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AP Government Final Exam Study Guide
This is a review for the Final Exam that will be given on _____, (free response) and _________
(multiple choice) The exam will count as 10-15 % of your semester grade. Check my website regularly for study info. This review is also available to download to word on my website. http://www2.mpsaz.org/dobson/staff/jdsherrer/
Define and apply
1. Connecticut (Great) Compromise
2. “party machine”
3. gerrymandering
4. an amicus curiae brief
5. a habeas corpus petition
6. a writ of certiorari
7. civil liberties
8. pluralism
9. regressive tax
10.progressive tax
11. proportional tax
12. graduated income tax
13. flat tax
14. The incorporation doctrine
15. The concept of eminent domain
16. The exclusionary rule
17. Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (McCain-Feingold)
18. pork barrel politics
19. political efficacy
20. 14th Amendment
21. front-loading
22. franking privilege
23. A bill of attainder
24. the 1964 Civil Rights Act
25. Jim Crow laws
26. Realigning election
27. White House staff
28. The War Powers Resolution
29. free rider problem
30. referendum
31. “split-ticket voting”
32. Under the Articles of Confederation (see my website)
33 .James Madison- protection of political liberty (Federalist papers 10, 51, 78) **
34. filibuster
35. Pocket veto
36. winner-take-all, single-member-district plurality system
37. concurrent powers-
38. Reserved powers-
39. Fiscal policies
40. delegated powers
41. federalism
Describe/Explain/Identify (Free Response questions will come from some of the following)
1. Describe how the electoral college works and what happens if no candidate gets a majority of votes.
2. Describe the Supreme Court’s use of the 14th Amendment
3. Describe Block grants and Categorical grants-in-aid. Which is given the broadest discretion in the spending of money?
4. Explain why welfare reform is prominent example of the process of returning more of the responsibilities of...