Political
Science 201-003, Final Exam Review Outline, Fall 2017
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
First Amendment: what does it cover?
Establishment clause and free exercise clause (meaning of each)
“No preference” doctrine and “wall of separation” doctrine
Cases (these will be multiple choice questions, match the case to the
decision)
Barnette v. West Virginia
Engel v. Vitale
Lemon v. Kurtzman
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Lee v. Weisman
San Diego Independent School District v. Doe
Adler v. Duval County School Board
Herdahl v. Pontotoc County
Board of Education
Lynch v. Donnelly
Employment Division v. Smith
Locke v. Davey
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
Freedom of speech: what restrictions are there on it?
Cases (again, multiple choice)
Schenck v. U.S.
Roth v. U.S.
Memoirs v. Massachusetts
Miller v. California
Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul
New York Times Company v. Sullivan
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
Second Amendment: what restrictions are there on it?
Due Process of Law: definition and components
Fourth Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Sixth Amendment
Seventh Amendment
Eighth Amendment
Mapp v. Ohio
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainwright
Ninth Amendment: unenumerated (implied) rights
Right to privacy
Griswold v. Connecticut
Roe v. Wade
Tenth Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Equal
protection of the laws
Rights of
citizenship
Brown v. Board of Education
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of
Education
Fifteenth Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Affirmative action
Bakke v. Regents of University of
California
Gratz v. Bollinger
Grutter v. Bollinger
Fisher v. University of Texas
Discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, disability
Title IX
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Americans with Disabilities Act
Lawrence v. Texas
Obergefell v. Hodges
Political Parties, Campaigns, Elections, Voting and
Money
History of the two-party system
Why we have two and only two major parties at a time
Realignment and dealignment
Primaries and caucuses
How the Electoral College affects Presidential campaign strategy
Components of the contemporary party coalitions
Factors that determine your likelihood of voting
Gender gap
Why the parties are weaker now than historically
Voter mobilization
Citizens United v. Federal
Election Commission (2010)
Public Opinion, The Media, Interest Groups
Political socialization (definition and agents of socialization)
Ideology (definition and types)
Random sampling
Margin of error/sampling error
Tracking poll
Exit poll
What do Welch and her co-authors argue are the real and perceived biases
of the media?
Public interest group vs. private interest group
Exclusive benefits vs. non-exclusive benefits
Interest group organization, activity and tactics
“Free rider” problem
State and Local Government
Federalism
How the federal government influences policy in matters of state
jurisdiction
How the states differ, bases for comparison
Intergovernmental relations
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Economic and Environmental Policy
Revenues, expenditures, budget surplus and deficit
Mandatory and discretionary spending
Fiscal policy and monetary policy (what each does, and what’s the
difference)
Federal Reserve Board
Effect of interest rates on inflation and unemployment
Appropriations process
Annual deficit and national debt
Keynesian economics
Supply-side economics
Progressive and regressive taxation
Conflict between economic growth and environmental protection
Cost-benefit analysis
Social Security and Welfare Policy
History of the Social Security system
What is the difference between an entitlement program and a means-tested
program?
How Social Security is paid for, the long-term problems facing it, and
potential solutions
Conflicting views of the causes of poverty in the United States
Social safety net (definition and examples)
Types of welfare programs
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF)
What were the problems with
AFDC that led to its replacement with TANF? How do these programs differ in the
way they are funded and administered? What are some remaining problems that TANF
has failed to adequately address?
What is the fastest-growing category of social welfare spending, and why?
Earned Income Tax Credit
Health Care Policy
Medicare
Medicaid
Which populations are served
by each of these programs, and how are they funded and administered?
Impact on society of millions of people having no health insurance
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
Alternatives to private health insurance as it exists in the US