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Assignment - American Government Study Guide
Q1. What is the media?
Q2. What is the function of the media?
Q3. Slander and Libel
Q4. Media as a watchdog
Q5. Implied powers vs enumerate powers
Q6. Investigative journalism
Q7. Agenda setting and issue framing
Q8. Cabinet members
Q9. What do political parties do?
Q10. Two-party system (Duverger's Law and Institutional Barriers)
Q11. The US's Founding Fathers and political parties
Q12. What are interest groups? What are lobbyists? Differences
Q13. Iron triangle
Q14. Citizens United vs the Federal Election Commission
Q15. The main function of Congress (House of Representatives vs. Senate)
Q16. The main function of the Presidency
1. How have presidents used their position to increase the power of the presidency?
Q17. The main function of the Supreme Court
1. Dual court system
2. Guardians of the Constitution and individual rights
Q18. Foreign and domestic policy
1. What is domestic policy?
2. What is foreign policy?
3. public policy process
4. How do the three-branch play a role in policymaking?
Q19. California
1. How is CA Governor? Lt Governor? CA Attorney General?
2. What is a recall? Referendum? Amendment vs. Revision?
3. What is the composition of the CA State Legislature?