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The Revolutionary World of American Government: Part 1 - Origins of the American Government
• Origins of government
• Types of government
• -monarchy
• -oligarchy
• -aristocracy
• -direct democracy
• -indirect democracy
• Components of American democracy
• Popular consent
• Popular sovereignty
• Majority rule
• Individualism
• Equality
• personal liberty
• The American Colonies
• The Stamp Act Congress
• First Continental Congress
• The Declaration of Rights & Resolves
• Second Continental Congress
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Constitutional Convention
• The Virginia Plan
• The New Jersey Plan
• The Great Compromise
• The U.S. Constitution
• unitary systems
• Federalism
• Separation of Powers
• Checks & Balances
• The Supremacy Clause
• Bicameral legislature
• The Necessary & Proper Clause
• Branches of Government
• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists
• The Federalists Papers
• The Bills of Rights
• Enumerated & implied powers
• Stages of Federalism
• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Nullification doctrine
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Block & categorical grants
• Civil liberties
• Due process
• Incorporation doctrine
• Civil rights
The Revolutionary World of American Government: Part 2 - How the Government Works
• Roots of the Legislative branch
• Apportionment
• Redistricting
• Gerrymandering
• Baker v. Carr
• Westbury v. Sanders
• Shaw v. Reno
• Congressional Powers
• The Necessary & Proper Clause
• Impeachment
• Incumbency
• Constituency
• Speaker of the House
• Majority & Minority leaders
• Majority & Minority Whips
• President pro tempore
• The Committee system
• How a bill becomes a law
• Filibuster
• Veto power
• Pockets veto
• Line-item veto
• The Executive Branch
• Electorial College
• 6 main powers of the President
• The Cabinet
• War Powers Act
• Pardoning power
• Development on presidential power
• Inherent powers
• The presidential establishment
• The U.S. bureaucracy
• The Pendleton Act
• Iron triangles
• Judical system
• The Judical Act of 1789
• Federal courts
• Circuit courts
• Appeals courts
• Supreme Court
• Judical review
• Marbury v. Madison
• Majority opinion