AMERICAN+GOVERNMENT

Please visit: http://www.hippocampus.org/?select-browse-topics-sequential and turn the words below into hyperlinks. =American Government: Course Outline=
 * 1) **Unit 1: Underpinnings and Documents of American Government**
 * 2) Chapter 1: Constitutional Beginnings
 * 3) Lesson 1: American Democracy
 * 4) Topic 1: The Nature of Governments
 * 5) Topic 2: Theories of Democracy
 * 6) Topic 3: The Policy-Making Cycle
 * 7) Lesson 2: English and Enlightenment Traditions
 * 8) Topic 1: English Documents and Democracy
 * 9) Topic 2: Enlightenment Political Philosophies
 * 10) Chapter 2: American Documents
 * 11) Lesson 3: Documents from the Revolution and Beyond
 * 12) Topic 1: Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
 * 13) Topic 2: Declaration of Independence
 * 14) Topic 3: The Policy-Making Cycle
 * 15) Lesson 4: Constitution Building
 * 16) Topic 1: The Articles of Confederation
 * 17) Topic 2: The State Constitutions
 * 18) Topic 3: The U.S. Constitution
 * 19) Lesson 5: The Constitution
 * 20) Topic 1: Constitutional Principles
 * 21) Topic 2: Structure of the Constitution
 * 22) Lesson 6: The Bill of Rights
 * 23) Topic 1: The Purpose and Intent of the Founders
 * 24) Topic 2: The Bill of Rights
 * 25) Topic 3: Amendments After the Bill of Rights
 * 26) Chapter 3: American Federalism
 * 27) Lesson 7: Layer Cake Federalism
 * 28) Topic 1: Defining Federalism
 * 29) Topic 2: Separation of National and State Governments
 * 30) Lesson 8: Evolution of Federalism
 * 31) Topic 1: Cooperative Federalism
 * 32) Topic 2: Fiscal Federalsim
 * 33) **Unit 2: Political Beliefs, Behaviors in Parties, Campaigns, and Elections**
 * 34) Chapter 4: Political Parties and Voting Behavior
 * 35) Lesson 9: Political Parties
 * 36) Topic 1: Political Party Eras
 * 37) Topic 2: Third Parties
 * 38) Lesson 10: Party Function and Structure
 * 39) Topic 1: The Function of Parties in America
 * 40) Topic 2: Organization of Parties
 * 41) Lesson 11: Party Identification
 * 42) Topic 1: Factors that Lead to Party Identification
 * 43) Topic 2: Realignment and Dealignment
 * 44) Lesson 12: Voting Behavior and Intensity
 * 45) Topic 1: Demographics
 * 46) Topic 2: Intensity
 * 47) Chapter 5: Elections
 * 48) Lesson 13: Financial Participation in Elections
 * 49) Topic 1: Cost of Elections
 * 50) Topic 2: Interest Groups and Political Action Committees
 * 51) Topic 3: Campaign Finance Reform
 * 52) Lesson 14: Congressional Elections
 * 53) Topic 1: Incumbency
 * 54) Topic 2: House and Senate Elections
 * 55) Lesson 15: Presidential Elections
 * 56) Topic 1: The Electoral College
 * 57) Topic 2: Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 * 58) Topic 3: General Elections
 * 59) **Unit 3: The Institutions of Government**
 * 60) Chapter 6: The Legislative Branch
 * 61) Lesson 16: Structure of the House of Representatives
 * 62) Topic 1: Composition of the House
 * 63) Topic 2: Committees and the Iron Triangle
 * 64) Lesson 17: Structure of the Senate
 * 65) Topic 1: Composition of the Senate
 * 66) Topic 2: Power, Committees, and Debates
 * 67) Lesson 18: Passage of a Bill
 * 68) Topic 1: Route of a Bill through Congress
 * 69) Topic 2: Veto Power and Judicial Review
 * 70) Chapter 7: The Executive Branch
 * 71) Lesson 19: The Nature of a President
 * 72) Topic 1: Qualifications and Qualities
 * 73) Topic 2: Rules and Contingencies
