Ap gov amsco - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AMSCO AP WORLD HISTORY: MODERN, Topic 4.2Christopher Columbus - correct answers Gained the Spanish monarchs' - Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand - support in 1492 for voyages across the Atlantic; his voyages helped increase the interest in discovery What did conquest bring? - correct answers They brought wealth to states thru tax collection & new trading opportunities; it also brought great material wealth, especially silver, to European states What stoked expansion? - correct answers Rival...

AP US Gov Ch.3 (AMSCO 2021)Block Grants - correct answers Federal grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services Categorical Grants - correct answers Federal grants for specific purposes, such as building an airport Concurrent Powers - correct answers powers shared by the state and federal governments Cooperative Federalism - correct answers A system of government in which powers and p...

AMSCO AP Gov Unit 3 Practice QuestionsWhich of the following is the most complete summary of the selective incorporation doctrine? - correct answers The Supreme Court has required states to apply certain rights in the Bill of Rights through the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause. What was the effect of the opinion in Schenck v. United States? - correct answers As long as speech does not present a clear and present danger, it is allowed. Those who disagree with the views in the majo...

AMSCO AP GOV Chapter 1federalism - correct answers a system of government that divides the power between the national and state governments Federalists - correct answers group of people who endorsed the Constitution social contract - correct answers agreement between a democratic government and its' people that if violated, the people could take the power back natural law - correct answers law of God, acknowledged through human sense and reason under which people were born free and equ...

AP US Gov Ch.1 and Ch.2 (AMSCO 2021)Adams, John - correct answers a member of the Second Continental Congress that drafted the Declaration of Independence; strong supporter of independence; becomes 2nd President and avoids war with France Declaration of Independence - correct answers 1776 statement, issued by the Second Continental Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted independence from Britain--provided moral and legal justification for their rebellion Franklin, Benjamin - correct ...

AP US Gov Ch.3 (AMSCO 2021)Block Grants - correct answers Federal grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services Categorical Grants - correct answers Federal grants for specific purposes, such as building an airport Concurrent Powers - correct answers powers shared by the state and federal governments Cooperative Federalism - correct answers A system of government in which powers and p...

AMSCO AP GOV Chapter 10conservative - correct answers A person who believes government power, particularly in the economy, should be limited in order to maximize individual freedom. liberal - correct answers groups that may want government to provide welfare at a higher, though still impoverished income lever; leniency on governments political culture - correct answers set of attitudes that shape political behavior Individualism - correct answers The unique importance of each individual...

AMSCO AP WORLD HISTORY MODERN, Topic 4.2Christopher Columbus - correct answers Gained the Spanish monarchs' - Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand - support in 1492 for voyages across the Atlantic; his voyages helped increase the interest in discovery What did conquest bring? - correct answers They brought wealth to states thru tax collection & new trading opportunities; it also brought great material wealth, especially silver, to European states What stoked expansion? - correct answers Rivalr...

AMSCO AP WORLD HISTORY MODERN, Topic 4.4Indentured Servitude - correct answers Arrangements thru which servants were contracted to work for a specified period of years in exchange for passage Chattel Slavery - correct answers System in which individuals are considered property to be bought & sold Asante Empire & the Kingdom of Congo - correct answers The expansion of maritime trading networks supported their growth like some other African states 1498 Vasco de Gama - correct answers Inva...

AMSCO AP Gov Unit 3 Practice QuestionsWhich of the following is the most complete summary of the selective incorporation doctrine? - correct answers The Supreme Court has required states to apply certain rights in the Bill of Rights through the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause. What was the effect of the opinion in Schenck v. United States? - correct answers As long as speech does not present a clear and present danger, it is allowed. Those who disagree with the views in the majo...