Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Set your alarm: Review and Study


The first 5 minutes or so of this is a really great overview of our course! It is must see TV  before the final - nice review "The Great Debate."

The Great Debate

Your Final Exam test is first thing tomorrow morning. Review in you Patterson text First Amendment issues -- we will hit them the week we get back from break.
 AP Government 1st Semester Final Exam (U.S.) 

60 multiple choice (45 min.); 1 of 4 free response (25 min.)
Free Response:
Media Coverage of Campaigns


 Interest groups and policymaking institutions


 Congressional oversight of federal bureaucracy


 Budget/Policy barriers


Multiple Choice:

Constitutional principles
Checks & balances
Judicial review
Separation of powers
Federalism

Popular sovereignty
Limited government


 Political Parties, Campaigns & Voting Behavior


Political ideologies

Voting behavior (influences on)

Political socialization
Voter turnout
Electoral college
Primaries (open, blanket, closed, runoff)
Special interest groups/PACs/lobbyists
Media coverage
Critical elections


 Congress
Committees
Conference committees
Key pieces of legislation
Incumbent advantage
Rules
Presidential removal
Apportionment, Reapportionment, Gerrymandering
Authorization of spending (oversight of bureaucrac
Legislative process
 Presidency
Role
Constitutional Powers
Nominating Process
Powers (Increase of: “Imperial Presidency”)
War Powers Resolution
Line-Item veto ()why the president doesn't have it, and many governors do)
Cabinet
Appointment of Federal Judges
Vice-President (what presidential candidates look for in a running mate)
Reagan legacy (from a chart)


 The Judiciary
Tenure
Caseload
Strict v. loose constructionalist

Landmark cases: McCullough v. Maryland, Grisswold v. Connecticut, Roe v. Wade, Marbury v. Madison, Brown v. Board of Education, Miranda v. Arizona.
Warren Court (from a political cartoon)

Dual court system: Federal/State, Criminal/Civil

 Misc (Bureaucracy, 1st Amendment: free exercise, establishment clause; freedom of expression, symbolic speech; exclusionary rule, Miranda warnings, Civil Rights Act of 1964, 14th Amendment “Modifying Clause” reserved powers







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