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POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 The U.S. Constitution
POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Week One Reflection
POL 201 Week 1 Learning Activity The Constitution
POL 201 Week 1 Quiz
POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Your Life
POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Week Two Reflection
POL 201 Week 2 Learning Activity Federalism
POL 201 Week 2 Quiz
POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 The Electoral College
POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Week Three Reflection
POL 201 Week 3 Learning Activity Branches of Government
POL 201 Week 3 Quiz
POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 Individual Rights and the Obligations of
Government

POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Week Four Reflection
POL 201 Week 4 Learning Activity Political Parties, Interest Groups,
and Elections
POL 201 Week 4 Quiz
POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Voting and Voter Turnout
POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Week Five Reflection
POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper America’s Democracy: Your Report Card
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POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 The U.S. Constitution
The U.S. Constitution
Prepare: Prior to writing your initial post, read Chapters 1 and 2 of
American Government. In addition, watch the video provided on the
U.S. Constitution, Episode IV - Built to Last.
Reflect: The U.S. Constitution is the cornerstone of our federal
government. The Constitution establishes a basic operational framework
that enables the three branches of government – executive, legislative,

and judicial – to interact and function as a unit. Embedded in this
operational framework are two key principles: separation of powers and
a system of checks and balances.
Write: In your initial post, explain why the separation of powers and the
system of checks and balances are important for our democracy. Provide
recent, real-world examples of the separation of powers and
checks/balances in action (one example each). Also, discuss how the
Constitution protects individual and group rights. Again, provide a
recent real-world example of these Constitutional protections being
applied here in the U.S. You must fully respond to all parts of the
prompt and write your response in your own words.
Support your position with APA citations from two or more of the
assigned resources required for this discussion. Please be sure that you
demonstrate understanding of these resources, integrate them into your
argument, and cite them properly. Your initial post should be 200 to 250
words and be written in complete sentences.
Respond to Peers: By Day 7, respond to at least two of your classmates'
initial posts. Your peer responses should be 75 to 100 words each.
Demonstrate your understanding of the topic by respectfully asking
questions, raising new points for consideration, or requesting
clarification from your fellow students. For example, you may want to
compare your real-world examples to those of your classmates and see
how they are similar or different and discuss why.
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POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Week One Reflection

Week One Reflection.
Prepare: Prior to beginning your reflection this week, complete all
course readings, your introduction, and the
Discussion, “The U.S. Constitution.”
Reflect: Once you have completed these assignments think about how
American politics have and could affect your career aspirations.
The Founding Fathers created an amazing governmental structure that
affects almost every aspect of our lives even today. For instance,if you
are a criminal justice major, what parts of the U.S. Constitution are
applicable to what you are learning in your major? If you are a business
major,
which branch of government – executive, legislative, or judicial – has, or
will have, the greatest influence on your business ambitions? If you are a
political
science major, how does separation of powers in the U.S. government
affect the operations of most economic, social, and political processes
throughout the United States?
Write: In your initial post, based on your current academic major
(declared or not), complete one of the following:

• Describe which actions of the Founding Fathers are
continuing to affect your future career goals. 
• Discuss how separation of powers is influencing your
current or future job.  
• Explain why checks and balances are important to know in
your future employment positions.  
• Expound on how the Constitution is still relevant to the
career you want to pursue.  
Fully respond to all parts of the prompt and write your response in your
own words. Support your position with APA citations from two or more
of the
argument, and cite them properly. Your initial post should be 200 to 250
words.
initial posts. Your peer responses should be 75 to 100 words each.
Comment on a peer response that you did not select to respond to and
extend the conversation by examining their claims or arguments in more
depth.
Keep the discussion on target and try to analyze things in as much detail
as you can. For instance, you might consider comparing your
perspectives on
how the Constitution affects your career goals to how it affects a
classmate with different career goals.

