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The topic of every multiple choice question ever asked by the College Board is listedbelow. Please define or explain the relevance of each topic. You will have four separate

quizzes over the material and then a major grade covering the material.

1. 14th Amendment

2. Amending the Constitution

3. American with Disabilities Act

4. Amicus curiae briefs

5. Articles of Confederation vs. Constitution

6. Block grants and federalism

7. Casework

8. Categorical grants in aid

9. Checks & balances

10. Civil Rights Act of 1964

11. Clear and present danger

12. Cloture motion (Senate)

13. Commerce clause

14. Committee chairs

15. Common criteria when voting for presidential candidates

16. Common political activities of citizens

17. Conference committee



18. Congressional Committee system

19. Congressional Incumbency advantage

20. Congressional oversight (example)

21. Congressional response to Supreme Court ruling

22. Congressional standing committees

23. Cooperative federalism

24. Creates new federal courts

25. Critical elections

26. Delegates to major party conventions

27. Demographics of Democratic voters

28. Devolution

29. Difference between political parties and interest groups

30. Differences between House and Senate

31. District court vs. appellate court

32. Divided government

33. Divided party control of presidency & congress

34. Doctrine of original intent

35. Drawing congressional districts

36. Dual federalism



37. Electoral College

38. Elite & pluralist theories of politics

39. Entitlement spending

40. Establishment clause

41. Exclusionary rule

42. Executive agreement

43. Executive privilege

44. Executive order

45. Federal Budget

46. Federal system of government

47. Federalism

48. Federalist No. 10

49. First Amendment

50. Fiscal federalism & cooperative federalism

51. Foreign policy deference

52. Framer’s creation of legislative branch

53. Framer's intent was to protect what right?

54. Franking privilege



55. Free exercise clause

56. Free Speech & assembly

57. Freedom of Information Act

58. Gerrymandering

59. Griswold v. Connecticut & Roe v. Wade

60. Horse-race journalism

61. House & Senate differences in legislative process

62. House of Representatives elections

63. How do lobbyists try to influence legislators?

64. Impeachment process

65. Incorporation doctrine (selective incorporation)

66. Incumbency reelection rate

67. Independent regulatory agencies

68. Influence of news media on public opinion

69. Influences on Party Platform

70. Interest group activities

71. Interest groups & political party roles

72. Interest groups greatest influence



73. Iron triangles

74. Judicial restraint

75. Judicial Review

76. Lasting influence of Supreme Court appointments

77. Latino vote

78. Leading predictor of how people vote

79. Legislative branch & Executive Branch checks and balances

80. Legislative process

81. Legislative veto

82. Liberals & conservatives

83. Line item veto

84. Logrolling

85. Main debate between Federalists & Anti-Federalists

86. Main reason for two major political parties in US

87. Make-up of Congress (race, gender) What happened in 1992?

88. McCulloch v. Maryland

89. Miranda v. Arizona

90. Motor Voter law

91. NY Times v. Sullivan



92. Office of Management & Budget

93. Open vs. closed primary

94.PACs

95. Plea bargaining

96. Plessy v. Ferguson

97. Plurality election

98. Plurality vote results in presidential elections

99. Pocket veto

100. Political efficacy

101. Political parties

102. Political socialization

103. Pork barrel legislation

104. Power of federal bureaucracy

105. Power of the federal courts

106. President impounding funds

107. Presidential approval ratings

108. Presidential cabinet

109. Presidential influence



110. Presidential influence on federal judiciary

111. Presidential nominating process

112. Presidential powers

113. Presidential roles authorized by the Constitution

114. Presidential use of inherent powers

115. Presidential Veto

116. Primary elections

117. Primary formal role of the attorney general

118. Public financing of elections

119. Quasi-Judicial

120. Quasi-Legislative

121. Reasons for low voter turnout

122. Reserved powers of state governments

123. Results of appealing case to Supreme Court

124. Revenue bill originate in which body?

125. Rise of interest groups

126. Roe v. Wade

127. Rule & Procedures of House & Senate

128. Rule of Four



129. Rules Committee

130. Selecting a vice-president

131. Selection of Supreme Court caseload

132. Selective incorporation (incorporation doctrine)

133. Senate confirmation process

134. Separation of church and state

135. Shay's Rebellion

136. Speaker of the House

137. Split ticket

138. Stare decisis

139. Superdelegates

140. Supreme Court Caseload

141. Supreme Court interpretation of free speech

142. Supreme Court Justice tenure

143. Supreme Court justice’s background

144. Supreme Court nomination process

145. Tailhook Scandal

146. Targets of lobbying



147. Tenth Amendment

148. Trust in government over time

149. Uncontrollable spending in federal budget

150. Unfunded mandates

151. Voter demographics in presidential primary elections

152. Voter turnout rate

153. Voting Rights Act of 1965

154. War Powers Resolution

155. Warren Court

156. Ways and Means Committee

157. What happens if no candidate earns majority of Electoral College vote?

158. White House staff

159. Who do voters directly elect?

160. Writs of certiorari

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