The Enlightenment
A system where the branches of government balance each other.
Checks and Balances
The number of Supreme Court Justices.
What is Nine
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known by this collective name, protecting individual rights and liberties.
What are the Bill of Rights
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
What is the date of the U.S. Government AP Test?
Employees who work for the government and help carry out laws and run public programs
What are Civil Servants.
A government's power cannot be absolute.
What is Limited Government?
Established the practice of Judicial Review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The First Constitution of the United States
The number of FRQ questions on the U.S. Government AP Test
What is four?
The way the government hires and promotes workers based on merit.
What is the Civil Service System?
All people have certain rights that cannot be taken away.
What are Natural Rights?
Justices of the Supreme Court are appointed by this person and confirmed by this group.
What is the President and the Senate?
Describes the powers of Congress
What is Article 1?
The number of multiple choice questions on the test.
What is 55?
State Department, Justice Department, and the Department of Transportation are examples of what?
What is an Executive Department?
All government power comes from the consent of its people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This Supreme Court case in 1819 established that Congress has implied powers under the “Necessary and Proper Clause,” and that states cannot tax federal institutions.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This clause in Article VI establishes that federal laws and the Constitution take precedence over state laws.
What is the Supremacy Clause
The number of minutes College Board suggests you spend on the FRQ 4 question.
What is 40?
A temporary alliance of people and groups who work together to shape policy on one specific topic.
What is an Issue Network?
The right to overthrow a government
Right of Revolution
Case that declared the Gun-Free School Zone Act unconstitutional.
The compromise created a two-house Congress—one based on population and one with equal representation—was called this.
What is the Great Compromise?
All state schools must give you full credit for a U.S. Government class if you score at least this?
What is a 4?
A three-way partnership between Congress, a government agency, and an interest group that works together to influence government policy.
What is an Iron Triangle?