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West's
12th Grade
American Government
ISBN: 0-314-02373-9
This auction is for the textbook West's American Government.
12th Grade
CONTENTS
UNIT 1
FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Chapter 1
Government and the People-The Global Connection
Section 1
The Meaning of Politics and Government
Section 2
How Do Governments Differ from One Another?
Section 3
The Challenge of Interdependence
Chapter Review
Chapter 2
Forging the American Dream
Section 1
European Orginis of Our Governmental Systems
Section 2
The First British Settlements
Section 3
The Colonies Rebel
Section 4
The Articles of Confederation
Section 5
Creating the Constitution
Section 6
Ratifying the Constitution
Chapter Review
Chapter 3
The Constitution
Section 1
The Structure of Our Constitution
Section 2
The Constitution's Major Principles of Government
Section 3
The Bill of Rights
Section 4
The Formal Process of Amending the Constitution
Section 5
The Informal Amending Process
Chapter Review
Chapter 4
Our System of Federalism
Section 1
Three basic Types of Governmental Systems
Section 2
Dividing Governmental Power
Section 3
The Relations Among the States
Section 4
Who Shall Reign Supreme?
Section 5
The Changing Face of American Federalism
Chapter Review
UNIT 2
THE RIGHTS OF ALL CITIZENS
Chapter 5
Personal Freedom
Section 1
Our System of Personal Freedom
Section 2
Freedom of Religion
Section 3
Freedom of Speech
Section 4
Freedom of Speech: The Press
Section 5
Freedom of Assembly and Petition
Chapter Review
Chapter 6
Equality Under the Law
Section 1
Due Process of the Law
Section 2
Rights of the Accused: Searching Wiretapping
Section 3
Rights of the Accused: A Fair Trial
Section 4
Equal Protection Under the Law
Section 5
New Challenges
Chapter Review
UNIT 3
THE POLITICS OF DEMOCRACY
Chapter 7
Citizenship: Privileges and Responsibilities
Section 1
Who is a Citizen?
Section 2
Immigration and the Non-Citizen
Section 3
Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
Section 4
Tolerance and Open-mindedness
Chapter Review
Chapter 8
Political Parties
Section 1
The Meaning and Roles of Political Parties
Section 2
The Beginning of the Two-Party Tradition
Section 3
Third Parties: Their Impact on American Politics
Section 4
The Structure of Political Parties
Chapter Review
Chapter 9
Public Opinion and Interest Groups
Section 1
Definition and Measurement of Public Opinion
Section 2
Factors that Affect Public Opinion
Section 3
Categorizing Political Attitudes
Section 4
Interest Groups
Section 5
How Groups Try to Shape Policy
Chapter Review
Chapter 10
Campaigns, Elections, and the Media
Section 1
Step One: The Nomination
Section 2
The Campaign
Section 3
The Structure of American Elections
Section 4
The Role of the Media in Campaigns and Elections
Chapter Review
Chapter 11
Voters and Voting Behavior
Section 1
History of Voting and Current Requirements
Section 2
More Suffrage, Less Participation
Section 3
Why People Vote as They Do
Chapter Review
UNIT 4
THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Chapter 12
The Organization of Congress
Section 1
Creation and Evolution of Congress
Section 2
House and Senate Organization
Section 3
Members of Congress and Their Responsibilities
Section 4
The Structure of Congress
Chapter Review
Chapter 13
The Powers Of Congress
Section 1
Legislative Powers
Section 2
Nonlegislative Powers
Chapter Review
Chapter 14
How Congress Makes Laws
Section 1
Congress Begins Its Work
Section 2
How a Bill Becomes a Law
Section 3
The Final Stages
Chapter Review
UNIT 5
THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 15
The Presidency
Section 1
The Office of President
Section 2
The Office of Vice President
Section 3
The Cabinet
Section 4
The Executive Office of the President
Chapter Review
Chapter 16
The President at Work
Section 1
Presidential Powers
Section 2
The Many Presidential Roles
Section 3
Checks on the President's Powers
