Cathedral High School, El Paso, Texas --- United States Government

Cathedral High School
El Paso, Texas

United States Government

Course Outline

Chapter 1    Principles of Government

Section 1    Government and the State

Section 2    Forms of Government

Section 3    Basic Concepts of Democracy

Chapter 2    Origins of American Government

Section 1    Our Political Beginnings

Seciton 2    The Coming of Independence

Section 3    The Critical Period

Section 4    Creating the Constitution

Section 5    Ratifying the Constitution

Chapter 3    The United States Constitution
Section 1    The Six Basic Principles
Section 2    Formally Amending the Constitution
Section 3    Informal Amendment
Chapter 5    Political Parties
Section 1    Parties and What They Do
Section 2    The Two-Party System
Section 3    The Minor Parties
Chapter 6    Voters and Voter Behavior
Section 1    The Constitution and the Right to Vote
Section 2    Voter Qualifications Among the States
Section 3    Suffrage and Civil Rights
Section 4    Non-Voting
Section 5    Voter Behavior
Chapter 7    The Electoral Process: Money and the Election Process
Chapter 8    Mass Media and Public Opinion
Section 1    The Formation of Public Opinion
Section 2    The Mass Media and Politics
Chapter 9    Interest Groups
Section 1    Types of Interest Groups
Section 2    Interest Groups at Work
Chapter 10    Congress
Section 1    The National Legislature
Section 2    The House of Representatives
Section 3    The Senate
Section 4    The Members of Congress
Chapter 11    Powers of Congress
Section 1    The Scope of Congressional Powers
Section 2    The Expressed Powers
Section 3    The Implied Powers
Section 4    The Nonlegislative Powers
Chapter 12    Congress in Action
Section 1    Congress Organizes
Section 2    Committees in Congress
Section 3    How a Bill Becomes Law: The House
Section 4    The Bill in the Senate and the Final Stages