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AP Gov Chapter 12 Outline

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Legislatures
United States Congress
United States House of Representatives
Congressional staff
Standing committee
Congressional oversight
United States congressional committee
United States Senate
bill
Committee
United States House Committee on Rules
Earmark

Objectives Describe the make up of Senators and Representatives and the nature of their jobs Explain the factors that most influence congressional elections Explain the structure of power and leadership and the role of committees in Congress Describe, in some detail, the legislative process and identify the many influences on decision making Evaluate the present function of Congress Describe the characteristics of our senators and representatives, and the nature of their jobs 1. List seven perks members of Congress receive Power Earn a high salary Receive generous retirement/health benefits (Medicare) Franking privilege (free postage) Lodging in DC Travel allowances Not as accountable for insider trading knowledge

AP Gov Chapter 2 Key Terms

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political science
Gridlock
Political terminology
Elitism
Pluralism
Policy

public goods political participation policymaking system policy agenda policymaking institutions policy impacts majority rule representation elitism policy gridlock gross domestic product government politics single-issue groups linkage institutions political issue public policy democracy minority rights pluralism hyperpluralism political culture
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AP Gov Chapter 3 Key Terms

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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Evidence law
james madison
Searches and seizures
1st United States Congress
United States Bill of Rights
Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
Exclusionary rule
Due Process Clause
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
Search and seizure
Wolf v. Colorado

Chapter 4 Civil Liberties and Public Policy Key Terms bill of rights fourteenth amendment incorporation doctrine free exercise clause libel commercial speech unreasonable searches and seizures exclusionary rule self-incrimination plea bargaining cruel and unusual punishment civil liberties first amendment due process clause establishment clause prior restraint symbolic speech probable cause search warrant fifth amendment sixth amendment eighth amendment right to privacy
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AP Gov Chapter 4 Key Cases

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Engel v. Vitale
Nassau County, New York
Gitlow v. New York
Schempp
McCleskey v. Kemp
Engel
Zelman

Chapter 4 Civil Liberties and Public Policy KEY CASES Gitlow v. New York (1925) Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002) School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp (1963) Near v. Minnesota (1931) Roth v. United States (1957) New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) Zurcher v. Stanford Daily (1978) Red Lion Broadcasting Company v. Federal Communications Commission (1969) Mapp v. Ohio (1961) Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) McCleskey v. Kemp (1987) Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) Barron v. Baltimore (1833) Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) Engel v. Vitale (1962) Schenck v. United States (1957) Miller v. California (1973) Texas v. Johnson (1989) Miami Herald Publishing Company v. Tornillo (1974) NAACP v. Alabama (1958) Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Gregg v. Georgia (1976) Roe v. Wade (1973)

AP Gov Chapter 21 Key Terms

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Democracy
Referendums
law
Politics
veto
Direct Democracy
Governor

Chapter 21 Interest Groups Key Terms line - item veto merit plan initiative recall local charter town meeting city manager subnational governments lieutenant governor direct democracy referendum Dillon?s Rule home rule council of governments
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AP GOV Chapter 6 Notes (JR DREVELUS)

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Political terminology
Advocacy group
Lobbying
Public choice theory
Military-industrial complex
Pluralism
Political party
Political faction
United States Congress
Social group
Lobbying in the United States
Politics of the United States

Interest Groups Past & Present- The Mischief?s of faction Factions: groups with common interests Factions are modern political parties Factions were discussed in federalist 10 (federalist ten= Madison=factions Federalist # 10 ?the latent causes of faction are in the nature of man? meaning unavoidable All individuals persue self interest, seek power, sometimes over others Madison?s definition of factions: citizens uniting by a common interest Cont. The constitution limits factions (separation of powers, ((divided government)) ) Constitution encourages completion instead of elimination Pluralism- theory that government holds that open, multiple, and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group Pluralism hasn?t always worked in practice

AP GOV Chapter 7 Notes (JR DREVELUS)

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Political terminology
elections
Political parties in the United States
Political party
Realigning election
Primary election
Independent
Party identification
Third party
Republican Party
Dealignment
Two-party system

Chapter 7 Notes Divided Government When one party has control of one or two houses of Congress and the other party has the Presidency Decentralization Party Identification When a person indentifies with a certain political party Honeymoon When a new president is elected, the media gives him a free pass for a while and will only attack him later Party Regular Support the party first before specific candidates Candidate Activists Support a candidate and find party as means to elect that candidate Issue Activists Support an issue and push for a party to also support that issue Soft/Hard Money Soft money (unlimited) ? Voter registration and voter turnout / can?t favor party Hard money (limited) ? party activites Party Reforms When a party changes its stance on issues

AP US GOV Chapter 8 outline(JR DREVELUS)

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elections
Issue voting
Voter turnout
Electronic voting
Absentee ballot
Postal voting
voting
Electoral fraud
Voter registration
Swing vote
Independent
United States election voting controversies

Chapter 8: Public Opinion, Participation, and Voting Notes Intro: For most of history voting was limited hours held in a public place such as a school or firehouse. Now, we have absentee ballots that allow you to vote in advance of election day Oregon was the first state to adapt this these type of ballots: reduce cost increase turnout these ballots have been liberalized(no reason needed for absentee ballot) Forming Pol. Opinions and Values no one is born with values they are acquired by others through socialization That socializations lays foundation for beliefs, values, ideology and partisanship. Pol. Socialization Is The process by which we develop our values, attitudes and beliefs. Most common agents are family and schools. Starts in childhood

AP US GOV Chapter 11 Outline(JR DREVELUS)

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Parliamentary procedure
filibuster
United States Senate
United States Congress
Senate of the Philippines
United States House Committee on Rules
senate
United States House of Representatives
Nuclear option

Congress Congressional Elections HoR elections every 2 yrs. Senate every 6 Constituents- the residents of a congressional district or state House members must be must be 25 must have been citizen for 7 yrs. Senators must be 30 citizen for 9 yrs. Must live within state in which elected from house members don?t have to reside in district the senate was meant to be a check against the house because of this senators were elected by state legislators This was changed in 1913 by amendment( 17th I think) Both have unlimited terms District Lines each state has 2 senators reps # is determined by pop. redistricting takes place every 10 yrs, after census Reapportionment- the assigning by congress of congressional seats after each census 100 senators 435 house of reps

chapter 5 outline

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?PAGE ? ?PAGE ?9? seq NL1 \r 0 \h Chapter 5 Outline Introduction SEQ NLI \r 0 \h Civil liberties Rights?chiefly, rights to be free of government interference?accorded to an individual by the Constitution: free speech, free press, and so on. The politics of civil liberties SEQ NLA \r 0 \h seq NL1 \r 0 \h The Framers believed that the Constitution limited government?what was not specifically allowed was obviously not allowed SEQ NL1 \r 0 \h seq NL1 \r 0 \h States ratifying constitutions demanded the addition of the Bill of Rights. The seq NL_a \r 0 \h ?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h Bill of Rights was seen as specific restrictions on federal government actions. The seq NL_a \r 0 \h Bill of Rights was not originally understood as applying to state government actions.

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