AP GOV

  1. Representative democracy

  2. Participatory democracy

  3. Pluralist democracy

  4. Elite democracy

  5. Natural rights

  6. Social contract

  7. Popular sovereignty

  8. Limited government 

  9. The Declaration of Independence

  10. The Articles of Confederation 

  11. Shays’ Rebellion

  12. The Constitution of the United States

  13. Separation of powers

  14. Checks and balances

  15. Republicanism

  16. Great (Connecticut) Compromise

  17. Three-Fifths Compromise 

  18. Electoral College

  19. Supremacy Clause

  20. Federalists

  21. Anti-Federalists

  22. Federalism

  23. Brutus No. 1

  24. Federalist No. 10

  25. Enumerated powers

  26. Exclusive powers

  27. Implied powers

  28. 10th Amendment

  29. Reserved powers

  30. Concurrent powers

  31. Commerce Clause

  32. Necessary and Proper Clause

  33. Categorical grants

  34. Policymaking

  35. Mandates

  36. Block grants

  37. Revenue sharing

  38. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

  39. United States v. Lopez (1995)


Unit 2:

  1. Individualism

  2. Equality of opportunity

  3. Free enterprise

  4. Rule of law

  5. Globalization of U.S. political culture

  6. Political socialization

  7. Political ideology

  8. Liberal ideological positions on economic policy

  9. Conservative ideological positions on economic policy

  10. Liberal ideological positions on social policy

  11. Conservative ideological positions on social policy

  12. Public opinion

  13. Scientific polling

  14. Opinion polls

  15. Benchmark polls

  16. Tracking polls

  17. Exit polls

  18. Polling methodology

  19. Accurate sampling methods

  20. Neutral framing of questions

  21. Accurate reporting

  22. 14th Amendment

  23. 15th Amendment

  24. 17th Amendment

  25. 19th Amendment

  26. 24th Amendment

  27. 26th Amendment

  28. Demographic factors that influence voter turnout

  29. Structural barriers influence on voter turnout

  30. Rational choice voting

  31. Retrospective voting

  32. Prospective voting

  33. Straight ticket voting

  34. Linkage institutions 

  35. Interest groups

  36. Free riders

  37. Single issue groups

  38. Lobbying

  39. Traditional news media

  40. Investigative journalism

  41. Social media

  42. Horse-race journalism

  43. New media

  44. Political commentary

  45. Media Conglomerates

  46. Political parties

  47. Party platform

  48. Campaigns

  49. Incumbency advantage phenomenon

  50. Open and closed primaries

  51. Caucuses

  52. Party conventions

  53. General elections (presidential and midterm)

  54. Party coalitions

  55. Third-party

  56. Campaign finance

  57. Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, 2002

  58. Political Action Committees

  59. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) (2010


Unit 3:

  1. Impeachment

  2. Power of the purse

  3. Congressional oversight

  4. Bill markup

  5. Committee of the Whole

  6. Discharge petition

  7. Unanimous consent

  8. Hold in the Senate

  9. Filibuster

  10. Cloture

  11. Conference committee

  12. Mandatory spending

  13. Discretionary spending

  14. Entitlement programs

  15. Veto and pocket veto

  16. Pork-barrel legislation

  17. Logrolling

  18. Partisanship

  19. Polarization

  20. Gridlock

  21. Gerrymandering

  22. Redistricting 

  23. Divided government

  24. Shaw v. Reno (1993)

  25. Baker v. Carr (1961)

  26. Trustee model

  27. Delegate model

  28. Politico model

  29. Lame duck president

  30. Formal vs. informal powers 

  31. Commander-in-chief

  32. Congressional agenda

  33. State of the Union

  34. Executive agreements

  35. Signing statements

  36. Cabinet members

  37. Executive Office of the President

  38. Executive orders

  39. Senate confirmation

  40. 22nd Amendment

  41. President’s bully pulpit

  42. Federal bureaucracy

  43. Iron triangles

  44. Issue networks

  45. Civil service

  46. Merit based system vs. political patronage

  47. Discretionary power

  48. Bureaucratic agencies

  49. Marbury v. Madison (1803)

  50. Supreme Court

  51. Court of Appeals

  52. District Courts

  53. Stare decisis

  54. Judicial review

  55. Judicial activism

  56. Judicial restraint

  57. Federalist No. 51

  58. Federalist No. 70

  59. Federalist No. 78


Unit 4:

  1. Civil liberties

  2. The Bill of Rights

  3. Establishment Clause

  4. Free Exercise Clause

  5. Symbolic speech

  6. Defamation

  7. Libel

  8. Slander

  9. Clear and present danger test

  10. Prior restraint

  11. Selective incorporation

  12. Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the 14th Amendment

  13. Unenumerated rights

  14. Substantive due process

  15. Schenck v. United States (1919)

  16. McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

  17. Engel v. Vitale (1962)

  18. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

  19. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)

  20. New York Times Company v. United States (1971)

  21. Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

  22. Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

  23. Roe v. Wade (1973)

  24. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022)

  25. Civil rights

  26. “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”

  27. The National Organization for Women and the women’s rights movement

  28. The Civil Rights Act of 1964

  29. Title IX

  30. The Voting Rights Act of 1965

  31. “Separate but equal”

  32. Brown v. Board of Education (1964)

  33. Affirmative action


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