Fall 1999
POL 1001-3
American Government & Politics
Lecture 1
Lecture 2 - Who's excited about democracy?
Lecture 3 - American Political Culture, Part 1
Lecture 4 - American Political Culture, Part 2
Lecture 5 - The U.S. Constitution, Part I
Lecture 6 - The Drive for Ratification
Lecture 7 - Highlights of Federalism
Lecture 8 - The Supreme Court: The Third Branch of Government and How it Grew
Lecture 9 - Civil Liberties
Lecture 10 - Civil Rights
Lecture 11 - Polls, Polls and More Polls
Lecture 12 - The Origins of Public Opinion
Lecture 13 - American Politics and the Media
Lecture 14 - Vote Turnout
Lecture 15 - Political Participation
Lecture 16 - Political Parties, Part I
Lecture 17 - Why Two Parties?
Lecture 18 - Why are the major parties different?
Lecture 19 - Presidential Elections
Lecture 20 - Vote me Me
Lecture 21 - Interest Groups in American Politics
Lecture 22 - Congress
Lecture 23 - A tale of two bills
Lecture 24 - Divided Government
Lecture 25 - Presidential Success
Lecture 26 - Impeachment: The Ultimate Presidential Limit