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POL 201 HOMEWORK Innovative Education
POL 201 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201homework.com POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1
The U.S. Constitution POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Week
One Reflection POL 201 Week 1 Learning Activity
The Constitution POL 201 Week 1 Quiz POL 201 Week
2 DQ 1 Policy and Your Life POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2
Week Two Reflection POL 201 Week 2 Learning
Activity Federalism POL 201 Week 2 Quiz POL 201
Week 3 DQ 1
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POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 The U.S. Constitution FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.pol201homework.com The
U.S. Constitution Prepare Prior to writing your
initial post, read Chapters 1 and 2 of American
Government. In addition, watch the video provided
on the U.S. Constitution, Episode IV - Built to
Last. Reflect The U.S. Constitution is the
cornerstone of our federal government. The
Constitution establishes a basic operational
framework that enables the three branches of
government executive, legislative, and judicial
to interact and function as a unit.
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POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Week One Reflection FOR MORE
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Reflection. Prepare Prior to beginning your
reflection this week, complete all course
readings, your introduction, and the Discussion,
The U.S. Constitution. Reflect Once you have
completed these assignments think about how
American politics have and could affect your
career aspirations. The Founding Fathers created
an amazing governmental structure that affects
almost every aspect of our lives even today.
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POL 201 Week 1 Learning Activity The
Constitution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.pol201home
work.com The Constitution. The weekly worksheets
will help you build all the necessary parts for
your Final Paper. This week, you will evaluate
the strengths and weaknesses of the most
important document for Americas national
government, the U.S. Constitution. In your
worksheet, you will describe one strength and one
weakness of the Constitution. In addition, you
will need to recommend a way to maintain the
strength of this amazing document and a way to
correct a weakness. This effort begins
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POL 201 Week 1 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201homework.com Question 1. The
American system of government can be most
accurately described as a _________. Question
2. In 1607, the English monarch King James I
granted a charter to which organization to
establish a settlement in the Chesapeake region?
Question 3. The Connecticut Plan, also known as
the Great Compromise, combined elements of which
two other plans during the Constitutional
Convention of 1787?
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POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Your Life FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.pol201homework.com Policy and
Your Life Prepare Prior to beginning work on
this discussion question, read Chapters 3 and 4
in American Government. In addition, watch the
videos provided on federalism Quick Study of
Federalism Part 1, Quick Study of Federalism Part
2, and Quick Study of Federalism Part 3, and the
U.S. Constitution Episode I - A More Perfect
Union.
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POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Week Two Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.pol201homework.com Prepare
Prior to beginning your reflection this week,
complete all course readings and assigned videos,
and the Discussion, Policy and Your Life.
Reflect Once you have completed these
assignments, think about how federalism and the
U.S. Congress have or will affect your life. The
federal structure ensures that there is a clear
line between local, state, and federal government
regulations, policies, and oversightsometimes!
Think about how federal statues affect your work
or will affect your work in the future.
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POL 201 Week 2 Learning Activity Federalism FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.pol201homework.com Federal
ism This week, we continue completing the
worksheets in preparation for the Final Paper.
One of the most important structures in the
national government is federalism. Understanding
the relationship between local, state, and
national level governments is critical in being
able to understand all of the key features of our
national government. Describe an advantage and a
disadvantage to a national policy that an agency
in the federal bureaucracy must implement.
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POL 201 Week 2 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201homework.com Question 1. The
national government can attempt to gain the
cooperation of state governments by using what
type of coercive measures? Question 2. The
Tenth Amendment balances out national authority
by Question 3. A presidential veto of a bill
can be overridden by what percentage vote of all
members of Congress?
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POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 The Electoral College FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.pol201homework.com   repare
Prior to beginning work on this discussion
question, read Chapters 5 and 6 in American
Government. In addition, read the following
articles What Are the Arguments Made in Favor
and Against the Electoral College?, GOP
Leaders United in Defense of the Electoral
College, and the ProQuest article Why the
Electoral College is Bad for America.