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POL 201 Week 1 Learning Activity The Constitution
The Constitution. The weekly worksheets will help you build all the
necessary parts for your Final Paper. This week, you will evaluate the
strengths and weaknesses of the most important document for America’s
national government, the U.S. Constitution. In your worksheet, you will
describe one strength and one weakness of the Constitution. In addition,
you will need to recommend a way to maintain the strength of this
amazing document and a way to correct a weakness. This effort begins
the process of critically analyzing key features of our national
government.
To complete the assignment, save the Week One Learning Activity
Worksheet (available in the online classroom) to your computer, fill it
out, and submit it.
Develop a detailed outline of your first main point using the Week One
Learning Activity Worksheet.

1.The Constitution:
• Provide a topic sentence that briefly describes one strength
and one weakness of the U.S.  Constitution.  
• Provide a topic sentence that recommends one option to
maintain the strength and one to correct  the weakness.  
2.Scholarly Support: (Please access the Ashford Writing Center’s
Sample Annotated Bibliography)
• Provide two credible sources in APA format to support
your main points.  
• Briefly discuss how these sources support your main point.
• Briefly evaluate your sources for bias, validity, and
reliability.  
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POL 201 Week 1 Quiz
Question 1. The American system of government can be most accurately
described as a _________.

Question 2. In 1607, the English monarch King James I granted a charter
to which organization to establish a settlement in the Chesapeake
region?
Question 3. The Connecticut Plan, also known as the Great
Compromise, combined elements of which two other plans during the
Constitutional Convention of 1787?
Question 4. What United States document establishes the core principles
on which our government is based?
Question 5. The Federalist Papers were intended to
Question 6. The theory of “American Exceptionalism” is rooted in the
idea that the United States was founded in opposition to the European
feudalistic tradition.
Question 7. True or False: Republicanism prefers small governance units
and assumes homogeneity while Liberalism tolerates diversity and is
thus heterogeneous.
Question 8. English philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke
shared the view that all government arrangements should be based on
what principle?
Question 9. Which of these three branches of government was NOT
established by the U.S. Constitution?
Question 10. Which of these beliefs is NOT a tenant of modern
liberalism?
Question 11. The conservative idea that limitations should be placed on
state actions is known as __________.

Question 12. The Three-Fifths Compromise was included in the
Constitution to resolve tension between northern states and southern
states regarding _________.
Question 13. The Anti-Federalists were concerned that the Constitution
did not
Question 14. The Articles of Confederation invested the greatest power
in the individual states and left the national government weak and
powerless.
Question 15. English philosopher John Locke wrote in his Second
Treatise that the individual exists in a hypothetical state of __________.
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POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Your Life
Policy and Your Life
Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this discussion question, read
Chapters 3 and 4 in American Government. In addition, watch the
videos provided on federalism: Quick Study of Federalism Part 1, Quick

Study of Federalism Part 2, and Quick Study of Federalism Part 3, and
the U.S. Constitution: Episode I - A More Perfect Union.
Reflect: The U.S. government's expansive role in public policy is caught
in a swirl of conflicting crosscurrents. On the one hand, popular
expectations about government's responsibility to solve problems often
exceed the capacity of state and local authorities to respond effectively.
On the other hand, policies developed at the national level may not
sufficiently reflect the great diversity of interests across the U.S. to be
effective at the local level. Moreover, the search for effective policy is
further complicated by theoretical debates about the constitutional
framework of federalism, that is, what limits on national power can be
derived from the Tenth Amendment?
Write: Select a policy or piece of legislation that involves the program
you are seeking a degree in (i.e., your major). In your initial post,
discuss the federalism challenges that this policy is creating or facing.
For example:
• If you are an education major, how are local, state, and
federal government policies affected by the No Child Left Behind
legislation or some other piece of education-related legislation?
• If you are a criminal justice major, how does recent
legalization of marijuana in some states affect local, state, and federal
control over this issue?  
• If you are a business major, how does the insurance
mandate in the Affordable Care Actaffect local, state, and national
businesses and their employees?  
• If you are a political science major how has the recent
Citizen’s United ruling affected the amount of money available for

