Mr. Miller’s
Spring Final Exam Study Guide
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Chapter 10
Wesberry v. Sanders
Baker v. Carr
Gerrymandering
Congressional Districts
Number of members for the House and Senate
Requirements for both the House and Senate
Congressional Term lengths
Chapter 11
McCulloch v. Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
Implied powers of Congress (“necessary and proper clause”)
Judicial Review
Chapter 12
How a Bill becomes a Law (know the chart)
Pork-barrel legislation
Filibuster
Seniority Rule
Speaker of the House and roles
Chapter 13
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Roles of the President (chief executive, chief of state, etc.)
Requirements for President
Presidential Term Limits
Presidential Succession Act of 1947
Presidential Primaries
Salary and perks
20th Amendment
22nd Amendment
25th Amendments
Removal of President
President’s Removal Power
Electoral College (arguments for and against)
Vice President and roles
Chapter 14
Executive Order
Executive Privilege
Line-Item Veto
War Powers Act of 1973
Treaties versus Executive Agreements
Presidential Appointment process
Chapter 15
 Executive Branch Departments: State, Defense, Homeland Security
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Chapter 16
Types of Federal Taxes
Deductions
Withholdings
Exemptions
Fiscal Policy versus Monetary Policy
Chapter 18
Federal district courts, Federal Appeals courts, Supreme Court
Supreme Court- Chief Justice and associate justices
Appointment/removal of federal judges
“Jurisdiction”- federal, state/local, concurrent
Brief, Opinion
Marbury v. Madison
Chapter 19
Bill of Rights (what is it? reason?)
1st Amendment (aspects, protections)
Types of speech
Clear and Present Danger, Imminent Danger
Chapter 20
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Due Process Clause and applications
4th Amendment
5th Amendment
6th Amendment
8th Amendments
Right to Privacy
Chapter 21
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
University of California v. Bakke
Civil Liberties versus Civil Rights
Chapter 22
Factors of Production (Types of Resources)
Laissez Faire
Capitalism, Communism, Socialism
Karl Marx’s The Communist Manifesto
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Chapter 1
Scarcity
Wants versus Needs
Opportunity Cost
Production Possibilities
Chapter 2
 Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations
 Free Enterprise System
 “Types” of Economies (Traditional, Market, Command, Mixed)
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Chapter 4
Credit versus Debit
Principal
Interest
Collateral
Secured versus Unsecured Loans
Laws to protect credit users
Disposable versus Discretionary Income
Chapter 8
Law of Demand, Demand Curve, Determinants of Demand (shifts)
Law of Supply, Supply Curve, Determinants of Supply (shifts)
Equilibrium Price
Elastic versus Inelastic demand
Chapter 10
Perfect Competition
Oligopoly
Monopolistic Competition
Pure Monopoly
Chapter 11
 Short-Term Financing
 Intermediate Financing
 Long-Term Financing
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Chapter 13
Labor Unions
Blue versus White Collar Workers
Minimum Wage versus Service Workers
Factors for Wages
Chapter 16
The Federal Reserve
Prime Rate
Reserve Requirements
Monetary Policy
Fiscal Policy