AP GOVERNMENT MIDTERM REVIEW

POLITICAL LANDSCAPE (Ch. 1) Incumbency ELECTIONS & VOTING (Ch. 13)

Social Contract Redistricting/Gerrymandering Primaries/caucuses
Hobbes/Locke/Montesquieu Majority/minority parties Midterm/off-year
Republic Leadership positions Initiative/referendum/recall
Identity groups Committees Front-loading/Iowa/NH
Ideology Budget process Coattails
Conservative/Liberal Pork/earmarks Conventional participation
Communist/Socialist/Libertarian Logrolling Unconventional participation
American Dream Oversight Turnout
Meritocracy Impeachment Registration
Confirmation process Absentee voting
THE CONSTITUTION (Ch. 2) Trustee vs. delegate
Declaration of Independence Divided government CAMPAIGN PROCESS (Ch. 14)
Articles of Confederation Nomination
Shays Rebellion THE PRESIDENCY (Ch. 8) General election campaign
Tree of Liberty Qualifications Campaign staff
Virginia/New Jersey plans Electoral College FECA/BCRA
Constitutional compromises Limitations Soft money
Separation of powers Executive privilege/orders Political Action Committees
Checks and balances Succession Citizens United
Articles I, II and III Appointment/Treaty powers Matching funds
Supremacy clause Vetoes/signing statements Debates
Elastic clause War Powers Act
Federalists/Anti-Federalists Pardon THE NEWS MEDIA (Ch. 15)
Federalist Papers Modern Presidency Mass/new media
Bill of Rights Cabinet Consolidation
Amendment process Narrowcasting
Judicial review PUBLIC OPINION, ETC. (Ch. 11) Overreliance on experts
Marbury v. Madison Polls exit, tracking, push Bias
Sample random, size, universe Agenda setting
FEDERALISM (Ch. 3) Margin of error Issue framing
Confederal/Unitary Political socialization
Tenth Amendment Demographics INTEREST GROUPS (Ch. 16)
Reserved/Implied/Concurrent Pluralism
Full faith and credit clause POLITICAL PARTIES (Ch. 12) Public/special interest groups
McCulloch v. Maryland Realignment/Realigning Election Lobbyists
Nullification Party Chair Trade associations/labor
Devolution National Committee Iron triangles
Grants/Mandates National Convention
Platform POSSIBLE ESSAY TOPICS
CONGRESS (Ch. 7) Get Out The Vote Evolution of the Presidency
How a bill becomes a law Minority Parties The Electoral Process
House vs. Senate Barriers to third party success The Role of the Media