campaigns at the local, state, or federal levels?  Fully respond to all
parts of the prompt and write your response in your own words. Your
initial must be 200 to 250 words. Support your position with APA
citations from two or more of the assigned resources required for this
discussion. Please be sure that you demonstrate understanding of these
resources, integrate them into your argument, and cite them properly.
 Respond to Peers: By Day 7, respond to at least two of your classmates'
initial posts. Your peer responses each should be 75 to 100 words. As
your reply to your classmates, attempt to take the conversation further
by examining their claims or arguments in more depth or responding to
the posts that they reply to you with. Keep the discussion on target and
try to analyze things in as much detail as you can. For instance, you
might consider  reflecting on why the legislation selected by one of your
classmate’s is impacted differently than the one you selected.
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POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Week Two Reflection
Prepare: Prior to beginning your reflection this week, complete all
course readings and assigned videos, and the

Discussion, “Policy and Your Life.”
Reflect: Once you have completed these assignments, think about how
federalism and the U.S. Congress have or will affect your life.
The federal structure ensures that there is a clear line between local,
state, and federal government regulations, policies, and oversight—
sometimes! Think about how federal statues affect your work or will
affect your work in the future. Does Congress have oversight of any of
the processes or products in your workplace? Do the government
regulations, policies, and oversight sometimes conflict with local or state
regulations, policies, and oversight?
Write: In your initial post of, based on your current or desired job,
complete the following:
• Describe how a federal policy affects your current or desired
workplace.  
· Explain what role Congress has in establishing workplace conditions
in your current or desired job.  
Fully respond to all parts of the prompt and write your response in your
own words. Your initial post should be 200 to 250 words.
assigned resources required for this discussion.
Please be sure that you demonstrate understanding of these resources,
integrate them into your argument, and cite them properly.  
initial posts.

Your peer responses should be 75 to 100 words each. As your reply to
your classmates, extend the conversation by examining their claims or
arguments in more depth
or by responding to the posts that they reply to you with. Keep the
discussion on target and try to analyze things in as much detail as you
can. For instance, you might consider
comparing how federal policies affect your workplace to how they affect
a different workplace of one of your classmates.
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POL 201 Week 2 Learning Activity Federalism
Federalism This week, we continue completing the worksheets in
preparation for the Final Paper. One of the most important structures in
the national government is federalism. Understanding the relationship
between local, state, and national level governments is critical in being
able to understand all of the key features of our national government.
Describe an advantage and a disadvantage to a national policy that an
agency in the federal bureaucracy must implement. In addition,

recommend an option to maintain the advantage and one to improve the
disadvantage.
To complete the assignment, save the Week Two Learning Activity
out, and submit it.
Develop a detailed outline of your second main point using the Week
Two Learning Activity Worksheet. 1. Federal Policies:
• Provide a topic sentence that briefly describes one advantage and one
disadvantage to a national policy that must be implemented by one
agency of the federal bureaucracy.  
• Provide a topic sentence that recommends one option to maintain the
advantage and one to improve the disadvantage.  
2. Scholarly Support: (Please access the Ashford Writing Center’s
• Provide two credible sources in APA format to support your main
points.  
• Briefly discuss how these sources support your main point.  
• Briefly evaluate your sources for bias, validity, and reliability.  
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POL 201 Week 2 Quiz

Question 1. The national government can attempt to gain the cooperation
of state governments by using what type of coercive measures?
Question 2. The Tenth Amendment balances out national authority by
Question 3. A presidential veto of a bill can be overridden by what
percentage vote of all members of Congress?
Question 4. Which legislative act is a good example of
intergovernmental relations that are the hallmark of Cooperative
Federalism?
Question 5. The principal powers of Congress include all except
Question 6. If the President requests a Congressional authorization for
the use of force, Congress
Question 7. In federalism, the national government
Question 8. John C. Calhoun proposed the following to assert states’
right:
Question 9. When Congress prepares a budget
Question 10. A unitary system of government has some advantages
compared to a federal system. Which of these choices is NOT an
advantage of a unitary system of government?