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POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Week Three Reflection FOR
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Three Reflection American Government. Review the
videos, Episode I - A More Perfect Union and
Episode II - Its a Free Country regarding the
U.S. Constitution. Reflect The executive and
judicial branches of the U.S. national government
often seem to operate independently and with
little conflict. Many laws are signed by the
President and then implemented without a word
from the judicial branch. However, there are
times when executive decisions are challenged by
the judicial branch in a process called judicial
review.
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POL 201 Week 3 Learning Activity Branches of
Government FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.pol201homewo
rk.com Branches of Government. The three
branches of our government each play crucial
roles in the U.S. national government. Each
branch has specific power, duties, and
responsibilities that are the most apparent
features of our system of separate powers.
Nevertheless, each branch has been critiqued for
having definite strengths and weaknesses that
become obvious in certain situations. Analyzing
these strengths and weaknesses will enable you to
evaluate and recommend ways to enhance and
correct these fundamental assets and deficiencies
of the branches of our national government.
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• POL 201 Week 3 Quiz
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• Question In the realm of foreign affairs,
  presidents are usually weak and must solicit
  congressional approval before entering into
  agreements with other countries.
• Question 2. Question Prior judicial experience
  is required to be appointed as a judge on the
  federal level.

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POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 Individual Rights and the
Obligations of Government FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201homework.com Individual Rights
and the Obligations of Government. Prepare Prior
to beginning work on this discussion, read
chapters 8, 9, and 10 in American Government and
watch the video, Episode II - Its a Free
Country. Reflect Our political system is
characterized by certain fundamental features to
include a system of laws, rights, and liberties.
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POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Week Four Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.pol201homework.com Week Four
Reflection. Prepare Prior to beginning work on
this discussion, read chapters 8, 9, and 10 in
American Government, watch the video, Episode II
- Its a Free Country, and review your results
from the Political Typology Quiz. Reflect
Political parties mobilize voters to win
elections and implement policy goals.
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POL 201 Week 4 Learning Activity Political
Parties, Interest Groups, and Elections FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.pol201homework.com Political
Parties, Interest Groups, and Elections. The
various political actors involved in the
processes, activities, and policies of the U.S.
government each have evolving goals and
objectives. In addition, these actors have
produced differential effects, both positive and
negative, on the processes, activities, and
policies of the federal government.
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POL 201 Week 4 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201homework.com Question 1.What
constitutional amendment guaranteed women the
right to vote? Question 2. How are interest
groups are different from political parties?
Question 3. Which Supreme Court decision stated
that affirmative action intended to promote
greater equality was acceptable public policy,
but the use of quotas was not. Question 4. True
or False The peaceful transfer of power from one
government to the next has a long historical
legacy and predates the formation of the United
States.
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POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Voting and Voter Turnout FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.pol201homework.com Voting
and Voter Turnout. Prepare Prior to completing
this discussion question, review Chapters 9 and
10 in American Government and the following
articles How Voter ID Laws Are Being Used to
Disenfranchise Minorities and the Poor, Fraught
with Fraud, and Proof at the Polls. Reflect
The U.S. has one of the lowest voter turnout
rates among modern democratic political systems.
One study ranks the U.S. 120th on a list of 169
nations compared on voter turnout (Pintor,
Gratschew, Sullivan, 2002).
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POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Week Five Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.pol201homework.com Week Five
Reflection. Prepare Prior to beginning your
reflection, review all course readings and videos
as required. Reflect The U.S. national
government is based on the framework detailed in
the U.S. Constitution. The process that the
Founding Fathers used to map out our national
government is fascinating and illuminating. The
Constitution creates a system of checks and
balances and separation of powers that have been
focal points for class discussions.
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POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper Americas Democracy
Your Report Card (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201homework.com This Tutorial
contains 2 Different Papers Americas Democracy
Your Report Card. The primary goal of your last
assignment is to critically analyze the primary
features of the American national government. The
results of your analysis will indicate what you
have learned over the last five weeks. In order
to accomplish this task, it is important to
critically evaluate the key facets of our
American democracy.
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