Monster Vocab AP Gov

The Key Terms

  1. Amicus curiae

  2. Block grants

  3. Bully pulpit

  4. Casework

  5. Categorical grants

  6. Caucus

  7. Closed primary

  8. Cooperative federalism

  9. Critical elections

  10. Dealignment

  11. Demographics

  12. Devolution

  13. Divided government

  14. Entitlements

  15. Executive order

  16. Expressed powers

  17. Federalism

  18. Filibuster

  19. Fiscal federalism

  20. Fiscal policy

  21. Franking privilege

  22. Gender gap

  23. General election

  24. Gerrymandering

  25. Grassroots lobbying

  26. Horse race journalism

  27. Implied powers

  28. Incumbent

  29. Independent expenditures

  30. Inherent powers

  31. Interest group

  32. Issue network (iron triangle)

  33. Judicial activism

  34. Judicial review

  35. Lame duck period

  36. Litigation

  37. Lobbying

  38. Logrolling

  39. Mandatory spending

  40. Midterm election

  41. Monetary policy

  42. Motion for cloture

  43. Open primary

  44. Original intent

  45. Oversight

  46. PAC

  47. Party polarization

  48. Pluralism

  49. Pocket veto

  50. Policy agenda

  51. Political culture

  52. Political efficacy

  53. Political party

  54. Political socialization

  55. Pork barrel spending

  56. Realignment

  57. Redistricting

  58. Selective incorporation

  59. Single-member districts

  60. Stare decisis

  61. Suffrage

  62. Super PAC

  63. Uncontrollable spending

  64. Unfunded mandate

  65. White House staff

  66. Writ of certiorari

The Foundational Documents

  1. A of C- Weaknesses

  2. D of I- Popularly Sovereignty

  3. Brutus 1

  4. MLK, Letter from a Birmingham Jail

  5. Constitution: blueprint for U.S. democracy EMPHASIS ON:

    • Compromises, Amendment process, Congress, Enumerated vs Implied powers, Power of Pres., 22/25 Amed., Article 3, Const.- 15,17,19,24,26 Cons.- B of R 1,2,4,5,8,9,10,14

  6. Federalist 10

  7. Federalist 51

  8. Federalist 70

  9. Federalist 78

The Key Supreme Court Cases

  1. Baker v Carr 1962

  2. Brown v Board 1954

  3. Citizens United v F.E.C. 2010

  4. Engel v Vitale 2010

  5. Gideon v Wainwright 1963

  6. Marbury v Madison 1803

  7. McCulloch v Maryland 1819

  8. McDonald v Chicago 2010

  9. Roe v Wade 1973

  10. Schenck v US 1919

  11. Shaw v Reno 1993

  12. Tinker v Des Moines 1969

  13. US v Lopez 1995

  14. Wisconsin v Yoder 1972

  15. NY Times v US 1971