Study Guide for Final Exam

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Study Guide for Final Exam

• What was the intent of the founding
• fathers regarding the electoral process?
• What was the end result?
• What is the butterfly ballot?
• Understand voting requirements..

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• Political machines are.
• Understand the differences between
• gerrymandering, redistricting, etc.
• What actions have been taken to curb
• campaign contributions? Hard money,
• soft money?

3

• Nomination of the presidential candidate
  officially occurs when..
• What states hold primaries early?
• Understand the FL primary incident..
• Understand election terminology..

4

• Differentiate monetary policy versus fiscal
• policy..
• GDP, what is it?
• Differentiate between a recession, a
• depression..

5

• Grants-what are they?
• The process of foreclosures, what
• happened?
• What are the various taxes imposed,
• estate, death, capital gains?

6

• What is the philosophy of liberals and
• conservatives regarding taxation, deficits?
• Be able to define isolationism and
• interventionism.
• What is the Monroe Doctrine?

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• What were and are the US relations
• between the US, Iran, Iraq, the former
• USSR/aka Russia? Reasons for
• capturing Hussein? What was our past
• relationship with Hussein?
• Understand the Gulf Wars.
• What was the stance of the US military
• regarding the invasion of Iraq? i.e.
• troop invasion, attack area?

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• What is the difference between a draft
• versus a volunteer system of military
• service?
• What is the GI Bill?

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• Pros of and cons of military contracting?
• Function of military contractors?
• Be able to understand the types of
• military contracting firms..
• What other countries do we face potential
• conflict with?

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• Purpose of special forces
• Band-Aid Diplomacy, what is the origin?
• Trickle-Down Economics.how does it
• function?
• Some additional items to note
• -concept of infiltration
• -commencement of war with Iraq/US
• Congress