THE AP TENDS TO DEVOTE THE MOST QUESTIONS. The Executive Branch The Bureaucracy The Legislative Branch

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2 THE AP TENDS TO DEVOTE THE MOST QUESTIONS TO The Executive Branch The Bureaucracy The Legislative Branch

3 Where to start? Vocab, vocab, vocab-the more familiar you are, the better Case Law Amendments and clauses Make flash cards!

5 McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Established supremacy of the U.S. Constitution and federal laws over state laws United States v. Lopez (1995) Congress may not use the commerce clause to make possession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime ***Federalism Engel v. Vitale (1962) School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) Compelling Amish students to attend school past the eighth grade violates the free exercise clause Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) Public school students have the right to wear black armbands in school to protest the Vietnam War

6 New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) Bolstered the freedom of the press, establishing a heavy presumption against prior restraint even in cases involving national security Schenck v. United States (1919) Speech creating a clear and present danger is not protected by the First Amendment ***Bill of Rights provisions being used to balance government power with individual liberties Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent Roe v. Wade (1973) Extended the right of privacy to a woman s decision to have an abortion McDonald v. Chicago (2010) The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense is applicable to the states ***Selective incorporation of 14 th Am due process clause

7 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) Political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment ***Impact of federal policies on elections Baker v. Carr (1961) Opened the door to equal protection challenges to redistricting and the development of the one person, one vote doctrine by ruling that challenges to redistricting did not raise political questions that would keep federal courts from reviewing such challenges Shaw v. Reno (1993) Legislative redistricting must be conscious of race and ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ***Republicanism is maintained by the structure and operation of the legislative branch.

8 Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Race-based school segregation violates the equal protection clause ***Using the Equal Protection Clause and other constitutional provisions to support equality Marbury v. Madison (1803) Established the principle of judicial review empowering the Supreme Court to nullify an act of the legislative or executive branch that violates the Constitution ***Court independence and importance of judicial review)

9 MULTIPLE CHOICE BEFORE reading the answers, definite the following: #KEDOLO Key Words-what are they? Do I know the answer already/what am I going to be looking for? Logic: Eliminate the answers that don t sound anything like what you re looking for. Choose the BEST answer from the remainder

10 1. Which of the following best describes the practice of ticket splitting? (A) A presidential nominee selects a running mate who can appeal to voter groups whose support of the nominee is weak. (B) A voter chooses the presidential nominee of one major party, but chooses congressional nominees of another major party. (C) A mayor orders the local police force to hand out fewer parking violations in the weeks leading up to a general election. (D) A delegate to a national party convention supports the front runner, but remains uncommitted to the party platform. (E) A member of Congress votes against legislation proposed by his or her party leader.

11 The term "pork barrel" refers to legislation specifically designed to (A) encourage a balanced federal budget (B) ensure the careful inspection of farm goods and other foodstuffs (C) distribute excess produce to the poor (D) provide funding for local projects that are intended to benefit constituents (E) equalize representation between farming and non-farming states

12 BREAKING DOWN AN FRQ QUESTION Before you write ANYTHING Circle the verbs Square the numbers Underline the premise/question

14 WRITING YOUR RESPONSE RULE #1: Re-state the question One reason the framers chose the electoral college as a means of electing the President is The message the cartoon above conveys about presidential elections is... California, Texas and New York don t appear prominently in the cartoon above because Two campaign tactics presidential candidates use to win the key states identified in the cartoon above are

15 FRQ VERBS MAJOR ONES #IDENTIFY #DESCRIBE #EXPLAIN MINOR ONES #DISCUSS #COMPARE

16 IDENTIFY (ONE SENTENCE; I=ONE) PROMPT: Identify the primary clause of the fourteenth amendment that the Supreme Court has used to extend civil rights. RESPONSE: The primary clause of the fourteenth amendment that the Supreme Court has used to extend civil rights is the equal protection clause.

17 DESCRIBE (2 Es = 2 SENTENCES) PROMPT: Describe a power of the president in each of the following roles. Chief legislator Chief bureaucrat or chief administrator RESPONSE: The power of the President in his role of chief legislator includes the power to propose and lobby for and veto legislation. The power of the President as chief bureaucrat includes the ability to appoint cabinet officials and the chiefs of key agencies and to determine how laws are carried out.

18 EXPLAIN (Starts with E ; E = 3) PROMPT: Explain how civil liberties were incorporated by the Supreme Court in two of the following cases. Gideon v. Wainwright Mapp v. Ohio Miranda v. Arizona

19 RESPONSE: The Supreme Court has incorporated civil liberties on numerous occasions. In Gideon v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court ruled that a person accused of a crime by a state has the right to an attorney. In Mapp v. Ohio, the Court ruled that state authorities must have a warrant to conduct a search of a person s home. In Miranda v. Arizona, the Court ruled that authorities must read an accused person their rights before questioning them.

20 WRITING YOUR RESPONSE Write in separate paragraphs, BUT DO NOT LABEL A, B, C, D Why? Evaluators are fishing for the information in the prompt throughout your response. It is possible to address element A in your element C paragraph and still get points for it ONLY IF YOU DO NOT LABEL THEM.

Summer Assignments for AP Government

Summer Assignments for AP Government 2018-2019 Directions: There are THREE assignments that need to be completed for AP Government for the upcoming school year. The Federalist Papers Analysis and the Supreme