Reading Essentials and Study Guide - Student Edition

Reading Essentials and Study Guide - Student Edition......Page 1 Section 1: Government of the People, by the People, for the People......Page 7 Section 2: The Path to Citizenship......Page 12 Section 3: The Diversity of Americans......Page 15 Section 1: Our English Heritage......Page 19 Section 2: The Birth of a Democratic Nation......Page 23 Section 3: The Nation's First Governments......Page 27 Section 1: The Road to the Constitution......Page 31 Section 2: Creating and Ratifying the Constitution......Page 34 Section 3: The Structure of the Constitution......Page 38 Section 4: Principles Underlying the Constitution......Page 42 Section 1: The First Amendment......Page 47 Section 2: Other Guarantees in the Bill of Rights......Page 50 Section 3: Extending the Bill of Rights......Page 54 Section 4: The Civil Rights Struggle......Page 57 Section 1: The Duties and Responsibilities of Citizenship......Page 60 Section 2: Volunteering in Your Community......Page 64 Section 1: How Congress Is Organized......Page 68 Section 2: The Powers of Congress......Page 73 Section 3: Representing the People......Page 77 Section 4: How a Bill Becomes a Law......Page 81 Section 1: The President and Vice President......Page 85 Section 2: The President's Job......Page 89 Section 3: Making Foreign Policy......Page 92 Section 4: Presidential Advisers and Executive Agencies......Page 95 Section 1: The Federal Court System......Page 100 Section 2: How Federal Courts Are Organized......Page 103 Section 3: The United States Supreme Court......Page 107 Section 4: Deciding Cases at the Supreme Court......Page 111 Section 1: Development of American Political Parties......Page 115 Section 2: Organization of American Political Parties......Page 120 Section 3: Role of Political Parties Today......Page 123 Section 1: Who Can Vote?......Page 127 Section 2: Election Campaigns......Page 131 Section 3: Paying for Election Campaigns......Page 134 Section 1: Public Opinion......Page 138 Section 2: The Mass Media......Page 142 Section 3: Interest Groups......Page 146 Section 1: The Federal System......Page 151 Section 2: The State Legislative Branch......Page 155 Section 3: The State Executive Branch......Page 159 Section 4: The State Judicial Branch......Page 162 Section 1: City Government......Page 165 Section 2: County Governments......Page 170 Section 3: Towns, Townships, and Villages......Page 173 Section 1: How a Community Handles Issues......Page 176 Section 2: Education and Social Issues......Page 179 Section 3: Environmental Issues......Page 184 Section 1: The Sources of Our Laws......Page 188 Section 2: Types of Laws......Page 191 Section 3: The American Legal System......Page 194 Section 1: Civil Cases......Page 199 Section 2: Criminal Cases......Page 203 Section 3: Young People and the Courts......Page 208 Section 1: Civic Participation......Page 212 Section 2: Challenges for Democracy......Page 215 Section 3: Regulating the Internet......Page 218 Section 1: The Fundamental Economic Problem......Page 222 Section 2: Making Economic Decisions......Page 225 Section 3: Being an Economically Smart Citizen......Page 229 Section 1: Economic Resources......Page 232 Section 2: Economic Activity and Productivity......Page 235 Section 3: Capitalism and Free Enterprise......Page 238 Section 4: The Economy and You......Page 242 Section 1: What Is Demand?......Page 246 Section 2: Factors Affecting Demand......Page 249 Section 1: What Is Supply?......Page 253 Section 2: Factors Affecting Supply......Page 256 Section 3: Markets and Prices......Page 259 Section 1: Types of Businesses......Page 262 Section 2: Labor Unions......Page 267 Section 3: Businesses in Our Economy......Page 271 Section 1: The Role of Government......Page 274 Section 2: Measuring the Economy......Page 278 Section 3: Government, the Economy, and You......Page 283 Section 1: What Is Money?......Page 286 Section 2: The Federal Reserve System......Page 289 Section 3: How Banks Operate......Page 293 Section 1: The Federal Government......Page 297 Section 2: State and Local Governments......Page 301 Section 3: Managing the Economy......Page 304 Section 1: International Trade and Its Benefits......Page 308 Section 2: Economic Systems......Page 313 Section 3: Economies in Transition......Page 316 Section 1: Types of Government......Page 320 Section 2: A Profile of Great Britain......Page 324 Section 3: A Profile of China......Page 327 Section 1: Global Developments......Page 331 Section 2: The United Nations......Page 335 Section 3: Democracy and Human Rights......Page 339 Civics Today: Citizenship, Economics, & You Reading Essentials and Study Guide - Student