AP US GOV REVIEW

Gov. Interactions

100

Mandates

Terms or goals set by the Federal gov that the states have to meet, sometimes to receive grants

200

Grants

Categorial- Specific, spent on state or local spending

Project- Federal, given out based on merit of what its spent on

Formula- Categorical grants distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations

Block- Federal, given kinda automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services.

300

Taxes

Ammendment 16 allows federal income taxes to be taken

400

Full Faith and Credit Clause

States must recognize the other states, their records arts, court cases, birth certificates, drivers licences, etc and honor them

500

Extradition

Process of taking a criminal, charged in another state/ and or country, back to where they were charged

Political Parties

100

Direct Primaries

Elections held within political parties to determine who runs for elections, for example the presidency

200

Closed Primary

Only those of certain political parties can vote, requires you to announce political stance howevevr they cannot be ambushed by other parties

300

Open Primary

Allows anyone to vote, no matter the political stance

400

Liberal

More progressive with time, very open to change

Young Women, no college, blue collar jobs

500

Conservative

Limmited Gov, no handouts, free market, pure capitalism, big buisinesses

Old white men, salary jobs

First Gov

100

Articles of Confederation

First frame of the Federal Gov. Really set the framework to create the USA

200

Shay's Rebellion

Established how there wasnt enough Federal power to build a militia to defend this rebellion. The large amount of money they were receiving from taxes couldnt be spent on an army

300

Impact of the creation of the Constitution

Was the first set of laws and other types of official federal government power. 

400

1936 Election

Literary Digest vs. Gallup

Gallup predicted that he would guess correctly and with a sample of 1500 ppl

Literary would get it wrong with a sample of 10 million people

Gallup used face to face sampling rather than mail in survey.

500

Virginia Plan

First Idea of 3 branches of government, Spreading of power, checks and balances

Political Socialization

100

AGE

Older People are generally more conservative

Younger People are generally more liberal

200

SCHOOL

Those with college degrees are generally Conservative

Those without are generally liberal

300

JOB

Those with white collar sallary jobs are generally Conservative

Those with blue collar jobs are generally Liberal

400

GENDER

Males are generally Constervative

Females are generally liberal

500

RELIGION

Christians are generally Conservative

Catholics and Jewish are generally Liberal

Key Documents

100

Constitution

established the USA as a national government and declared fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens

200

Bill of Rights

First 10 amendments, gave citizens power and limmited federal power

300

Declaration of Independance

Declared independance from Great Britain and discussed "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"

400

Brutus 1

argued abt too much federal power; the Constitution gives too much power to the federal government; said a representative democracy would only create an elite group that would concentrate power and lead the country

500

Federalist 10

Warned about factions and talked about a large republic and elected officials, as the more officals there are the more opinions there are, not one major opinion bullying the others