TY - BOOK AU - McClenaghan,William A AU - Magruder,Frank Abbott AU - TI - Magruder's American government SN - 9781269214612 AV - JK274.M212.M335 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson KW - Civics KW - Study and teaching (Secondary) N1 - "Especially for South Carolina"--P. 4. of cover; Unit 1 : Foundations of American government. Principles of government --; Origins of American government --; The Constitution --; Federalism --; Unit 2 : Political behavior : government by the people. Political parties --; Voters and voter behavior --; The electoral process --; Mass media and public opinion --; Interest groups --; Unit 3 : The legislative branch. Congress --; Powers of Congress --; Congress in action --; Unit 4 : The executive branch. The presidency --; The presidency in action --; Government at work : the bureaucracy --; Financing government --; Foreign policy and national defense --; Unit 5 : The judicial branch. The federal court system --; Civil liberties : First Amendment freedoms --; Civil liberties : protecting individual rights --; Civil rights : equal justice under law --; Unit 6 : Comparative political and economic systems. Comparative political systems --; Comparative economic systems --; Unit 7 : Participating in state and local government. Governing the states --; Local government and finance --; Reference; Grades 9-12; 2 ER -