Government Final Exam Review 2010
CHAPTER 2
Magna Carta
Parliament
Royal/Charter/Proprietary colonies (similarities and differences)
British policy change in 1700s
Articles of Confederation (strengths and weaknesses)
Constitutional Convention
Virginia Plan v New Jersey Plan
Bicameral Legislature
Bill of Rights
Ordered Government
Limited Government
Popular Sovereignty
Representative Government
Declaration of Independence
Three-Fifths Compromise
Representation in Congress
Connecticut (Great) Compromise
Federalists v Anti-Federalists
English Bill of Rights
CHAPTER 3
6 Basic Principles of the Constitution
Checks and Balances
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Rule of Law
Judicial Review (Marbury v Madison)
Federalism
Amendment Process
Formal v Informal Amendments
Supremacy Clause
Implied Powers/Elastic Clause
CHAPTER 5
Development of 2-party system
Purpose of a political party
Functions of a political party
Advantage/disadvantage of minor parties
CHAPTER 7
National Convention
Nominating Candidates
Campaign Finance Laws
Voting Machines
Closed/Open primary
Political Action Committee
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
CHAPTER 8
Mass Media influence on Pub Opinion
Purpose of Public Opinion Polls
CHAPTER 9
Interest Group purpose
Kinds of interest Groups
Grass-roots lobbying
Interest Groups v Political Parties
CHAPTER 10
Congress terms and sessions
Census
Congressional apportionment
How many senators/representatives
Continuous body
Congressmen – background and experience
Jobs/Duties of a congressmen
CHAPTER 12
Debate in the senate—why unique
Conference Committee
House Rules Committee
Party Whip
Purpose of Committees
Veto and override
Pigeonhole
Committee Chair and Seniority
CHAPTER 13
Qualification for President
22nd Amendment
25th Amendment
Presidential Disability Act
Framers Plan and Electoral College
Roles of the President
Presidential Succession
Flaws in the Electoral College
Presidential Primary/Caucus
Winner-take-all
12th amendment
CHAPTER 17
Internationalism/Isolationism
Foreign Policy goals
State Department
Defense Department
Nuclear Proliferation
al Qaeda
United Nations/Security Council
Foreign v Domestic Policy
CHAPTER 19
Freedom of Expression
Symbolic Speech
CHAPTER 20
Privacy
Probable Cause/Search and Seizure
Exclusionary Rule