Politics

Concentration 4 AP American Government Institutions of National Government: The Congress, the presidency, the bureaucracy, and the federal courts (35-45%) The major formal and informal institutional arrangements of powers Relationships among these four institutions Links between these institutions and political parties, interest groups, the media, subnational governments, and public opinion Legislative Branch Majority Leader Minority Leader Majority Whip Minority Whip President Pro Tempore Speaker of the House Standing Committee Conference Committee Ad hoc Committee House Rules Committee Select or Special Committee General Accounting Office Office of Management and Budget Franking Privilege District Census Apportionment Malapportionment Reapportionment

AP American Government Review Concentration 2 Political beliefs and behaviors of individuals (10-20%) Beliefs that citizens hold about their government and its leaders Processes by which citizens learn about politics The nature, sources, and consequences of public opinion The ways in which citizens vote and otherwise participate in political life Factors that influence citizens to differ from one another in terms of political beliefs and behaviors Key Terms Americanism Civic competence Civic duty Class consciousness Culture war Equality of opportunity Equality of result External efficacy Internal efficacy Political culture Political efficacy Political ideology Gender gap Partisanship Political elite Political ideology Poll Random sample Sampling error

AP Government Name _____________ Smith Period _____ Chapter 13 Reading Questions Directions: using the text, answer the following questions in the space provided. (20 points) Describe two ways in which the power of the president has expanded from its constitutional base. List and explain the function of three major policymaking bodies of the Executive Office. What is the difference between a hierarchical organization and the wheel-and-spokes system of White House management? What are the two indicators of public support of the president? What is meant by the president?s ?honeymoon? period? What is an executive agreement and how is it different from a treaty? What are the ?two presidencies??

The Federalist Papers : No. 10 To the People of the State of New York:

AP Government Name _____________________ Chapter 1 Period _____ Date _____ Second Treatise, Of Civil Government John Locke Directions: Read the selection from John Locke and answer the questions below? (26 points) Of the State of Nature What is included in the state of nature? What is the Law of Nature? According to Locke, where does your liberty end? What is Locke?s opinion of punishment?