AP US Government Midterm Study Guide 2024-25 PDF

**AP US Government** **Study Guide** **Midterm Exam 2024-25** **Mr. Cesare** **Terms to Review** **Review US Constitution (Entirely)** Focus on Checks and Balances Bill of Rights Different powers of House and Senate and Presidency Federalism (Shared Powers between state and national governm...

**AP US Government** **Study Guide** **Midterm Exam 2024-25** **Mr. Cesare** **Terms to Review** **Review US Constitution (Entirely)** Focus on Checks and Balances Bill of Rights Different powers of House and Senate and Presidency Federalism (Shared Powers between state and national government) **Please note there are One Pagers/Half Pagers below (Some we have covered and some we have not)** **Civil Rights/Liberties** US Bill of Rights (Specific Amendments connected to Civil Liberties/Rights) 14th Amendment Incorporation Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Establishment Clause Free Exercise Clause Exclusionary Rule Freedom of Speech (Protected vs Unprotected Speech) Brown vs Board of Education McDonald vs Chicago Plessy vs Ferguson Engel vs Vitale Rights of the Accused Baker vs Carr Interstate Commerce Clause US vs Lopez **Legislative Branch** Formal requirements to be a member of the House/Senate Cloture Rule Filibuster Rule Gerrymandering Causes of Gridlock in Congress Marbury vs Madison Federalist 10 Federalist 78 Standing Committees (Benefits) Bureaucratic Discretion Brutus 1 Constitutional Amendment Process (Proposal and Ratification) Kinds of Representation (Delegate, Politico, Trustee) Enumerated Powers of Congress Concurrent Powers (Shared Power) Elastic Clause (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18) Implied Powers Congressional Oversight (Examples) Pork Barrel Spending Earmarks Logrolling Great Compromise Incumbency Advantages Caucus Power of the Purse Funded vs Unfunded Mandates (Categorical and Block Grants) Treaty Ratification Process Impeachment Process McCulloch vs Maryland Barron vs Baltimore **Executive Branch** Cabinet Departments and Purpose How Congress keeps an eye on cabinet departments Formal Qualifications/Informal Qualifications Different Roles of the President Electoral College (Focus by candidates on) Closed vs Open Primaries Pocket Veto vs Regular Veto vs Line Item Veto Executive Orders Executive Agreements Executive Branch Implementation Presidential Job Approval Presidential Supreme Court Nomination Process Presidents using social media Cabinet Department vs Bureaucratic Agency Bully Pulpit Examples Federalist 70 President checks on judiciary