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 * Reviewing Units I & II **
 * __ Directions: __** We will be using the following [|website] to review. You should answer these questions **__with detailed answers__**. Each chapter has charts, graphs, and other additional material to help you answer the questions.

__[|A. Chapter One: Constitutional Beginnings]__ __ [|B. Chapter Two: American Documents] __ __ [|C. Chapter Three: American Federalism] __ __[|A. Chapter Four: Political Parties and Voting Behavior]__
 * __ Unit 1: Underpinnings and Documents of American Government: __**
 * 1) Identify the key features of the policy-making system.
 * 2) Explain how public policies respond to public demands.
 * 3) Describe the nature of democratic government and the traditional and contemporary theories of democratic politics.
 * 4) Describe the process by which political socialization occurs in a democratic system.
 * 5) Trace the English philosophical heritage including the Enlightenment in the shaping of American democratic principles.
 * 1) Identify key revolutionary themes that shaped the development of American Constitutionalism.
 * 2) Discuss the importance of the Articles of Confederation and state constitutions on the evolution of the American Constitution.
 * 3) Explain the purposes and topics of the Articles of the Constitution and the importance of the elastic and supremacy clauses.
 * 4) Describe the purposes for the Bill of Rights and be able to outline the subsequent amendments to the Constitution.
 * 1) Define federalism and explain its importance in American Government.
 * 2) Explain the shift from dual federalism to cooperative or fiscal federalism.
 * 3) Discuss the various grants extended by the Federal government to the states.
 * 4) Explain the relationships that funded and unfunded mandates create between them.
 * __ Unit 2: Political Beliefs, Behaviors in Parties, Campaigns, and Elections: __**
 * 1) Explain the historical development of the two party system in American politics.
 * 2) Identify the major functions and structures of American political parties.
 * 3) Explain party loyalty and membership and be able to analyze when realignment or dealignment might occur.
 * 4) Describe the demographics of voters as opposed to non-voters within the American electorate.
 * 5) Analyze the motivation for the electorate to become involved politically.

__[|B. Chapter 5: Elections] __
 * 1) Describe the costs of elections and how interest groups and political action committees participate in the financial process of campaigns.
 * 2) Analyze the differences between incumbent re-election and challenger election bids.
 * 3) Explain the differences between House and Senate elections in relation to time, costs, and constituency.
 * 4) Discuss the processes of presidential campaigning through the complex series of primaries and party conventions.
 * 5) Describe the complexities of the Electoral College and how it effects presidential campaigning.
 * 6) State efforts at reforming the system of financing campaign costs.