PLS 101American National GovernmentRoger C. Lowery, Ph.D.
Wilson Textbook Chapter Outlines and Handouts
2: The Constitution · Review Questions · Interactive Constitution · Public Opinion & the Constitution · Proslavery Origins of Electoral College
3 & 4: Civil Liberties & Civil Rights · Abortion · Crime · Gay Rights · Illegal Drugs · Internet Speech/Privacy · Medical Research · Politics and the Pulpit · Race and the Law · Religious Expression in NC Public Schools · Religious Displays on Public Property · Right to Die · Supreme Court Decisions in Religion Cases
5: Federalism · Review Questions · Instances of Use of US Armed Forces · Territorial expansion
6: Public Opinion and the Media · Watching America · Review Questions · Idealog.org » Two Basic Summary Statistics
7: Political Parties and Interest Groups · Party Realignments
8: Campaigns and Elections · UVA Center for Politics · Electoral-vote allocations by state · Presidential Election Maps, 1789-2000 · Cross-national data on election turnout · News Coverage and Voter Involvement · Absentee-ballot request ◦ Guide to Mapping the Vote · Religion & the presidential election 2008 ◦ 2004 vs. pre-Civil War division ◦ Voter Turnout Study
9: Congress · Tracking Legislation · Find Your Representative (by ZIP code) · State-Level Term Limits
10: The Presidency · War Powers Resolution of 1973 · U.S. Military Casualties - Major Wars · U.S. Military Casualties - Other Recent Wars · Assassination Attempts · Presidential Approval in Historical Perspective · Job Approval for 2-Term Presidents · Job Approval for Bush/Clinton/Bush/Obama · Presidential Ratings by historians
11: The Bureaucracy
12: The Judiciary 13: Making Domestic Policy · The Economy · State Budget Simulation · Education · The Environment · The Federal Budget · Higher Education · Health Care · Health Care Reform Information · State lotteries & education funding · Medicare · Poverty and Welfare · Social Security
14: Making Foreign and Military Policy · American's Global Role · Immigration