AP GOV
UNIT 5 STUDY GUIDE – INSTITUTIONS OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
Know the following concepts for the Unit 5 Test. Chapters 11-14 will be covered, as well as any class notes, discussions, assignments, and homework. I’ve divided them into general categories, but understand that each branch overlaps with others throughout, many times in a significant way.
GENERAL
Powers given to each branch in the Articles of the Constitution
Amendments to the Constitution – know the major ones discussed
Term lengths and election/nomination requirements for each branch, including bureaucracy
Purpose & Constitutional duties of legislators, president, vice president, court justices
CONGRESS
Positions in Congress
Party affiliation/partisanship in Congress for committees and leadership
Delegate vs. Trustee model of legislature
Logrolling & Riders
Features of Congress
Implied vs. enumerated powers
Committees – standing, joint, conference, special
How does a Bill become a Law?
House & Senate vote requirements for passage – treaties, nominees, impeachment, etc.
Reapportionment and gerrymandering
Motions for cloture
Filibuster
Legislative oversight
EXECUTIVE – PRESIDENCY AND BUREAUCRACY
Executive privilege, executive order, executive agreement
Pocket veto
Presidential ticket
Impeachment
Electoral College
State of the Union
Executive Office of the President
Office of Management and Budget
Rally points
White House management models – collegial, competitive, hierarchical
Bureaucratic positions (in general)
Bureaucratic agencies – independent agencies, government corporations, departments, etc.
Spoils system vs. merit system
JUDICIAL
Process for confirming federal judges
Different types of U.S. Courts – district court, appellate court, etc.
Judicial review
Notable Supreme Court cases & precedents
Stare decisis
Habeas corpus
Civil vs. Criminal Law
Judicial activism vs. judicial restraint
Writ of certiorari
Know the following concepts for the Unit 5 Test. Chapters 11-14 will be covered, as well as any class notes, discussions, assignments, and homework. I’ve divided them into general categories, but understand that each branch overlaps with others throughout, many times in a significant way.
GENERAL
Powers given to each branch in the Articles of the Constitution
Amendments to the Constitution – know the major ones discussed
Term lengths and election/nomination requirements for each branch, including bureaucracy
Purpose & Constitutional duties of legislators, president, vice president, court justices
CONGRESS
Positions in Congress
Party affiliation/partisanship in Congress for committees and leadership
Delegate vs. Trustee model of legislature
Logrolling & Riders
Features of Congress
Implied vs. enumerated powers
Committees – standing, joint, conference, special
How does a Bill become a Law?
House & Senate vote requirements for passage – treaties, nominees, impeachment, etc.
Reapportionment and gerrymandering
Motions for cloture
Filibuster
Legislative oversight
EXECUTIVE – PRESIDENCY AND BUREAUCRACY
Executive privilege, executive order, executive agreement
Pocket veto
Presidential ticket
Impeachment
Electoral College
State of the Union
Executive Office of the President
Office of Management and Budget
Rally points
White House management models – collegial, competitive, hierarchical
Bureaucratic positions (in general)
Bureaucratic agencies – independent agencies, government corporations, departments, etc.
Spoils system vs. merit system
JUDICIAL
Process for confirming federal judges
Different types of U.S. Courts – district court, appellate court, etc.
Judicial review
Notable Supreme Court cases & precedents
Stare decisis
Habeas corpus
Civil vs. Criminal Law
Judicial activism vs. judicial restraint
Writ of certiorari