AP Government Course Vocabulary Review UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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AP Government Course
AP Government Course Vocabulary Review
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Affirmative action - CORRECT ANSWER- LBJ's executive order-designed to correct the
effects of past discrimination; requirement by law that positive steps be taken to increase the
number of minorities in busine...
AP Government Course Vocabulary Review
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Affirmative action - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- LBJ's executive order-designed to correct the
effects of past discrimination; requirement by law that positive steps be taken to increase the
number of minorities in business, schools, colleges, and labor
Agenda setting - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The process of forming the list of matters that
policymakers intend to address
Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A revision/change to a bill, law, or constitution
Amicus curiae brief - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Friend of the court; interest groups may be
invited to file legal briefs supporting/rejection arguments of the case
Anti-Federalists - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution
b/c it gave too much power to the national govt at the expense of the state govts and it lacked
a bill of rights
Appellate jurisdiction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- On appeal from lower courts-Supreme
Court is mostly an appellate court
Apportionment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Distribution of representatives among the states
based on the population of each state
Appropriations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Money granted by Congress or to a state
legislature for a specific purpose
Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-
1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
,At-large - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- All the voters of a state/country elect their
representative (senate elections are at large on the federal level)
Bicameral - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 2 chambers; Congress has the Senate and the House
of Representatives
Bill - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a proposal for a law
Bills of attainder - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Prohibits a person being found guilty of a
crime w/o a trial
Bill of Rights - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The first 10 amendments to the Constitution-
guarantees liberties to the people-written in 1789-ratified in 1791
Blanket primary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Registered voters may vote for candidates from
either party on the same primary ballot
Block grant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Money given to states for general programs within
a broad category
Brief - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Legal document submitted to the court setting forth the
facts of a case and supporting a particular position
Brief orders - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The returning of a case to a lower court b/c a
smiliar case was recently decided
Brown v. BOE of Topeka, KA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson:
ended legal segregation, said school regulation is unconstitutional
Bureaucracy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A systematic way of organizing a complex &large
adminstrative structure w/ responsibility for carrying out day-to-day tasks of the organization,
departments, &agencies of the govt
, Bureaucratic theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The hierarchical structure and standarized
procedures of govt allow bureaucrats to hold the real power over public policy; proposed by
Max Weber
Cabinet - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Govt depts headed by presidential appointees to help
establish public policy &operate a specific policy are of govt activity
Casework - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Assistance given to constituents by congressional
members, answering questions/doing favors
Categorical grant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Federal grants for specific purposes define by
law
Caucus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Locally held meeting in a state to select delegates who,
in turn, will nominate candidates to political offices
Caucus (congressional) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An association of congressional
members who advocate a political ideology/regional/ethnic/economic interest
Certificate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A lower court asks the Supreme Court abt a rule of
law/procedure
Checks and balances - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Each branch of govt is subject to restraints
by the other two branches
Civil liberties - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Constitutional freedoms guaranteed to all citizens
Civil rights - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Positive acts of govt designed to prevent
discrimination &provide equality before the law
Closed primary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Only registered party members may vote in the
primary (independents, greens, etc...not allowed)
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