AP Government 2015 FRQ Flashcards

6736295964	Describe a power of the president as a Chief Legislator and Chief bureaucrat	Chief Legislator- veto Chief bureaucrat- executive orders	0
6736295965	Explain how (Civil Service Employees and The Supreme Court) limits the president's influence in policy making	Civil Service Employees- agency view The Supreme Court- declares presidential actions unconstitutinal	1
6736295966	Describe the influence of divided government on the policy-making process	Control of two chambers of Congress by opposing political parties makes it more difficult to pass legislation	2
6736295967	Compare state sovereignty under the Articles of Confederation and under the Constitution	states were sovereign under the Articles of Confederation, but under the Constitution they have shared power	3
6736295968	Explain how (Commerce Clause and Mandates) has been used to expand the power of the federal government over the states	Commerce Clause- Federal Government controls interstate commerce and the states cannot control, exclusive federal authority Mandates- federal government directs the states to implement polices, thus reducing states discretion and increasing federal discretion	4
6736295969	Explain how (Block Grants and Supreme Court Decisions) has played a role in the devolution of power from the national government to the states	Block grants- broad federal funding that allows states to have more discretion in how funding is spent, states have greater flexibility in policy implementation Supreme Court Decisions- through the use of judicial review, state power is protected	5
6736295970	Describe one reason that the framers chose to use the electoral college as the method to elect the president	Did not trust the people, Congress, or state legislatures to solely select the president	6
6736295971	Describe the message the cartoon above conveys about presidential elections	Candidates focus on on battleground or swing states	7
6736295972	Explain why California, Texas, and New York do not appear prominently in the cartoon above	States are not competitive because one party possesses disproportionate influence	8
6736295973	Describe two campaigning tactics presidential candidates use to win the key states identified in the cartoon above	More TV ads and use of media in those states Focus on issues that swing voters in the state care about	9
6736295974	Describe the difference between civil liberties and civil rights	Civil rights- protect groups from discrimination Civil liberties- protect individuals from government actions	10
6736295975	Identify the primary cluase of the 14th amendment that is used to extend civil rights	Equal protection clause- no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws"	11
6736295976	Describe a specific legislative action that extended civil rights to (Women and persons with disabilities)	Women- right to vote Persons with disabilities- educational accomidations	12
6736295977	Identify the primary clause of the 14th Amendment that is used to extend civil liberties	Due process clause- federal government that no one shall be "deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law."	13
6736295978	Explain how civil liberties were incorporated by the Supreme Court in (Mapp v. Ohio and Miranda v. Arizona)	Mapp v. Ohio- illegally seized evidence cannot be used in court, exclusionary rule Miranda v. Arizona- must be informed of rights, no self incrimination, right to counsel, etc	14