American Government
Final Exam Study Guide
Define
1. Ratify
2. Bicameral
3. Federalism
4. Executive agreement
5. Constitution
6. Rule of law
7. Constitutionalism
8. 3/5 compromise
9. Representative democracy
10. Citizen
11. Naturalized citizen
12. Legal Permanent Resident
13. political Socialization
14. Political Entrepreneurship
15. Prospective Judgment
16. Retrospective Judgment
17. Incumbent
18. Primary
19. Raiding
20. Interest group
21. Lobbying
22. Apportionment
23. Reapportionment
24. Gerrymandering
25. Special Session
26. Pressing the Flesh
27. Pork Barreling
28. Puffing Images
29. Logrolling
30. Turnover
31. Jus soli
32. Jus Sanguinis
33. 22nd Amendment
34. 23rd Amendment
35. 24th Amendment
36. 26th Amendment
37. Dictator
38. Virginia Plan
39. New Jersey plan
40. Original jurisdiction
41. Judicial review
42. Number of seats in Congress / House / Senate
43. How many Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
44. Which article in the constitution allows for changes to be made to the constitution?
45. Which institutional model of democracy has group competing about the issues?
46. Power is split between the National Government and the State Government; this is an example of what?
47. What are the 2 types of democracy?
48. Which institutional model of democracy says that the election process matters very little to government?
49. Give an example of one of the intolerable acts and explain what did they cause?
50. What is the paradox of democracy and what is used to solve the paradox?
51. Identify and discuss the 3 types of rights that are protected under the U.S. Constitution
52. With rights comes responsibility: identify and discuss the 2 types of responsibilities all citizens have ..
53. Be able to list the 9 civic responsibilities and explain what they are and why they are important
54. What amendment gave 18 year olds the right to vote?
55. Which amendment institutes poll taxes?
56. What is the formula to determine voter turnout?
57. Why do we have voter registration?
58. Know what the requirement are to run for office, senate, house, president
59. What advantages does the Incumbent have ?
60. What is the front end Strategy?
61. What is the big state strategy ?
62. Explain how the Electoral College works...
63. How many Presidential electorates are there?
64. Name the 4 biggest wins for a presidential candidate
65. How many electorates are needed to win the election?
66. How many electorates does Alabama have?
67. Justify the reason the founders set up the Electoral College and explain how maintaining checks and balances is important to this
68. Interpret constitutional theory
69. What does the term swing state refer to? And give me 2 examples of a swing state
70. What does a red state mean? Give 2 examples of red states?
71. What does a blue state mean and give 2 examples?
72. Which type of states normally determines the outcome of the election?
73. Explain the conservative ideologies?
74. Explain the liberal ideologies?
75. Outline the differences of a single-party system and multi-party system and a two-party system
76. Discuss the historic third parties in the American political system.
a. Bull-Moose Party/Progressive Party
b. Populist Party (late 1800s)
c. Dixiecrats (later 1940s)
77. Identify the 3 major independents that have a role in history.
78. Why does the electoral system discourage the multi-party system?
79. How long must a person be a resident in the country before running for president?
80. How many people are in line for presidency according to the law of succession?
81. List the officials that currently hold positions 1-4 know their names and the order they go in.
82. Who are also members of the executive branch that help the president with his roles?
83. Explain the 3 choices the president has when a bill makes it to the white house
84. How long is a member of the House of Representatives term?
85. How long is a senator’s term?
86. Explain how is the house represented?
87. How is the senate represented?
88. What role does each house play in the impeachment process?
89. How many representatives are in the house?
90. What are the 3 formal qualifications to be a house member?
91. Identify and explain the 3 types of gerrymandering
92. Define session and how many sessions are in a term?
93. What is congressional adjournment?
94. Who calls special session?
95. How many judges sit on the Supreme Court?
96. What is the Main role of a judge?
97. What is the process to appeal a ruling?
98. What is the main goal of our legal system?
99. How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
100. Explain the three options that a judge has when hearing a case on appeal.