AP Exam Review –
Constitutional Foundations
Question #1
 Q: What is it that the
founding fathers
were fearful of?
Question #2
 Q: In federalist No. 10, what was
Madison’s remedy to protect against
factions?
Question #3
 Q: What is federalism?
Question #4
 Q: What did Anti-Federalists favors
A strong centralized government OR
A weak decentralized government
Question #5
 Q: What constitutional principle was
established by the court case McCulloch
v. Maryland (1919)?
Question #6
 Q: What powers are given to the
executive under Article 2 of the
Constitution?
Question #7
 Q: What political institution was not
mentioned in the Constitution and was
looked upon with disfavor by the
founders?
Question #8
 Q: What court case established the
constitutional principle of “Judicial
Review?”
Question #9
 Q: What is the “full faith and credit”
clause?
Question #10
 Q: What vote is needed in both Houses
of Congress to amend the Constitution?
.
Question #11
 Q: Explain the difference between an
“enumerated power” and an “implied
power.”
Question #12
 Q: The “necessary and proper” clause is
also known as.......the ___________
clause.
Question #13
 Q: Powers not granted to the federal
government, are thus reserved to the
states. What amendment?
Question #14
 Q: Majoritarian theory of government
states…….
Question #15
 Q: Many groups of interests compete
over policy making, with no one group
dominating describes what type of
political theory?
Question #16
 Q: The wealthy and educated dominate
policymaking describes this theory of
politics, what is it?
Question #17
 Q: Name the two types of federal grants
that provide money to the individual
states.
Question #18
 Q: What is an “unfunded mandate”?
Which type of grants are these usually
associated with?
Question #19
 Which political party supports broad
based “block grants”?
Question #20
 Q: Why might the federal government
prefer to issue categorical grants?