Course Outline
Unit I. The American Democracy
Chapter 1.
Government
and the People
Chapter 2.
The Constitutional
Framework
Chapter 3.
The Federal
System
Chapter 4.
Civil Liberties
and Citizenship
Chapter 5.
The Struggle
for Equal Rights
Unit II. Politics U.S.A.
Chapter 6.
Public Opinion
and Interest Groups
Chapter 7. The
Media and American Politics
Chapter 8. Political
Parties
Chapter 9. Political
Campaigns and Candidates
Unit III. The Policymakers
Chapter 11.
The
President
Chapter 12. The
Bureaucracy
Chapter 13. The
Congress
Chapter 14. The
Judiciary
Chapter 14A. The
Texas Court System
Unit IV. The American Community
Chapter 15.
Foreign
Policy and National Security
Chapter 16. Government
and the Economy
Chapter 17. Promoting
the General Welfare
Chapter 18. State
and Local Government
Chief
Justice Richard Barajas
Advanced Placement U.S. Government
and Politics
Cathedral High School, El Paso, Texas
Last updated: April 2002