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Supplemental Course Material and Information
This document contains information necessary to successfully complete the course. It also contains information on grading, how to write the discussion post, and the weekly reading assignments.

  • Supplemental Course Information  (pdf)
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  • POS 2041 U.S. Government Lectures
    This course will provide an analysis of the organization, structure, and operational dynamics of the U.S. national government, both past and present, and an examination of the U.S. Constitution, including principles and theories supporting it. This course includes learning activities designed to ensure competence in the basic use of computers.

  • Chapter 1 Lecture - Americans & Their Political Values  (pdf)
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  • Chapter 2 Lecture - The Founding and the Constitution  (pdf)
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  • Chapter 3 Lecture - Federalism  (pdf)
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  • Chapter 4 Lecture - Civil Liberties  (pdf)
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  • Chapter 5 Lecture - Civil Rights  (pdf)
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  • Chapter 10 Lecture - Congress  (pdf)
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  • Chapter 11 Lecture - The Presidency  (pdf)
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  • Chapter 12 Lecture - The Bureaucracy  (pdf)
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  • Chapter 13 Lecture - The Federal Courts  (pdf)
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  • Chapter 14- Domestic Policy  (pdf)
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  • Chapter 15- Foreign Policy  (pdf)
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  • Supplemental Reading Material
    This is extra reading material that helps to understand the organization, structure and operational dynamics of the U.S. national government, both past and present. It also gives an examination of the U.S. Constitution, including principles and theories supporting it.

  • What is an American?  (pdf)
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  • The Declaration of Independence  (pdf)
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  • The Constitution  (pdf)
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  • King Speech before Parliament October 1775  (pdf)
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  • How our laws are made  (pdf)
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  • Legal definitions in the Constitution  (pdf)
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  • The Declaration of Independence Explained  (pdf)
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  • Articles of Confederation  (pdf)
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  • The English bill of Rights  (pdf)
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  • The Magna Carta  (pdf)
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  • Unalienable Rights  (pdf)
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  • The Virginia Declaration of Rights  (pdf)
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  • The Olive Branch Petition  (pdf)
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  • The Founding Fathers  (pdf)
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  • Federalist 10 - Factions / Special Interest  (pdf)
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  • Federalist 51 - Checks and Balance  (pdf)
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  • Federalist 54 - Apportionment among the states  (pdf)
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  • Federalist 39 - Republican Principles  (pdf)
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  • Federalist 45 - Powers of Government  (pdf)
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  • Federalist 68 – the mode of Electing the President.  (pdf)
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  • Federalist 69 – The real Character of the Executive  (pdf)
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  • Federalist 78 - The Judiciary  (pdf)
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  • The formation of the Constitution  (pdf)
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  • James Madison and the role of the architect  (pdf)
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  • Letters between the Danbury Baptists and Thomas Jefferson  (pdf)
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  • Meaning of the Commerce Clause  (pdf)
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  • The Three Fifth compromise  (pdf)
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  • What is Federalism?  (pdf)
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  • George Washington as Commander and Chief  (pdf)
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  • Impeachment Proceedings  (pdf)
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  • Election of Hayes v. Tilden  (pdf)
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  • Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr election  (pdf)
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  • James Madison Veto  (pdf)
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  • Presidential Succession Act  (pdf)
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  • The electoral College the enlightened democracy  (pdf)
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  • The Impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson  (pdf)
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  • Dred Scott fight for Freedom  (pdf)
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  • Gibbons V. Ogden  (pdf)
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  • Marbury v. Madison – case brief  (pdf)
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  • Marbury v. Madison – How the constitution was change  (pdf)
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  • Plessy V. Ferguson case brief  (pdf)
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  • McCulloch v. Maryland case brief  (pdf)
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  • Original meaning: Freedom of speech and the press  (pdf)
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  • History of EO10925 and Affirmative Action  (pdf)
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  • Executive Order 10925 –Affirmative Action  (pdf)
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  • The Electoral college – FEC Administrator Explanation  (pdf)
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  • The Niihau Incident  (pdf)
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