Chapter Review
Chapter 17
The Bureaucracy in Action
Section 1
Bureaucracy: Its Nature and Size
Section 2
The Executive Department
Section 3
Independent Agancies and Government Corporations
Section 4
How the Civil Service Worls
Section 5
Bureaucrats as Policymakers
Chapter Review
UNIT 6
THE FEDERAL JUDICIAL BRANCH
Chapter 18
The Federal Courts
Section 1
Law and Where It Comes From
Section 2
The Federal Court System
Section 3
How Cases Reach the Supreme Court
Section 4
Supreme Court-Appointments and Ideology
Section 5
Judicial Activism and Judicial Restraint
Chapter Review
UNIT 7
AMERICAN POLICY IN A CHANGING WORLD
Chapter 19
Economic Policy, Poverty, and the Environment
Section 1
Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Section 2
Systems of Taxation
Section 3
The Government's Attempt at Eliminating Poverty
Section 4
Cleaning Up the Environment
Chapter Review
Chapter 20
Defense and Foreign Policy
Section 1
The Development of Our Foreign Policy
Section 2
Foreign Policy Makers
Section 3
The Department of State and Defense
Section 4
American Foreign Policy Goals and the Methods Used to Achieve Them
Section 5
The United Nations
Chapter Review
UNIT 8
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Chapter 21
State Constitutions and Legislative Processes
Section 1
The U.S. Constitution and the State Constitutions
Section 2
The State Legislative Process
Section 3
State Legislators
Section 4
How the Legislature Is Organized
Section 5
How a State Bill Becomes Law
Section 6
Direct Democracy
Chapter Review
Chapter 22
Governors and State Administrators
Section 1
The Modern Governor
Section 2
The Governor's Many Roles
Section 3
The Powers of the Governor
Section 4
Other State Administrators
Chapter Review
Chapter 23
The State Courts
Section 1
A Typical State Court System
Section 2
How Judges Are Selected
Section 3
Protection of Life and Property
Section 4
Prosecuting Offenders
Section 5
Sentencing and Prisons
Chapter Review
Chapter 24
Local Government
Section 1
The Legality and Functions of Local Government
Section 2
How Local Governments Operate
Section 3
How Municipalities are Governed
Chapter Review
Chapter 25
Paying for State and Local Government
Section 1
Limitations on State and Local Taxation
Section 2
Sources of State and Local Revenues
Section 3
Money from Uncle Sam
Section 4
State and Local Government Spending
Chapter Review
UNIT 9
OTHER NATIONS
Chapter 26
Comparing Governments and Economic Systems
Section 1
Great Britain
Section 2
France
Section 3
Japan
Section 4
Types of Economic Systems
Section 5
Characteristics of the American Economy
Section 6
Covering Political and Economic Systems
Chapter Review
THE RESOURCE CENTER
ORIGINAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
Constitution of the United States of America
The Bill of Rights
The Magna Carta (1215)
Mayflower Compact (1620)
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Articles of Confederation (1781-1789)
Federalist Papers # 10 and # 51 (1787/1788)
Anti-Federalist Writings (1787-1788)
Monroe Doctrine (1823)
Seneca Falls Declaration (1848)
Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
Pledge of Allegiance (1892)
The American's Creed (1917)
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
The Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations
THE RESOURCE CENTER
ANNOTATED TABLE OF LEGAL CASES
How to Read Legal Case Citations and Find Court Decisions
Table of Court Cases
THE RESOURCE CENTER
EXTENDED CASE STUDIES
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and Amnesty
The AIDS Epidemic
The War on Drugs
Exxon Valdez
THE RESOURCE CENTER
PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
THE RESOURCE CENTER
SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICES AND ASSOCIATE JUSTICES SINCE 1789
THE RESOURCE CENTER
STATE ATLAS
THE RESOURCE CENTER
U.S. AND WORLD MAPS
Map of the United States
Map of the World
GLOSSARY
INDEX
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