1: Main Body 1.1: Chapter 1 2: Faculty Resources 2.1: Request Access 2.2: I Need Help 3: Student Resources 3.1: Handy-Dandy Handouts 3.2: Helpful Charts and Diagrams 4: United States Government 4.1: United States Government: Where do we start? 4.2: United States Government: Why form a government? 4.3: United States Government: Who is in control? 4.4: United States Government: Shared Political Culture and Civic Engagement 5: Constitutions and Contracts 5.1: Constitutions and Contracts: Why establish rules for governing? 5.2: Constitutions and Contracts: Where did the ideas for the US Constitution originate? 5.3: Constitutions and Contracts: Articles of Confederation 5.4: Constitutions and Contracts: Is another new contract really necessary? 5.5: Constitutions and Contracts: Ratification or Approving the Contract 5.6: Constitutions and Contracts: Amending or Changing the Contract 6: Federalism 6.1: Federalism: Basic Structure of Government 6.2: Federalism: How should power be structurally divided? 6.3: Federalism: How is revenue shared? 7: U. S. Courts 7.1: U. S. Courts: Interpreting the Contract 7.2: U. S. Courts: What do they do? 7.3: U S Courts: Structure and Procedure 7.4: U S Courts: Due Process and Equality Under the Law 8: Congress 8.1: Congress: Making Laws–Adding to and Changing the Contract 8.2: Congress: How is the legislative branch structured? 8.3: Congress: How do we choose our representatives? 8.4: Congress: What does legislative procedure look like? 9: The President 9.1: The President: Who is upholding the law? 9.2: The President: What are the powers, structure and function of the executive branch? 9.3: The President: How do we select and elect a president? 9.4: The President: What is the public presidency? 10: The Bureaucracy 10.1: The Bureaucracy: The Executive Branch, Bureaucrats and Civil Service 10.2: The Bureaucracy: Policy Implementation 10.3: The Bureaucracy: Structure and Function 10.4: The Bureaucracy: Who is in control? 11: Domestic Policy 11.1: Domestic Policy: Actors, Issues and Disputes 11.2: Domestic Policy: What is public policy? 11.3: Domestic Policy: Categorizing Public Policy 11.4: Domestic Policy: Policy Arenas 11.5: Domestic Policy: Who are the policymakers? 11.6: Domestic Policy: How are budgeting and tax policy implemented? 12: Foreign Policy 12.1: Foreign Policy: Actors, Issues and Disputes 12.2: Foreign Policy: Basics and International Actors 12.3: Foreign Policy: Tools or Instruments 12.4: Foreign Policy: Institutional Relations 12.5: Foreign Policy: Approaches 13: Public Opinion 13.1: Public Opinion: How is it formed? 13.2: Public Opinion: How is it measured? 13.3: Public Opinion: What is the connection to political institutions? 14: Interest Groups 14.1: Interest Groups: People Engage 14.2: Interest Groups: Who or what are they? 14.3: Interest Groups: How are they formed? 14.4: Interest Groups: Pathways to Participation and Influence 14.5: Interest Groups: How are they regulated? 15: Political Parties 15.1: Political Parties: What are they? 15.2: Parties: How and why did they form? 15.3: Political Parties: How does the two-party system work? 15.4: Political Parties: How are they organized? 15.5: Political Parties: What is divided government? 16: Elections 16.1: Elections: The People Take Action 16.2: Elections: Voter Registration 16.3: Elections: Voter Turnout 16.4: Elections: Why run for office? 16.5: Elections: Campaigns and Voting 16.6: Elections and Other Methods of Participation: People Actively Engage 17: Media 17.1: Media: Influence and Impact 17.2: Media: What is their function? 17.3: Media: How have they evolved? 17.4: Media: How are they regulated? 17.5: Media: What is their impact? 18: Civil Liberties 18.1: Civil Liberties: Protecting Freedoms 18.2: Civil Liberties: What does the contract protect? 18.3: Civil Liberties: How are basic freedoms secured? 18.4: Civil Liberties: How are rights of the accused protected? 18.5: Civil Liberties: How are the Bill of Rights interpreted? 19: Civil Rights 19.1: Civil Rights: People Challenging the Rules 19.2: Civil Rights: How are rights identified? 19.3: Civil Rights : What has occurred in the struggle for equality? 19.4: Civil Rights: How has the fight for women’s rights progressed? 19.5: Civil Rights: Native Americans, Alaskans, and Hawaiians–how has the fight expanded? 19.6: Civil Rights: How is equal protection achieved? 20: Liberty v. Security–Wrapping it Up in Review 20.1: Liberty v. Security: A Short Review 21: Appendix 21.1: Declaration of Independence 21.2: The Articles of Confederation 21.3: The Constitution of the United States 21.4: Federalist No. 10 21.5: Federalist No. 51 21.6: Electoral College Votes by State, 2012–2020 21.7: Selected Supreme Court Cases 21.8: U. S. Department of Justice Legal Terms Glossary Back Matter Index Glossary