Essay Assignment Study Guide
Of the following questions, four (4) will appear on the essay exam.
The essay exam is scheduled for Wednesday, July 25th at 1pm. The questions will be posted to Blackboard. Your responses should be 1-3 sentences. You will have 3 hours to submit your responses (due at 4pm).
1. The Lemon Test is used by judges to determine if a law violates the establishment clause. What are the three questions?
2. What was the compromise made between large states and small states at the Constitutional Convention?
3. What are the 5 modern roles of presidents outlined in class, and what is an official activity associated with each?
4. Why is the House of Representatives more polarized than the Senate?
5. There are 4 different models of representation presented in Chapter 7: delegate, trustee, conscience, and politico. If you could have you representative mirror one of these models, which would it be and why?
6. What are the 5 agents of socialization. Which do you think is most important in explaining the political attitudes that you hold, today? Why have some agents been more effective than others?
7. What was the main disagreement between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, and how did they resolve their disagreement? What was their compromise?
8. Howard Laswell argues that the media plays 3 roles: Socialization, Interpretation, and Surveillance/watch dog. Which is most important, and why?