Reference no: EM131453281
Watch (Big Mirracle) movie and then provide a brief explanation of the segment within a political context.
Requirments:
Write 4 paragraphs
1 page to 1 and a half page
I. Political Systems & the Social Contract
a. Monarchy
b. Oligarchy
c. Theocracy
d. Democracy
II. Federal & State Government
A. Representative Democracy
B. Direct Democracy
1. California
2. The Initiative Process
a. Initiatives, Referendums, Recalls
3. Constitutional v. Statute Initiative
a. Propositions 22, 8 & the CA Supreme Court
4. U.S. Supreme Court decisions
a. Hollingsworth v. Perry (2013)
b. Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
III. Fundamental Principals of a Democracy
A. Popular Sovereignty
B. Political Equality
C. Political Liberty
IV. Majority Tyranny
A. What is it?
B. Authors Position
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
I. Articles of Confederation
A. Shay's Rebellion
B. The Struggle to Ratify
1. Selection of a president
2. Representation
3. Slavery
4. A bill of rights
C. Article VII (The Loophole)
II. The Constitution
A. Articles I-VII
B. Bill of Rights
C. First, Ninth, & Tenth Amendments
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
III. Selective Incorporation & Fourteenth Amendment
IV. How Democratic?
A. Framers perspective
B. Electoral College
C. Original Selection
DEMOCRACY (Chapter 1)
Robert Moses
Popular sovereignty
Political equality
Political liberty
Social contract
Self-government
Majority tyranny
Purple state
Liberal democracy
Nineteenth Amendment
CONSTITUTION (Chapter 2)
John McCain
Defense Department Authorization bill
Signing statement
American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Human rights
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional convention
Republicanism
James Madison
Federalist Papers
Charles Beard
Connecticut Compromise
Single executive
2000 presidential election
Supremacy clause
Enumerated powers
Free enterprise
FEDERALISM (Chapter 3)
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (NFIB)
Federalism
Confederation
Unitary system
Defense of Marriage Act
Interstate compacts
Tenth Amendment
Reservation clause
Article IV of the Constitution
Civil War Amendments
The New Deal
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Devolution
Ben Bernanke
Mandate
1994 Contract with America
U.S. Census
STRUCTURAL FOUNDATIONS (Chapter 4)
Boeing 747 Dreamliner
Outsourcing
Nativist
Urbanization
Industrialization
Sun belt
Median household income
Great Recession
Poverty line
Income distribution
Edward Wolff
Economic inequality
Globalization
John Locke
Populism
Religiosity
PUBLIC OPINION (chapter 5)
Pentagon Papers
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Tet Offensive
Partisanship
Political attitudes related to:
Education
Gender
Age
Religion
Political ideology
Tea Party
Economic conservative
Economic liberal
Social liberal
Social conservative
Unilateralist
Multilateralist
MEDIA (Chapter 6)
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Representative John Conyers
Watchdog
Pew Research Center
Alternative news
Blog
Associated Press
Corporate Ownership
Media monopoly
Rupert Murdoch
Infotainment
Watergate
News management
Spin
Objective journalism
Pundits
Nationalism
Prior Restraint
Federal Communications Commission
Telecommunications Act of 1996
Fairness doctrine of 1949
Child Online Protection Act of 1998
INTEREST GROUPS & BUSINESS CORPORATIONS (Chapter 7)
Deepwater Horizon
Deregulation
The Federalist, No. 10
Disturbance theory
The inside game
Lobbying Congress
Political action Committee
Citizens United v. The Federal Election Commission (2009)
Iron triangle
Charles Lindblom
CAFE (corporate average fuel economy)
McCain-Feingold bill
Earmark
Jack Abramoff