Question 11. A congressional whip is a floor leader that gauges support
for bills and tries to enforce party discipline in accordance with a
political agenda.
Question 12. True or False: Gerrymandering occurs when a district is
intentionally configured to equalize the influence of all component
groups and to guarantee that certain representatives keep their seats.
Question 13. Under a Home Rule Charter, local authority is
Question 14. Congressional staff have an important role in Congress
because
Question 15. On average, running for a seat in the House of
Representatives costs around $100,000.
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POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 The Electoral College
Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this discussion question, read
Chapters 5 and 6 in American Government. In addition, read the
following articles:

“What Are the Arguments Made in Favor – and Against – the Electoral
College?,”
“GOP Leaders United in Defense of the Electoral College,” and the
ProQuest article
“Why the Electoral College is Bad for America.” Also, please watch this
week’s videos, Episode I - A More Perfect Unionand Episode II - It’s a
Free Country regarding the U.S. Constitution.
Reflect: As the textbook author asserts, the Framers intentionally
designed a process for selecting presidents that would minimize the
president’s political power – the Electoral College. They hoped this
institution would insulate the chief executive from the public because
they feared the power of presidents who might be elected by the people.
However, the Electoral College has also spawned a long ongoing debate
about whether the Electoral
College should be abandoned in favor of new methods, which would
ensure that the candidate elected has the most popular votes. The
controversy over the Electoral College must be understood in order to
better understand how and why U.S. presidents are elected.
Write: In your initial post, summarize how the Electoral College works.
Explain some of the main pros and cons in the debate about whether to
keep or abolish the current Electoral College process. In addition,
evaluate one proposal to change how the system works without formally
abolishing it. Would this proposal effectively address some of the cons
that you identified earlier in your post? Please explain your response.
Fully respond to all parts of the question and write your response in your
own words. Your initial post must be 200 to 250 words. Support your
position with APA citations from two or more of the assigned resources

required for this discussion. Please be sure that you demonstrate
understanding of these resources, integrate them into your argument, and
cite them properly.
initial posts. Your peer responses should be 75to 100 words each. As
your reply to your classmates, attempt to take the conversation further
by examining their claims or arguments in more depth or responding to
the posts that they make to you. Keep the discussion on target and try to
analyze things in as much detail as you can. For instance, you might
consider comparing your classmates’ proposals for changing the
Electoral College against your own proposal.
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POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Week Three Reflection
Week Three Reflection
American Government. Review the videos, Episode I - A More Perfect
Union and Episode II - It’s a Free Country regarding the U.S.
Constitution.

Reflect: The executive and judicial branches of the U.S. national
government often seem to operate independently and with little conflict.
Many laws are signed by the President and then implemented without a
word from the judicial branch. However, there are times when executive
decisions are challenged by the judicial branch in a process called
judicial review. In addition, there are times when a judicial review has
direct impact on your life. For example, when the Supreme Court
declared the Affordable Care Act constitutional, many people without
health care insurance were finally able to purchase health care insurance.
Additionally, when the Supreme Court
declared sections of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, some
of the constraints that prevented many gay and lesbian couples from
marrying were eliminated. Executive Order 13658 on February 20, 2014
also had a direct impact on many business people that contract with the
federal government by increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 per
hour. Clearly, the actions of the executive and judicial branches often
directly affect our lives.
Write: In your initial post, explain how and why the actions of the
executive and/or judicial branches have personally affected your life.
Fully respond to all parts of the question. Write in your own words.
Support your position with APA citations to two or more of the assigned
resources required for this discussion. Fully respond to all parts of the
prompt and write your response in your own words. Your initial post
must be 200 to 250 words. Please be sure that you demonstrate
cite them properly.
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POL 201 Week 3 Learning Activity Branches of Government
Branches of Government. The three branches of our government each
play crucial roles in the U.S. national government. Each branch has
specific power, duties, and responsibilities that are the most apparent
features of our system of separate powers. Nevertheless, each branch has
been critiqued for having definite strengths and weaknesses that become
obvious in certain situations. Analyzing these strengths and weaknesses
will enable you to evaluate and recommend ways to enhance and correct
these fundamental assets and deficiencies of the branches of our national
government.
To complete the assignment, save the Week Three Learning Activity
out, and submit it.
Develop a detailed outline of your third main point using the Week
Three Learning Activity Worksheet.
• Branches of Government:
• Provide a topic sentence that briefly describes one strength and one
weakness of one branch of our government: executive, legislative, or
judiciary.

