Political Science 202, Final Exam Review Outline, Fall 2017
What are the primary sources of revenue for federal, state, and local governments? (Note: There is a different answer for each one.)
What are the controversies surrounding the use of lotteries as revenue sources for state government programs such as education?
What are some of the techniques that state and local governments use to recruit businesses?
Right-to-work law
What is the conflict between economic development and environmental protection?
Environmental racism
Infrastructure
Affirmative action
Bakke v. University of California
Grutter v. Bollinger
Gratz v. Bollinger
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
Obergefell v. Hodges
Primary goals of contemporary public education, according to Dye and MacManus
Charter schools
Magnet schools
School vouchers
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Title I
South Carolina Education Accountability Act
South Carolina Education Finance Act
South Carolina Education Improvement Act
How school tax rates are determined in SC (who makes the decision)
Abbeville County v. State of South Carolina
Corridor of Shame
No Child Left Behind Act
Common Core
Every Student Succeeds Act
Means test vs. entitlement program
Conflicting explanations for the persistence of poverty in the United States
Social safety net
Aid to Families with Dependent Children – what did it do, what were the problems
that led to its replacement by TANF?
Temporary Aid to Needy Families – how does it differ from AFDC, what aspects of
poverty has it not successfully addressed?
Purpose of a social welfare program
Types of social welfare programs
What is the fastest growing category of social welfare expenditure, and why?
Variations in poverty among racial groups, age groups, and family structures
Head Start – what is it, when was it established, and who does it serve?
WIC – what is it, when was it established, and who does it serve?
SNAP – what is it, when was it established, and who does it serve?
Earned Income Tax Credit
Medicaid – who does it serve, what does it provide, how much money is involved?
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 – what does it do, how does
it affect the states, what are some unintended consequences?
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius
State Children’s Health Insurance Program
Which is worse – being too strict, preventing fraud but locking out eligible
people, or being too lenient, including everyone eligible but encouraging fraud?