AP Government Per. 1 & 5 (Culver City High School) //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/665463/assignments/ Class Name: AP Government Per. 1 & 5 Instructor(s): Lucas Plotnik en-us SchoolSitePro <![CDATA[Due: 05/12/2015]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem3900685 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/665463/assignments/ Take a break from studying for the AP Exam to watch Stephen Colbert form a Super PAC
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/379369/march-30-2011/colbert-pac---trevor-potter
 
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/398531/september-29-2011/colbert-super-pac---trevor-potter---stephen-s-shell-corporation
 

]]> Fri, 08 May 2015 19:20:37 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/12/2015]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem3900205 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/665463/assignments/ http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/the-map-11-angles-on-the-electoral-college/
 
Great Article on the electoral college in 2016. Great review for the AP exam!

]]> Fri, 08 May 2015 13:30:18 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/11/2015]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem3896189 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/665463/assignments/ Review Packet # 2 
]]> Tue, 05 May 2015 17:35:03 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/09/2015]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem3900686 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/665463/assignments/ Tune into C-SPAN at 9:15 AM for this year's cram for the exam!
 
http://www.c-span.org/series/?washingtonJournal

]]> Fri, 08 May 2015 19:24:03 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/08/2015]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem3890433 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/665463/assignments/ Cram For the Exam
Great Review Video 
 
http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4498048/2014-cram-exam

]]> Fri, 01 May 2015 07:50:30 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/05/2015]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem3900687 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/665463/assignments/ Good Review VIdeos Hip Hughes Government for Dummies 
 
https://www.youtube.com/user/hughesDV/featured

]]> Sat, 09 May 2015 16:04:58 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/04/2015]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem3887128 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/665463/assignments/ Complete the attached study guide (foundations and Constitution) by Monday.
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Chapter 20 Questions

 

 

1) Describe each of the three instruments of foreign policy.

 

 

 

2) Explain the role of each of the following in foreign policy

President

Secretary of State

Secretary of Defense

Joint Chiefs of Staff

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) Explain why defense spending is considered a thorny issue. Why do liberals want to decrease defense spending?

 

 

 

 

4) Why are economic sanctions often a first resort in times of crisis? What is required if sanctions are to be successful?


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Chapter Five Questions

 

1) How did the 14th Amendment make the US a more “equal” nation?

 

 

 

2) What is the significance of Brown v. The Board of Education regarding Federalism?

 

 

3) Describe jure and de facto segregation.

 

 

4) Describe the significance of the Voting Rights Act in terms of both civil rights and federalism.

 

 

5) Why do you think the Equal Rights Amendment was never ratified? Do you think it should have been? Why? How would the nation be different if it was ratified?

 

6) The Americans with Disabilities Act is an unfunded mandate. What did it require employers and administrators of public facilities to do?

 

 

7) What did the Supreme Court rule in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke?


]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2015 20:15:53 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/27/2015]]> //cchs.ccusd.org/homeworkItem3882984 //cchs.ccusd.org/apps/classes/665463/assignments/ Civil Liberties notes 
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