This week please use the blog to review for the exam. This will be the only blog until the exam. Feel free to post general or specific questions or thoughts and then respond to each others posts. You do not need to write anything more than brief blog entries but I strongly encourage you to check into the blog regularly to look for questions and to help share ideas to review for the exam. The more entries that each of you adds the better for everyone. Make sure to review other entries so that you have correct concepts before the exam.
Also If you are interested in downloading a version of the review sheet you can find it on the course website here:
Also If you are interested in downloading a version of the review sheet you can find it on the course website here:
A couple of hints:
1. Use the review sheet (but don't psych yourself out) it is supposed to help you.
2. Make sure that you have core concepts for each of the sections down, think about how each are connected in the broader American political system, as you begin to connect those large concepts work to include other ideas/details/identifications connected to those core ideas.
3. Try to connect each area to one another (i.e. Political Parties to Interest Groups).
4. Make sure to review readings and class notes.
1. Use the review sheet (but don't psych yourself out) it is supposed to help you.
2. Make sure that you have core concepts for each of the sections down, think about how each are connected in the broader American political system, as you begin to connect those large concepts work to include other ideas/details/identifications connected to those core ideas.
3. Try to connect each area to one another (i.e. Political Parties to Interest Groups).
4. Make sure to review readings and class notes.
Hi everyone ,I was absent the day we were talking about political parties and I am a little confused on the difference between political party and political ideology. What are the main goals of each?
ReplyDeleteIf you guys could help me out and give me info on the political party section that would be great!
Thank you,
Diana
A political party is an organized group who elects their members to important government offices in an attempt to influence the policies of government. There are three main goals of a political party...
ReplyDelete1) To build and maintain a coalition of voters
2) To build and maintain the structure of the political system
and 3) To implement public policy and follow up on promises
A political ideology, on the other hand, includes beliefs about the role of the government, ideas about public policies, and notions about which groups in society should have power.
Hi everyone,
ReplyDeletecan anyone help explain the Laissez-Faire Capitalism model to me, for some reason i just do not understand the concept.
Thank you,
Steph
Stephanie, essentially this model represents a "free-market" society.
Deletecan someone please explain to me enumerated powers???
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expressed powers given to congress. Stuff like the power to tax etc.
DeleteWhen in class we discussed the Federalist paper #10, factions, how can they be controlled? For some reason its missing in my notes. Can someone help? Thank you.
ReplyDeleteFactions are groups that are united by the same passions and/or interests. Factions are only dangerous if they are the majority and/or destroy liberty. They can be controlled through representative government. Through representative government, the effects of factions can be controlled.
DeleteCaroline-
ReplyDeleteJames Madison wrote Federalist Paper #10 in 1787. He wrote about factions (which are groups of citizens that believe in ideals contrary to the rights and interests of the whole community) and how they were dangerous because the states were sort of like factions and if the federal government did not have the power to keep them in check, the states could pass laws that would not be in the nation's best interest.
What is the expansion of federal powers again?
ReplyDeleteCan someone explain the elastic clause to me?
ReplyDeleteThe Elastic Clause is also known as the Necessary and Proper Clause in Article I of the Constitution. It allows Congress to do all that is "necessary and proper" in order to carry out the enumerated powers listed in the constituton; it also provides some flexibility when creating/maintaining legislation, which is why it's also called the Elastic Clause.
DeleteRegarding electoral realignment......
ReplyDeleteI have notes on what it means and when it takes place. (electoral coalition is permanently redefined and power in party shifts)
-My question is what kind of outcome occurs when a power shift took place? Negative or positive? Also, how does this connect with the historical shifts? When/did it occur? Who was involved?
Thanks,
Alex :)
Can anyone define conservative, liberal, and moderate?
ReplyDeleteThanks.
Rae-Anna
In regards to the Virginia and New Jersey Plans, which laid out the idea for equal representation of states, and which thought states with a larger population should be better represented in Congress?
ReplyDeleteKevin, the New Jersey Plan called for equal representation in Congress whereas the Virginia Plan thought that states with larger populations should be better represented in Congress.
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DeleteI am confused as to what the four types of Third Parties there are?
ReplyDeleteCan someone please help me out?
Thank you so much!
Bolter Parties-Where a member of a party leaves and takes members to a new party (Teddy Roosevelt creating the Bull Moose Party)
DeleteFarm/Labor Parties
Parties of Ideological Protest which has the subgroup of Single Issue Parties (i.e. a Pro-Life Party, etc.)
Do you happen to know the three main goals of political parties?
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DeleteThere are three main goals of a political party...
Delete1) To build and maintain a coalition of voters
2) To build and maintain the structure of the political system
and 3) To implement public policy and follow up on promises
Can someone please help me with netroots and grassroots campaigns?
ReplyDeletePLEASE and THANK YOU
Hello!
ReplyDeleteI also do not understand what netroots or grassroots are?
Help?
Thank you!
Julian and Juanita -
DeleteGrassroots - is a social movement that is community based, where the leaders of the movement have the same grievance as the people participating. There is no hierarchy as the leaders are part of the community. They are also spontaneous which gives them the advantaging of surprising those they are protesting against.
Netroots - a term for political activism using blogging and other social media!
What is the importance of Federalist #10?
ReplyDeleteJustin wrote more about Federalist #10 above (in reply to Caroline) but basically it discusses factions: what they are, ways in which they can be dangerous (if they become violent or are not able to be kept in check) and ways in which they could be controlled if they became an issue
DeleteThank you Louise!
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