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Since its founding, the United States has relied on citizen participation to govern at the local, state, and national levels. This civic engagement ensures that representative democracy will continue to flourish and that people will continue to influence government. The right of citizens to participate in government is an important feature of democracy, and over the centuries many have fought to acquire and defend this right. During the American Revolution (1775–1783), British colonists fought for the right to govern themselves. In the early nineteenth century, agitated citizens called for the removal of property requirements for voting so poor white men could participate in government just as wealthy men could. Throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, women, African Americans, Native Americans, and many other groups fought for the right to vote and hold office.
Contents
Students and the System
- Chapter 1: American Government and Civic Engagement
- Chapter 2: The Constitution and Its Origins
- Chapter 3: American Federalism
Individual Agency and Action
- Chapter 4: Civil Liberties
- Chapter 5: Civil Rights
- Chapter 6: The Politics of Public Opinion
- Chapter 7: Voting and Elections
Toward Collective Action: Mediating Institutions
Delivering Collective Action: Formal Institutions
- Chapter 11: Congress
- Chapter 12: The Presidency
- Chapter 13: The Courts
- Chapter 14: State and Local Government
The Outputs of Government
Appendix A: Declaration of Independence
Appendix B: The Constitution of the United States
Appendix C: Federalist Papers #10 and #51
Appendix D: Electoral College Votes by State, 2012–2020
Appendix E: Selected Supreme Court Cases
Index
Publication Date
2019
Course Number
HS 323
Course Title
Government of the U.S.
Edition
Second edition
Publisher
OpenStax
City
Houston, Texas
Disciplines
American Politics | Political History | Political Science | United States History
Scholarly Commons Citation
Krutz, Glen and Waskiewicz, Sylvie, "American Government 2e" (2019). Open Access Textbooks. 13.
https://commons.erau.edu/oer-textbook/13
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This edition has been superseded by American Government 3e.