 * 74) Lesson 20: Presidential Roles
 * 75) Topic 1: Express Roles
 * 76) Topic 2: Traditional Roles and Special Powers
 * 77) Lesson 21: The White House
 * 78) Topic 1: Executive Offices and Staff
 * 79) Topic 2: Presidential Management Models
 * 80) Lesson 22: Presidential Politics, Polls, and the Press
 * 81) Topic 1: Approval Ratings and Public Perception
 * 82) Topic 2: Polls and Polling
 * 83) Topic 3: Media and Press Coverage
 * 84) Lesson 23: The Budget
 * 85) Topic 1: The Office of Management and Budget
 * 86) Topic 2: Surpluses, Deficits, and the National Debt
 * 87) Topic 3: Budget Timetable
 * 88) Chapter 8: The Bureaucracy
 * 89) Lesson 24: The Nature of the Bureaucracy
 * 90) Topic 1: Perceptions of the Bureaucracy
 * 91) Topic 2: Organization of the Federal Bureaucracy
 * 92) Topic 3: Bureaucratic reform
 * 93) Lesson 25: The Cabinet
 * 94) Topic 1: The Origins of the Cabinet
 * 95) Topic 2: The Modern Cabinet
 * 96) Topic 3: The Cabinet Practice
 * 97) Lesson 26: Other Bureaucratic Bodies
 * 98) Topic 1: Regulatory Agencies
 * 99) Topic 2: Government Corporations
 * 100) Lesson 27: Checks on the Bureaucracy
 * 101) Topic 1: Legislative and Executive Constraints
 * 102) Topic 2: Congressional and Judicial Constraints
 * 103) Chapter 9: The Judiciary
 * 104) Lesson 28: The Federal Court System
 * 105) Topic 1: Constitutional and Legislative Courts
 * 106) Topic 2: The United States Supreme Court
 * 107) Lesson 29: Historical Supreme Courts
 * 108) Topic 1: John Marshall and Roger Taney
 * 109) Topic 2: Earl Warren
 * 110) Topic 3: Warren Burger
 * 111) Lesson 30: The Nature of the Supreme Court
 * 112) Topic 1: Judicial Activism and Restraint
 * 113) Topic 2: Judicial Review and Construction
 * 114) Lesson 31: The Modern Supreme Court
 * 115) Topic 1: The Selection Process
 * 116) Topic 2: The Confirmation Process
 * 117) **Unit 4: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties**
 * 118) Chapter 10: Civil Liberties: The Bill of Rights Today
 * 119) Lesson 32: Incorporation
 * 120) Topic 1: Unalienable Rights
 * 121) Topic 2: Selective Incorporation
 * 122) Lesson 33: The Establishment Clause
 * 123) Topic 1: Wall of Separation
 * 124) Topic 2: The Establishment Clause in Court
 * 125) Lesson 34: The Free Exercise Clause
 * 126) Topic 1: Free Exercise of Religion
 * 127) Topic 2: The Free Exercise Clause in Court
 * 128) Lesson 35: Freedom of Speech
 * 129) Topic 1: Significance of Free Speech
 * 130) Topic 2: Rights and Limitations of Free Speech
 * 131) Lesson 36: Freedom of the Press
 * 132) Topic 1: Free Press History
 * 133) Topic 2: Rights and Limitations on Free Press
 * 134) Lesson 37: The Fourth Amendment
 * 135) Topic 1: Reasonable Searches and Seizures
 * 136) Topic 2: The Exclusionary Rule
 * 137) Lesson 38: Due Process and Criminal Rights
 * 138) Topic 1: Self-Incrimination
 * 139) Topic 2: Speedy and Public Trials
 * 140) Topic 3: The Right to Counsel
 * 141) Topic 4: Capital Punishment
 * 142) Chapter 11: Civil Rights
 * 143) Lesson 39: Civil War Amendments and the Civil Rights Movement
 * 144) Topic 1: Civil War Amendments
 * 145) Topic 2: The Civil Rights Movement
 * 146) Lesson 40: Post WW II Civil Rights Legislation
 * 147) Topic 1: The Truman Era
 * 148) Topic 2: The Eisenhower Era
 * 149) Topic 3: The Kennedy - Johnson Era
 * 150) Topic 4: Affirmative Action