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Table of Contents

UNIT 1: FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

Chapter 1: Principles of Government
Chapter 2: Origins of American Government
Chapter 3: The Constitution
Chapter 4: Federalism

UNIT 2: POLITICAL BEHAVIOR

Chapter 5: Political Parties
Chapter 6: Voters and Voter Behavior
Chapter 7: The Electoral Process
Chapter 8: Mass Media and Public Opinion
Chapter 9: Interest Groups

UNIT 3: THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Chapter 10: Congress
Chapter 11: Powers of Congress
Chapter 12: Congress in Action

UNIT 4: THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Chapter 13: The Presidency
Chapter 14: The Presidency in Action
Chapter 15: Government at Work: The Bureaucracy
Chapter 16: Financing Government
Chapter 17: Foreign Policy and National Defense

UNIT 5: THE JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 18: The Federal Court System
Chapter 19: Civil Liberties: First Amendment Freedoms
Chapter 20: Civil Liberties: Protecting Individual Freedoms
Chapter 21: Civil Rights: Equal Justice Under Law

UNIT 6: COMPARATIVE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Chapter 22: Comparative Political Systems
Chapter 23: Comparative Economic Systems

UNIT 7: PARTICIPATING IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Chapter 24: Organization of State and Local Government
Chapter 25: State and Local Government in Action
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