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POL 201 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201genius.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 The Electoral College POL 201 Week 3
DQ 2 Week Three Reflection
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POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 The U.S. Constitution FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.pol201genius.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. Embedded in
this operational framework are two key
principles separation of powers and a system of
checks and balances. Write In your initial post,
explain why the separation of powers and the
system of checks and balances are important for
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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. For
instance, if you are a criminal justice major,
what parts of the U.S. Constitution are
applicable to what you are learning in your
major? If you are a business major, which branch
of government executive, legislative, or
judicial has, or will have, the greatest
influence on your
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POL 201 Week 1 Learning Activity The
Constitution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.pol201geni
us.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 the
process of critically analyzing key features of
our national government. To complete the
assignment, save the Week One Learning Activity
Worksheet (available in the online classroom) to
your computer, fill it out, and
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POL 201 Week 1 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201genius.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?   Question 4.
What United States document establishes the core
principles on which our government is based?  
Question 5. The Federalist Papers were intended
to   Question 6. The theory of American
Exceptionalism is rooted in the idea that the
United States was founded in
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POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Your Life  FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.pol201genius.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. Reflect The U.S. government's expansive
role in public policy is caught in a swirl of
conflicting crosscurrents. On the one hand,
popular expectations about government's
responsibility to solve problems often exceed the
capacity of state and local authorities to
respond effectively. On the other hand, policies
developed at the national level may not
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POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Week Two Reflection  FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.pol201genius.com   Prepare Prio
r 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. Does
Congress have oversight of any of the processes
or products in your workplace? Do the government
regulations, policies, and oversight sometimes
conflict with local or state regulations,
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POL 201 Week 2 Learning Activity Federalism FOR
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sm 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. In
addition, recommend an option to maintain the
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POL 201 Week 2 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES
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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?   Question 4. Which
legislative act is a good example of
intergovernmental relations that are the hallmark
of Cooperative Federalism?   Question 5. The
principal powers of Congress include all except  
Question 6. If the President requests a
Congressional authorization for the use of force,
Congress   Question 7. In federalism, the
national government   Question 8. John
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POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 The Electoral College FOR
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rior 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. Also,
please watch this weeks videos, Episode I - A
More Perfect Unionand Episode II - Its a Free
Country regarding the U.S. Constitution.
Reflect As the textbook author asserts, the
Framers intentionally designed a process for
selecting presidents that would minimize the
presidents political power the Electoral
College. They hoped this institution
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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. In addition,
there are times when a judicial review has direct
impact on your life. For example, when the
Supreme Court declared the Affordable Care
Act constitutional, many people
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POL 201 Week 3 Learning Activity Branches of
Government FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.pol201genius
.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. To complete
the assignment, save the Week Three Learning
Activity Worksheet (available in the online
classroom) to your computer, fill it
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POL 201 Week 3 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201genius.com 1. 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. Question 3. Question The
president and Congress are unable to control the
bureaucracy or hold it accountable because
Question 4. Question The idea that citizens
should be suspicious of a strong central
government would best be described as Question
5. Question The scope of presidential power has
expanded over time due to presidents carving out
their own powers as they have needed. Question 6.
Question The Supreme Cour
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POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 Individual Rights and the
Obligations of Government   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201genius.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.
The laws, created and supported by the
Constitutional framework, are designed to protect
and secure the rights and liberties of
individuals and groups throughout the U.S.
However, the
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POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Week Four Reflection FOR MORE
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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. Parties use
their stated policy goals (i.e., their platforms)
as a way to mobilize voter support. Generally, in
order to be successful in a two-party system,
parties must have policy goals across a broad
range of issue areas to appeal to a broad range
of voters. Write Identify one issue area that
you want investigate. Use the assigned resources
required for this discussion to gather
information about the
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POL 201 Week 4 Learning Activity Political
Parties, Interest Groups, and Elections  FOR MORE
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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. In this last
weekly worksheet, you will assess the positive
and negative impacts of political parties,
interest groups, or federal elections on the
national government. In addition, you will
recommend one option to enhance the positive
impact and one to diminish the negative impact.
This final effort will conclude the process of
critically analyzing key features of our
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POL 201 Week 4 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.pol201genius.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.   Question 5. The 1964 Civil Rights Act
  Question 6. Two-party electoral systems, such
as we have today in the United States, tend to be
examples of what type of political party model?  
Question 7. What is the basic
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POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Voting and Voter Turnout  FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.pol201genius.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). During the last
decade, many initiatives have been undertaken to
increase voter participation, yet concerns about
the possibility of election fraud have also
increased. Additionally, some political
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POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper Americas Democracy
Your Report Card (2 Papers)  FOR MORE CLASSES
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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. You have been preparing for
this final assignment each week by constructing a
detailed outline of the Final Papers main points
through the weekly Learning Activities. In
addition, you have read the course text and
course readings, reviewed videos, and researched
additional material for each weeks
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