AP Gov Exam Review

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15th amendment guarantees citizens the right to vote regardless of
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which of the following is a branch of the US government?
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when did women win the guaranteed right to vote?
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The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their
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the constitution protects against search of an individual's person, home, or vehicle without ____
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In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978), the Supreme Court determined that ___ were unconstitutional.
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Who had to pay poll taxes?
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what was the objective of the woman suffrage movement?
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The doctrine of prior restraint prevents the government from prohibiting speech or publication
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Women were guaranteed the right to vote by ___
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The 14th amendment attempted to guarantee which of the following to former slaves
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what provision of the 14th amendment serves as a cornerstone of our understanding of civil rights?
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which of the following debated and drafted the Declaration of Independence?
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One of the consequences of a two-party government is _____.
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What is the name given to the law that would govern human beings before governments existed?
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the free exercise guarantees that the national government will not interfere with which of the following
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What did the Supreme Court determined was unconstitutional in Brown V. The Board of Education?
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The principal that, in a democracy, choosing among alternatives requires the majority's desire to be respected is called ____
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How are third political parties usually significant?
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What did Jim Crow laws mandate?
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what did Abington school district v. schempp find to be unconstitutional?
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what is the principal provision of the 1986 Simpson Mazzoli act?
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"letter from a Birmingham jail,"penned by Martin Luther King Junior, 1963, is a classic defense of which form of political protest?
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The role of religion in influencing political ideology is determined more by ______ than by religious denomination.
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What are policy impacts!
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in what year was the declaration of independence signed?
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How does our government respond to the priorities of its people
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in what year was the constitution ratified?
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The 13th amendment bans slavery. When was it passed?
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how many Constitutions has the United States had in it's history?
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which amendment protects the right to bear arms?
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what technique is key to the accuracy of public opinion polls?
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provision of the 14th amendment that prohibits any state from denying any person within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws" is known as the ____ clause
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The US Constitution was adopted in response to the meetings of the articles of ______
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in the 1840s, when Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his taxes and went to jail, what was he protesting?
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What most clearly exemplifies equality in voting
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who is given primary credit for writing the constitution?
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which test examines the constitutionality of religious establishments?
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In Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court declared that African-Americans were ____.
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Rosa Parks was arrested for challenging which of the following?
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The constitutional convention, the delegates agreed that slaves would be counted as ____ of a person for determining populations for representation in the House of Representatives
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in which of the following systems is government by representatives of the people instead of directly by the people themselves?
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The civil rights movement pushed for racial equality. When did this movement begin?
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What are the institutions that make public policy decisions for a society collectively known as?
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Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?
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The freedom riders used civil disobedience to help end which form of discrimination in the south?
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while working on the constitution, what aspects of the new government most concerned James Madison?
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what was the primary focus of the 1848 Seneca Falls convention for activists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B Anthony, and Lucretia Mott?
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What determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what policies these leaders pursue?
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one of the various ways in which parties contribute to democratic governance is by ________.