AP Government Exam Review
Format
Four Essay Questions
Sixty Multiple Choice Questions
What To Study
Chapters
One Through Seven in Burns
Old Tests and Quizzes
The
Constitution
The Federalist Number
51
Key Terms
Chapter One-Constitutional
Democracy
Democracy in all its forms
Ideology
Articles
of Confederation
Shays' Rebellion
Virginia Plan
New
Jersey Plan
Great
or Connecticut Compromise
Three-Fifths
Compromise
Federalists
Anti-federalists
The
Federalist Papers
Chapter Two-The
Living Constitution
Natural Law
Separation of Powers
Checks and Balances
Divided Government
Judicial Review
Impeachment
Executive Privilege
Amending the Constitution
Chapter Three-Federalism
Federalism
Express Powers
Implied Powers
Necessary
and Proper Clause
Inherent Powers
Commerce
Clause
Concurrent Powers
Full
Faith and Credit Clause
Extradition
Interstate Compact
Centralists
Decentralists
National
Supremacy Clause
Types of Federal Grants
Federal Mandates
Revenue Sharing
Chapter Four-First
Amendment Rights
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
Bill
of Rights
Due
Process Clause
Selective Incorporation
Establishment
Clause
Free
Exercise Clause
Religious
Freedom Restoration Act of 1993
Freedom of Information Act
Libel
Chapter Five-Equal
Rights Under the Law
Equal
Protection Clause
Suspect Class
White Primary
Gerrymandering
Poll Tax
Literacy Test
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Jim Crow Laws
Majority-Minority Districts
De Jure Segregation
De Facto Segregation
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Affirmative Action
Proposition
209
Chapter Six-Rights
to Life, Liberty, and Property
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Ex Post Facto Law
Bill of Attainder
Citizenship Rights
Contract
Clause
Eminent Domain
Procedural Due Process
Substantive Due Process
Privacy Rights
Exceptions to the Warrant Rule
Exclusionary Rule
Immunity
Miranda Warning
Grand Jury
Indictment
Plea Bargain
Double Jeopardy
Chapter
Seven-Political Culture and Ideology
Political Culture
Majority Rule
Popular Sovereignty
American Dream
Capitalism
Ideology
Liberalism
Conservatism
Socialism
Libertarianism
Precedents Set By
Court Cases
Expansion of National Power
Marbury
v. Madison
McCulloch
v. Maryland
Application of Bill of Rights to the States
Barron v. Baltimore
Gitlow
v. New York
Gideon v. Wainwright
Civil Rights
Plessy
v. Ferguson
Brown
v. Board of Education
Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg
Regents
of the University of California v. Bakke
Richmond v. Croson
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
Shaw
v. Reno
Hopwood v. Texas
First Amendment
Everson
v. Board of Education
Engel v. Vitale
Lemon
v. Kurtzman
Employment
Division v. Smith
Schenck
v. U.S.
New
York Times v. Sullivan
Miller
v. California
Texas v. Johnson
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
Life, Liberty, and Property
Roe
v. Wade
Terry v. Ohio
Mapp
v. Ohio
Miranda v. Arizona
Various Supreme Court Tests
The Establishment Clause
Lemon
Test
Endorsement Test
Nonpreferentialist Test
The Free Exercise Clause
Compelling Interest Test
Freedom of Speech
Bad Tendency Doctrine
Clear and Present Danger Doctrine
Preferred Position Doctrine
Prior Restraint
Vagueness
Least Drastic Means
Content and Viewpoint Neutrality
Commercial Speech
Obscenity Test
Equal Protection
Rational Basis Test
Heightened Scrutiny Test
Strict Scrutiny Test
Abortion
Undue Burden Test
