Entire Semester Worth of Class Notes for Pols120 Intro to American Politics

24 pages of in-depth class notes and study guide answers, entire semesters worth (12 weeks). Week 1: discussing Hobbes argument and Reasons for Govt Week 2-3: House of Rep, Reapportionment, Redistricting etc. Week 4: Congress, parties, committees, a bill becoming a law Week 5: Presidency, necessary vocab, various branches and their explanation Week 6: Bill of Rights, judicial branch, the criminally accused Week 7: Political Science vs. Punditry , prisoners dilemma, free rider problem Week 8: The traditional for profit media, public opinion, misinformed public Week 9: What makes a person more likely to vote, voter registration, Jim Crow Laws, Civil Rights Week 10: Problems that political parties create, Republican versus Democrat Week 11: Interest groups in the Policymaking Process, Lobbying in the policymaking process, Campaign Finance Week 12: Obama: Libya, Congress as an institution, Presidential Power