Current Events Report

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For this assignment, students are to locate a current issue/event reported on by the news media that
pertains to money in American politics. Students must locate two news stories about the current event,
and these stories must be spaced out over the time period of at least two days. Additionally, the two news
stories cannot come from the same media outlet; instead, the stories have to come from different media
outlets. Students are to write a 3 page paper on the issue/event and discuss how it relates to issues
discussed in the course.

Requirements:
–Identify and discuss one current issue, event or debate related to Money in American politics
–Identify two news stories about the issue, event or debate
*what counts as a news outlet?
–A newspaper (print or online), a prominent blog (e.g., Huffington Post or The Monkey Cage)
*stories must be spaced out over at least 2 days
*the stories must come from different news outlets
–3 pages, single spaced.
–must include a references list of the two cited articles
–do not include copies of actual articles
II. Guide
*This includes a template for the types of things you can write about in your paper. The following, however, is not intended to be a rubric for you to follow exactly. You do not need to answer each question. Rather, the content below simply represents options for the types of things you can choose to discuss.
a. Introduce the issue, event or debate
–discuss what, when, where, etc.
–discuss why the issue matters: who is affected, what are the stakes? How does it relate to socioeconomic class, income inequality, etc.?
b. Discuss the history of the issue or debate
–Is it a new issue? Has the issue or problem been around for a while? Has the problem been building up over time?
–What efforts were made in the past to address the issue / problem? Did these somehow make the problem worse?
c. What solutions, if any, have been proposed for the issue / debate?
d. What are your thoughts about the issue / problem / debate?
–What are your thoughts about the solutions, if any, that have been offered
–What would be your recommendations for how to solve the problem?

Answer 10 questions from the book each 3 sentence

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Welcome to Unit 3, where we will primarily focus on the government’s relationship with civil rights. In so doing, we will specifically examine the distinctive role of African American history, which occupies an integral position within the development of both US history and the US government. In addition to reading chapters 5 and 4, we will also watch a film in this unit, which you can access in the unit discussion. Based only on the textbook, answer 10 of the following questions. Answers should be 3-4 sentences and based only on the discussion in your book.

Use this link to access book https://assets.openstax.org/oscms-prodcms/media/documents/AmericanGovernment3e-WEB.pdf?_gl=1*l1j30x*_ga*MTc2MTUzNDIxOC4xNjc1MDk5Mjcw*_ga_T746F8B0QC*MTY4NjA5MTgzMS40LjAuMTY4NjA5MTgzNS41Ni4wLjA

1. What are civil rights? How are they different from civil liberties?

2. What is the Equal Protection Clause?

3. What is the Rational Basis Test?

4. In what ways did the federal government defend slavery?

5. What was the court’s ruling in the Dred Scott case? What was its significance?

6. What was Lincoln’s aim with the Emancipation Proclamation?

7. What was Reconstruction? What were its key features? Why and how did it end?

8. What were the Black Codes?

9. What were the Jim Crow laws?

10. What did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)? What was the significance of the case?