Keeping the Republic: Power and Citizenship in American Politics
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Chapter 1. Politics and Citizenship in American Politics
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- Politics on Campus
- Could You Pass a Citizenship Test?
- Which Citizen Are You?
- The Twelve States of America
- Political Typology Quiz
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Chapter 2. The Politics of the American Founding
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- "Subjects" to "Citizens"
- The Articles in 1:20
- Ratification
- Things You Didn't Know About the Revolution
- Declaration Signers
- No More Kings
- Electoral College
- Gridlock
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Chapter 3. Federalism
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Chapter 4. Fundamental American Liberties
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Chapter 5. The Struggle for Equal Rights
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Chapter 6. Congress
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Chapter 7. The Presidency
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Chapter 8. The Bureaucracy
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- Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet
- Thalidomide: Bureaucracy Gone Right
- Pump My Ride
- Vaping Rules
- Coding a Better Government
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Chapter 9. The American Legal System and the Courts
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- Scalded by Coffee
- Voir Dire
- Marbury v. Madison
- SCOTUS Law Clerks
- John Oliver's #RealAnimalsFakePaws
- Scalia's Originalism
- What the Jury Decides
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Chapter 10. Public Opinion
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Chapter 11. Parties and Interest Groups
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- How the Republicans Did It
- Founders Weren't Party People
- Two-Party System
- Small Groups, Big Impact
- Look for the Union Label, 1978
- Colbert Super PAC, 2012
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Chapter 12. Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
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- Voting Rights Act Gutted
- The Invisible Primary
- SNL's Undecided Voter
- Electoral College 101
- Presidential Campaign Ad Database
- Big Night for Money!
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Chapter 13. The Media
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- Internet Killed the Newspaper Star
- The Challenge of Journalism
- Bloggers and Pundits
- A Cynical Public
- Citizen Journalism
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Chapter 14. Domestic and Foreign Policy
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