• Provide a topic sentence that recommends one option to maintain the
strength and one to correct the weakness.  
• Scholarly Support: (Please access the Ashford Writing Center’s
• Provide two credible sources in APA format to support your main
points.  
• Briefly evaluate your sources for bias, validity, and reliability.  
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POL 201 Week 3 Quiz
1. Question : In the realm of foreign affairs, presidents are usually weak
and must solicit congressional approval before entering into agreements
with other countries.
Question 2. Question : Prior judicial experience is required to be
appointed as a judge on the federal level.

Question 3. Question : The president and Congress are unable to control
the bureaucracy or hold it accountable because:
Question 4. Question : The idea that citizens should be suspicious of a
strong central government would best be described as:
Question 5. Question : The scope of presidential power has expanded
over time due to presidents carving out their own powers as they have
needed.
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POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 Individual Rights and the Obligations of
Government
Individual Rights and the Obligations of Government.
Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read chapters 8, 9,
and 10 in American Government and watch the video, Episode II - It’s a
Free Country.
Reflect: Our political system is characterized by certain fundamental
features to include a system of laws, rights, and liberties. The laws,

created and supported by the Constitutional framework, are designed to
protect and secure the rights and liberties of individuals and groups
throughout the U.S. However, the government also has an obligation to
provide for the security of its citizens from serious internal and external
threats that could cause grave or severe damage to our country. The need
for homeland and national security can create a dilemma where conflicts
emerge between these security needs and the demands for civil rights
and liberties.
Write: In your initial post, explain what obligations the U.S. government
has towards its citizens and how can these obligations impact individual
and group rights?
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POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Week Four Reflection
Week Four Reflection.
Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read chapters 8, 9,
and 10 in American Government, watch the video, Episode II - It’s a
Free Country, and review your results from the Political Typology Quiz.

Reflect: Political parties mobilize voters to win elections and implement
policy goals. Parties use their stated policy goals (i.e., their platforms) as
a way to mobilize voter support. Generally, in order to be successful in a
two-party system, parties must have policy goals across a broad range of
issue areas to appeal to a broad range of voters.
Write: Identify one issue area that you want investigate. Use the
assigned resources required for this discussion to gather information
about the goals and proposals, in that issue area, of three U.S. political
parties – the Democratic and Republican parties and a third party.
Summarize each of the three parties’ policy goals in your issue area.
Evaluate each party's goals from two perspectives:
• According on your own political philosophy, values, or ideology based
on the Political Typology Quiz results, which party’s position on this
issue is closest to your own and which is furthest and why?  
• Does each party currently have national popular support on this issue?
If so, why, and if not, why not?  
For example, if you are a ‘Steadfast Conservative,’ what do the
Democratic Party, the Republican Party, and a third party have to say
about your position on taxation? If you are a ‘Solid Liberal,’ what do
Democrats, Republicans, and a third party say about your views on
environmental issues? Who is the closest? Furthest away? Why?
Your initial response must be 200 to 250 words. Justify your conclusions
with facts and persuasive reasoning. Fully respond to all parts of the
question and write your response in your own words. Support your
position with APA citations to two or more of the assigned resources
required for this discussion. Please be sure that you demonstrate
cite them properly.

