Final Exam

Some information you already know:

 

The Final Exam will take place over 3 days.

Wednesday May 17 - Multiple Choice

Thursday May 18 - Essay 1

Friday May 19 - Essay 2

 

Your final assignment for the year is to complete whatever articles are left in the reading packet.  There are 11 left.  You need to show me evidence that you have read them in the form of margin notes, highlighting, Sack Yourman, or any other note taking device.

 

On Monday May 15 guidance counselors will be in to collect information about any scholarships you may have received.

 

Tuesday May 16 is the Blood Drive. 

Ch 6 Fill Ins Correction

A few of you have e-mailed to point out the error on fill ins quiz #7 for ch 6.  The answer is de facto. It is marked wrong because of the italics.  No points lost.

ASSIGNMENTS

With approximately six weeks until the AP Exam, the assignments to complete this course have all been posted.  Go to the appg.us website to see all of the due dates and other information.

Test Review

REVIEW FOR TEST – BUREAUCRACY, CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS

 

1. examples of independent regulatory agencies – SEC, ICC, FRB, FCC, NLRB, FTC
2. target audience of the media – masses
3. most competitive races - presidency
4. criticism of electoral college 2000 – popular winner not electoral winner
5. definition of patronage – getting a political job as a favor
6. 3 points of  iron triangle – bureaucrats, interest groups, congressmen
7. purpose of the Hatch Act – protect federal employees from political pressures
8. why people are likely to vote – political socialization
9. members of prez campaign staff – pollster, policy & media advisers & consultants
10. electoral college used to elect – prez & veep
11. examples of govt corporations – Amtrak, TVA, USPS, CPB
12. bureaucracies include – hierarchy, SOP, formal rules, specialized tasks
13. ind exec agency vs. ind reg agency –
14. criticism of fed bureaucracy –
15. purpose of Pendleton Act – civil service based on merit
16. NVRA encourages voting – allows voter registration at DMV
17. open primary – party members can vote for another party’s candidates
18. Buckley vs. Valeo – personal money can be unlimited
19. low voter turnout – people too busy to vote, college age is lowest
20. national convention – formally nominate candidates for prez & veep
21. amendments extending suffrage – 15, 19, 23, 26
22. nonindependent bureaucratic agencies responsible to –
23. executive branch employment – (chart analysis)
24. role of political parties in elections – influential, but not as much power as they had in the past
25. rules & regulations for elections – set by individual states
26. most common method for states to choose candidate – closed primary
27. organization whose primary activity is raising money for campaigns – PAC
28. how the vast majority of civil servants get jobs – civil service exam, apply through OPM
29. frontloading – early prez primaries seem more important
30. regulations of Election Reform Act of 1974 –
31. most important reason campaign costs have increased – TV ads
32. amendment outlawing the poll tax – 24
33. voting behavior – class based activity
34. if nobody wins a majority of electoral votes – House of Representatives elects the prez
35. soft money – money used for “party building” activities
36. electoral trends – suffrage opportunities have increased over history
37. bureaucrats advantage over prez – continuity of service
38. check on bureaucracy – Congress does not appoint agency heads
39. criticism of media – too negative, relies too much on polls, talk radio too conservative, defines the campaign agenda rather than the candidate

Missing Assignments

On Friday you may have received an update on your missing assignments.  or many of you, there seems to have been a mistake, and I am working to correct it.  That is, you aren't really missing the work that I reported to you.  See me on Monday to clarify individually!

 

The test for the Bureaucracy, Campaigns, & Elections will still be this Wednesday March 29th.  We will review in class on Monday & Tuesday.  A review list will be distributed.  I will post it online later today.

 

Don't forget the 3rd marking period ends this Friday.  All work must be in by then, including make up quizzes and the test!

Campaign Information Online

These are the websites that will help you complete the task in class:

FEC.gov
opensecrets.org
Politics1.com

Tomorrow's quiz will be a short answer format, similar to the bureaucracy quiz. You will be able to choose 5 out of 7 questions to answer. Here are the 7 topics:
1. Campaign finance limits
2. Popular vs. electoral votes
3. Party alignment in elections
4. Voter requirements
5. Types of TV ads
6. Campaign teams
7. Technology in campaigns

Quiz & Test

We will have another short answers quiz on Friday March 24th, covering campaigns and elections.

We will have a test on Wednesday March 29th, covering the bureaucracy and executive branch, and campaigns and elections.

We will be in computer room 122 on Thursday March 23rd.

Ch 13 & 14 Assignments

Everything Due Monday, March 20th!

Chapter 14 multiple choice
Chapter 14 true/false
Chapter 14 fill ins
Chapter 13 multiple choice
Chapter 13 true/false
Chapter 13 fill ins

CHAPTER 14 Textbook Questions

1. What are the personal and organizational aspects of a campaign?
2. What are the pressures and hazards of the nomination campaign?
3. What are independent expenditures? What are the constitutional issues and concerns surrounding them?
4. Discuss candidate debates. How effective are they? Are they truly debates? How might they be changed to make them more effective and useful?
5. Can the press be 'handled'? Does 'spin' work? How do the media cover political campaigns?
6. Discuss the structure of a political campaign and the personnel involved.
7. Discuss the types of media and advertising a candidate may choose to utilize.
8. What are the rules regarding campaign finance for presidential elections? Do they wirk? Why or why not?
9. What are PACs and how do they affect the election process?
10. Discuss the 2000 presidential campaign and election.


CHAPTER 13 Textbook Questions

1. Explain the various types of primary. How are they similar or different and why would a state choose one variant over another?
2. Discuss initiative, referendum, and recall. Why do we have them? How pervasive are they?And what are some examples of recent uses of each?
3. What impactr could regional primaries and front loading have on the process of nominating a president?
4. What is the electoral college? Why is it often the subject of reform proposals?
5. What is incumbency advantage and what events serve to lessen it?
6. Compare and contrast the nature of primary and general elections for both congressional and presidential elections.
7. Discuss the changing nature of the party conventions and how the Republican and Democraticconventions are similar and different.
8. Discuss the role of party in presidential elections and the nature of party alignments.
9. Analyze the nature of congressional elections from 1994 to 1998.
10. Discuss voting behavior and voter turnout. Who votes and why? What voting patterns exist?Why is voter turnout so low? Does low turnout matter?

Chapter 14 PowerPoint notes
Chapter 13 PowerPoint notes