Text: American Government The Essentials Institutions &Policies 14e
By James Q. Wilson,
John J. DiIulio, Jr.,
Meena Bose
PART I: The American System
• Chapter 1: The Study of American Government
• Chapter 2: The Constitution
• Chapter 3: Federalism
• Chapter 4: American Political Culture
• Chapter 5: Civil Liberties
• Chapter 6: Civil Rights
PART II: Opinions, Interests, and Organizations
• Chapter 7: Public Opinion
• Chapter 8: Political Participation
• Chapter 9: Political Parties
• Chapter 10: Elections and Campaigns
• Chapter 11: Interest Groups
• Chapter 12: The Media
PART III: Institutions of Government
• Chapter 13: Congress
• Chapter 14: The Presidency
• Chapter 15: The Bureaucracy
• Chapter 16: The Judiciary
Requirements
• 4 pages single space
• 12 font time roman
• Margins, Top = 1' Bottom = 1' right = 1' Left = 1'
• 5 sources
• Sources recommended to be journal wall street and the book, but other websites and books are ok
• Due date November 22nd, 2015
What is required for the paper?
It is an open paper meaning you can write about anything you want as long as it can be tied back to class.
Example: Write about one of the amendments to the constitution- pick one, why is it important to todays society? Why was it added to the constitution?
Why do we have 3 branches of government? Why was each branch added?
There are a lot of topics that you can pick from. Please do not all pick the same topic!
Please pick different 5 topics for the paper;