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POL 201 Week 4 Learning Activity Political Parties, Interest
Groups, and Elections
Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Elections. The various political
actors involved in the processes, activities, and policies of the U.S.
government each have evolving goals and objectives. In addition, these
actors have produced differential effects, both positive and negative, on
the processes, activities, and policies of the federal government. In this
last weekly worksheet, you will assess the positive and negative impacts
of political parties, interest groups, or federal elections on the national
government. In addition, you will recommend one option to enhance the
positive impact and one to diminish the negative impact. This final effort
will conclude the process of critically analyzing key features of our
national government and prepare you for completion of your Final Paper
in Week Five.

To complete the assignment, save the Week Four Learning Activity
out, and submit it.
Develop a detailed outline of your fourth main point using the Week
Four Learning Activity Worksheet.
• Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Elections:
• Provide a topic sentence that briefly describes the one
positive impact and one negative impact of one of the following:
political parties, interest groups, or federal elections.  
• Provide a topic sentence that recommends one option to
accentuate the positive impact and one to lessen the negative impact.  
• Scholarly Support: (Please access the Ashford Writing Center’s
• Provide two credible sources in APA format to support
your main points.  
• Briefly evaluate your sources for bias, validity, and
reliability.  
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POL 201 Week 4 Quiz

Question 1.What constitutional amendment guaranteed women the right
to vote?
Question 2. How are interest groups are different from political parties?
Question 3. Which Supreme Court decision stated that affirmative action
intended to promote greater equality was acceptable public policy, but
the use of quotas was not.
Question 4. True or False: The peaceful transfer of power from one
government to the next has a long historical legacy and predates the
formation of the United States.
Question 5. The 1964 Civil Rights Act:
Question 6. Two-party electoral systems, such as we have today in the
United States, tend to be examples of what type of political party model?
Question 7. What is the basic function, or purpose, of elections?
Question 8. Personal freedoms that all Americans enjoy thanks to the
Bill of Rights are called:
Question 9. At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries in
the U.S., political “machine bosses:”

Question 10. In the United States, before U.S. citizens are allowed to
vote in an election, they must:
Question 11. True or False: Freedom of speech can be:
Question 12. A multi-candidate Political Action Committee (PAC) may
contribute up to how much money to individual campaigns per election?
Question 13. Voters in a closed primary can:
Question 14. Which of these have NOT been recognized as a political
party in American history?
Question 15. A private organization cannot deny service to any type of
minority group.
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POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Voting and Voter Turnout
Voting and Voter Turnout.
Prepare: Prior to completing this discussion question, review Chapters 9
and 10 in American Government and the following articles:

“How Voter ID Laws Are Being Used to Disenfranchise Minorities and
the Poor,” “Fraught with Fraud,” and “Proof at the Polls.”
Reflect: The U.S. has one of the lowest voter turnout rates among
modern democratic political systems. One study ranks the U.S. 120th on
a list of 169 nations compared on voter turnout (Pintor, Gratschew, &
Sullivan, 2002). During the last decade, many initiatives have been
undertaken to increase voter participation, yet concerns about the
possibility of election fraud have also increased. Additionally, some
political interests feel threatened by the increase in turnout among some
traditionally low-turnout ethnic minorities.
Several states have recently passed legislation imposing new registration
and identification requirements. This has sparked debate about whether
these are tactics intended to suppress turnout or to prevent fraud.
Write: In your initial post, summarize recent developments in several
states enacting voter ID laws. Analyze and describe the pros and cons on
both sides of the debate about these laws. Is voter fraud a major problem
for our democracy or are some groups trying to make it harder for some
segments of society to vote? Draw your own conclusion about the debate
over voter ID laws. Justify your conclusions with facts and persuasive
reasoning.
Fully respond to all parts of the question and write your response in your
own words. Your initial post must be 200 to 250 words.
assigned resources required for this discussion.
Please be sure that you demonstrate understanding of these resources,
integrate them into your argument, and cite them properly.
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POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Week Five Reflection
Week Five Reflection.
Prepare: Prior to beginning your reflection, review all course readings
and videos as required.
Reflect: The U.S. national government is based on the framework
detailed in the U.S. Constitution. The process that the Founding Fathers
used to map out our national government is fascinating and illuminating.
The Constitution creates a system of checks and balances and separation
of powers that have been focal points for class discussions. In addition,
the Constitution identifies three main branches for the national
government: the legislative, executive, and judicial, which are tasked,
respectively, with the creation of the legislation to guide the country, the
implementation and execution of that legislation, and the review of that
legislation for constitutionality and legality. Interacting with the federal
government includes a variety of different actors and political processes
such as the states, political parties, interest groups, and federal elections.
All these features create a vibrant and healthy democracy.

