantaged, fewer tax
  laws. Support defense spending. Republicans.
• Note Liberals do not always favor governmental
  action. Liberals typically oppose using the power
  of government to restrict abortion or impose
  school prayer, while conservatives support these
  measures.

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• Example of Party Re-Alignment
• Cuban-Americans switching from Democrat to
  Republicans

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The Elian Gonzalez incident as seen by
Cuban-Americans.
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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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• Homework
• Read pages 203-214 in the textbook.
• Take at least one page of notes on page 32 of
  your Interactive Notebook.
• Title the Notes Interest Groups.