Edition 1 Chapter 1: Citizenship and Government in a Democracy 7 Section 1: Government of the People, by the People, for the People 7 Section 2: The Path to Citizenship 12 Section 3: The Diversity of Americans 15 Chapter 2: Roots of American Democracy 19 Section 1: Our English Heritage 19 Section 2: The Birth of a Democratic Nation 23 Section 3: The Nation's First Governments 27 Chapter 3: The Constitution 31 Section 1: The Road to the Constitution 31 Section 2: Creating and Ratifying the Constitution 34 Section 3: The Structure of the Constitution 38 Section 4: Principles Underlying the Constitution 42 Chapter 4: The Bill of Rights 47 Section 1: The First Amendment 47 Section 2: Other Guarantees in the Bill of Rights 50 Section 3: Extending the Bill of Rights 54 Section 4: The Civil Rights Struggle 57 Chapter 5: The Citizen and the Community 60 Section 1: The Duties and Responsibilities of Citizenship 60 Section 2: Volunteering in Your Community 64 Chapter 6: Congress 68 Section 1: How Congress Is Organized 68 Section 2: The Powers of Congress 73 Section 3: Representing the People 77 Section 4: How a Bill Becomes a Law 81 Chapter 7: The President and the Executive Branch 85 Section 1: The President and Vice President 85 Section 2: The President's Job 89 Section 3: Making Foreign Policy 92 Section 4: Presidential Advisers and Executive Agencies 95 Chapter 8: The Judicial Branch 100 Section 1: The Federal Court System 100 Section 2: How Federal Courts Are Organized 103 Section 3: The United States Supreme Court 107 Section 4: Deciding Cases at the Supreme Court 111 Chapter 9: Political Parties and Politics 115 Section 1: Development of American Political Parties 115 Section 2: Organization of American Political Parties 120 Section 3: Role of Political Parties Today 123 Chapter 10: Voting and Elections 127 Section 1: Who Can Vote? 127 Section 2: Election Campaigns 131 Section 3: Paying for Election Campaigns 134 Chapter 11: Influencing Government 138 Section 1: Public Opinion 138 Section 2: The Mass Media 142 Section 3: Interest Groups 146 Chapter 12: State Government 151 Section 1: The Federal System 151 Section 2: The State Legislative Branch 155 Section 3: The State Executive Branch 159 Section 4: The State Judicial Branch 162 Chapter 13: Local Government 165 Section 1: City Government 165 Section 2: County Governments 170 Section 3: Towns, Townships, and Villages 173 Chapter 14: Dealing With Community Issues 176 Section 1: How a Community Handles Issues 176 Section 2: Education and Social Issues 179 Section 3: Environmental Issues 184 Chapter 15: Legal Rights and Responsibilities 188 Section 1: The Sources of Our Laws 188 Section 2: Types of Laws 191 Section 3: The American Legal System 194 Chapter 16: Civil and Criminal Law 199 Section 1: Civil Cases 199 Section 2: Criminal Cases 203 Section 3: Young People and the Courts 208 Chapter 17: Citizenship and the Internet 212 Section 1: Civic Participation 212 Section 2: Challenges for Democracy 215 Section 3: Regulating the Internet 218 Chapter 18: What Is Economics? 222 Section 1: The Fundamental Economic Problem 222 Section 2: Making Economic Decisions 225 Section 3: Being an Economically Smart Citizen 229 Chapter 19: The American Economy 232 Section 1: Economic Resources 232 Section 2: Economic Activity and Productivity 235 Section 3: Capitalism and Free Enterprise 238 Section 4: The Economy and You 242 Chapter 20: Demand 246 Section 1: What Is Demand? 246 Section 2: Factors Affecting Demand 249 Chapter 21: Supply 253 Section 1: What Is Supply? 253 Section 2: Factors Affecting Supply 256 Section 3: Markets and Prices 259 Chapter 22: Business and Labor 262 Section 1: Types of Businesses 262 Section 2: Labor Unions 267 Section 3: Businesses in Our Economy 271 Chapter 23: Government and the Economy 274 Section 1: The Role of Government 274 Section 2: Measuring the Economy 278 Section 3: Government, the Economy, and You 283 Chapter 24: Money and Banking 286 Section 1: What Is Money? 286 Section 2: The Federal Reserve System 289 Section 3: How Banks Operate 293 Chapter 25: Government Finances 297 Section 1: The Federal Government 297 Section 2: State and Local Governments 301 Section 3: Managing the Economy 304 Chapter 26: Comparing Economic Systems 308 Section 1: International Trade and Its Benefits 308 Section 2: Economic Systems 313 Section 3: Economies in Transition 316 Chapter 27: Comparing Systems of Government 320 Section 1: Types of Government 320 Section 2: A Profile of Great Britain 324 Section 3: A Profile of China 327 Chapter 28: An Interdependent World 331 Section 1: Global Developments 331 Section 2: The United Nations 335 Section 3: Democracy and Human Rights 339