Write: In your initial post of at least 200 to 250 words, explain how and
why one feature of the U.S. government is the most important for
America’s democracy.
Choose one feature below to discuss in detail:
· Written, detailed, flexible Constitution.  
· Robust checks and balances.  
· Explicit separation of powers.  
· Expansive interaction by different political actors and processes with
the federal government.
· Use real-world examples and details to support your arguments.
argument, and cite them properly.  
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POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper America’s Democracy: Your
Report Card (2 Papers)

This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers
America’s Democracy: Your Report Card. The primary goal of your last
assignment is to critically analyze the primary features of the American
national government. The results of your analysis will indicate what you
have learned over the last five weeks. In order to accomplish this task, it
is important to critically evaluate the key facets of our American democr
acy.
You have been preparing for this final assignment each week by constru
cting a detailed outline of the Final Paper’s main points through the wee
kly Learning Activities. In addition, you have read the course text and co
urse readings, reviewed videos, and researched additional material for ea
ch week’s assignments and for this paper. This week, you will put all of
those outlines, readings, reviews, and research together into a one summ
ative paper.
As we wrap up our course, reflect back on what you have learned about t
he key structures, systems, roles, and processes that embody our national
government. Focus on the strengths and weaknesses, advantages and dis
advantages, and positive and negative impacts of these aspects of our de
mocracy. Use what you have learned so far to evaluate our national gove
rnment and recommend ways to enhance what works and repair what is
not working well.
Construct a six-
page paper based on the detailed outlines that you created over the last f
our weeks. Scaffold your paper around the following outline:
· • Title page  
· • Introduction (half page):

o • Describe the paper’s overall thesis.  
o • Provide an overview of main points.  
· • The Constitution (1-1.5 pages) (Week 1):
o • Describe one strength and one weakness of the U.S. Con
stitution.  
o • Recommend one option to maintain the strength and one
to correct the weakness.  
· • Federalism (1-1.5 pages) (Week 2):  
a. Describe one advantage and one disadvantage of a national policy that
must be implemented by one agency of the federal bureaucracy.
b. Recommend one option to maintain the advantage and one to improve
the disadvantage. Branches of Government (1-1.5 pages) (Week 3):
· • Describe one strength and one weakness of one branch of our gover
nment: Executive, Legislative, or Judiciary.  
· • Recommend one option to maintain the strength and one to correct t
he weakness.  
Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Elections (1-1.5 pages) (Week 4):
a.Describe one positive impact and one negative impact of one of the fol
lowing: political parties, interest groups, or federal elections.  
b.Recommend one option to accentuate the positive impact and one to le
ssen the negative impact.  
7. Conclusion:

a.Review your main points.  
b.Review your overall thesis.  
8. References page
Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:
1.Must be at least six double-
spaced pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), and formatt
ed  according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.  
2.Must include a title page with the following:
1. a. Title of paper  
2. b. Student’s name  
3. c. Course name and number  
4. d. Instructor’s name  
5. e. Date submitted  
3.Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis st
atement.  
4.Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.  
5.Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.  
6.Must use at least eight scholarly resources, including a minimum of tw
o from the Ashford University  Library.

7.Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford W
riting Center.  
8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA s
tyle as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
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