AP GOVERNMENT 2013-14
Vocabulary Unit ONE
Miscellaneous Political Theory: US textbook Chapter 1
Capitalism
Conservative
Democracy
Elite theory
free market
GDP
Government
Hyperpluralism
Infrastructure
Ideology
The Constitution: Chapter 2
3/5 compromise
Anti- federalist
Articles of Confed.
Auxiliary precautions
Bicameral
Bill of Attainder
Bill of Rights
Checks and balances
Connecticut Comp.
Consent of the Gov'd.
Constitution
Continental Congress
Individualism
Interest groups
Liberal
Libertarian
Linkage institution
Majority rule
minority rights
pluralism
Policy agenda
Policy gridlock
Declaration of Independence
Electoral College
Ex post facto laws
Factions
Federalist Papers
Federalists
Informal amendment
John Locke
Judicial review
Limited government
Line item veto
Marbury v. Madison
Natural rights
Political participation
Popular sovereignty
Populist
Proportional representation
Public goods
Public policy
Representation
Secular
Single-issue groups
Socialism
New Jersey Plan /Virginia Plan
Pocket veto
popular sovereignty
Republic
Separation of Powers/fusion of
powers
Speaker of the House
Shay's Rebellion
Social Contract
Supremacy clause
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Democracy in a Comparative Setting: “Democratic Regimes” (handout and lecture)
bicameral
civil rights
civil society
constituency
constitutional court
democratization
direct/indirect democracy
electoral systems
First past the post
Government
Head of Government
Head of State
Initiative
civil liberties
legitimacy
judicial review (concrete vs
abstract)
Liberal/illiberal democracy
mixed electoral system
nation
Parliamentary vs Presidential
vs semi -presidential systems
proportional representation
referendum
Regime
Republicanism
rule of law
Separation of powers
Single member district
State
Substantive/Procedural
Democracy
suffrage
unicameral
vote of no confidence
Federalism Chapter 3
“Layer cake" federalism
"Marble cake" federalism
10th amendment
ADA
Block grants
Categorical grants
Commerce clause
Concurrent powers
Confederation
Cooperative fed.
DOMA
Devolution
Dual federalism
Elastic clause
Enumerated powers
Exclusive powers
Extradition
federalism
Fiscal federalism
Formula grants
Full faith and credit
Gibbons v. Ogden
Implied powers
Individual mandate
McCulloch v. Maryland
necessary and proper clause
National Federation of
Independent Business v. Sebelius
No Child Left Behind
Nullification doctrine
privileges and immunities
Republican Revolution
reserved powers
Sovereign immunity
state's rights
Supremacy clause
unfunded mandates
unitary government
US v. Lopez
US v Morrison
Welfare reform
Chapters 4 AND 5 Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
"don’t ask, don’t tell”
13th amendment
14th amendment
15th amendment
19th amendment
1st amendment
2nd amendment
24th amendment
4th amendment
5th amendment
6th amendment
8th amendment
Amicus curia
ADA of 1990
Affirmative action
Bill of Rights
Civil liberties
Civil rights
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Clear and Present Danger
Commercial speech
Comparable worth
Compelling interest standard
Content neutral
de facto segregation
de jure segregation
double jeopardy
due process clause
eminent domain
equal protection clause
ERA
establishment clause
ex post facto
exclusionary rule
free exercise clause
fruit of the poisonous tree
Fundamental rights test
Grand jury indictment
Good faith exception
habeas corpus
In forma pauperis
Incorporation
Independent expenditures
Issue ads
Jim Crow Laws
Least restrictive means
libel
Literacy test
Miranda rights
plea bargain
poll taxes
prior restraint
probable clause
procedural due process
Quasi-suspect
Rational basis test
Reasonable expectation of privacy
right to privacy
Scarcity doctrine
search warrant
selective incorporation
separation of church and state
slander
Soft money
Strict scrutiny
Substantive Due Process
suffrage
Suspect classification
symbolic speech
takings clause
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Wall of separation
white primary
Cases
Adarand Const. Co.v. Pena
Barron v. Baltimore
Brown v. Board of Ed.
Buckley v. Valeo
Citizens United v FEC
Craig v. Boren
DC v Heller (and incorporation case facts)
Employment Division vs Smith (peyote)
Engel v Vitale
Fisher v University of Texas(2013 aff axn)
Gideon v. Wainwright
Gitlow v. New York
Gonzales vs Raich (medical marijuana)
Griswold v. Connecticut
Grutter v.
Hollingsorth v Perry (2013 prop 8)
Korematsu v. US
Lawrence v. Texas
Lemon vs Kurztman
Mapp v. Ohio
Miranda v. Arizona
National Federation of Independent Business v.
Sebelius (“Obamacare”)
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Plessy v. Ferguson
Reed v. Reed
Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke
Reynolds vs US
Roe v. Wade
Shelby County v Holder (2013 VRA)
Texas v. Johnson
Tinker v. Des Moines
US v Windsor ( 2013 DOMA)