AP GOVERNMENT REVIEW SET: Exam review terms. Updated 2025 |
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH 100% RATED CORRECT ANSWERS
10th Amendment - (answers)Powers not expressly given to federal government by the
Constitution are reserved to states or the people. Also known as "reserved powers amendment"
or "states' rights amendment"
13th Amendment - (answers)Abolished slavery. First of three "Reconstruction Amendments"
passed after Civil War (1865-70)
吗？还是指某个特定的词或概念
？
14th Amendment - (answers)(1) All persons born in the U.S. are citizens; (2) no person can be
deprived of life, liberty or property without DUE PROCESS OF LAW; (3) no state can deprive a
person of EQUAL PROTECTION of the laws. Second of three "Reconstruction Amendments"
passed after Civil War.
15th Amendment - (answers)States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race.
Third of three "Reconstruction Amendments" passed after Civil War. First Voting Rights
Amendment (with 19, 24 & 26)
16th Amendment - (answers)Power of Congress to tax income
,17th Amendment - (answers)Established the direct election of senators (instead of being chosen
by state legislatures)
19th Amendment - (answers)States cannot deny the right to vote based on gender
1st Amendment - (answers)Freedom of religion (establishment & free exercise clauses), speech,
press, assembly, and petition.
吗？还是指某个特定的词或概念
？
22nd Amendment - (answers)Limits the president to two terms.
23rd Amendment - (answers)Gives Washington DC electoral college votes as if it were a state
(DC still has no representation in Congress)
24th Amendment - (answers)Abolishes poll taxes
26th Amendment - (answers)States cannot deny the right to vote based on age (18+)
2nd Amendment - (answers)Right to arm bears. Supported by National Rifle Association interest
group & Republican Party.
,4th Amendment - (answers)No "unreasonable" searches and seizures. Exclusionary rule (Weeks
v. US, Mapp v. Ohio)
5th Amendment - (answers)(1) No Self-Incrimination (Miranda)
(2) No Double Jeopardy (defendant cannot be tried again on the same, or similar charges)
(3) No deprivation of life liberty or property without "due process of law" (fair treatment)
吗？还是指某个特定的词或概念
？
6th Amendment - (answers)The right to counsel in criminal trials. Gideon v. Wainwright held
that states must provide indigent defendants with a free lawyer ("public defender"). Right to jury
in criminal trials.
7th Amendment - (answers)Right to jury in civil trials.
8th Amendment - (answers)Government cannot inflict cruel and unusual punishment. Meaning
of "cruel" based on "evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society."
Categorical bans on death penalty: juveniles, retarded, non-murder crimes...
, 9th Amendment - (answers)Unenumerated Rights Amendment. Citizens have unenumerated
rights in addition to those stated in the Constitution. Not been developed by Supreme Court (too
open ended)
Constitution - (answers)A nation's basic law, creates political institutions, assigns or divides
power in government and often provides certain guarantees to citizens. Can be written or
unwritten.
吗？还是指某个特定的词或概念
Agents of Socialization - (answers)Family (most important); TV/media (growing in importance);
？
friends/peers; school (formal socialization). How we develop (absorb) opinions & beliefs.
American Political Culture - (answers)A set of basic, foundational values and beliefs about
government that is shared by most citizens. Key elements: democracy, equality before the law,
limited government, capitalism & private property
Anti-Federalists - (answers)A group who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1787.
They opposed a strong central government (tyranny) and supported states' rights. "I smell a rat!"
Articles of Confederation - (answers)Set up the 1st independent American government (1783-
88). Nonbinding "league of friendship" among sovereign states with weak central government to
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH 100% RATED CORRECT ANSWERS
10th Amendment - (answers)Powers not expressly given to federal government by the
Constitution are reserved to states or the people. Also known as "reserved powers amendment"
or "states' rights amendment"
13th Amendment - (answers)Abolished slavery. First of three "Reconstruction Amendments"
passed after Civil War (1865-70)
吗？还是指某个特定的词或概念
？
14th Amendment - (answers)(1) All persons born in the U.S. are citizens; (2) no person can be
deprived of life, liberty or property without DUE PROCESS OF LAW; (3) no state can deprive a
person of EQUAL PROTECTION of the laws. Second of three "Reconstruction Amendments"
passed after Civil War.
15th Amendment - (answers)States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race.
Third of three "Reconstruction Amendments" passed after Civil War. First Voting Rights
Amendment (with 19, 24 & 26)
16th Amendment - (answers)Power of Congress to tax income
,17th Amendment - (answers)Established the direct election of senators (instead of being chosen
by state legislatures)
19th Amendment - (answers)States cannot deny the right to vote based on gender
1st Amendment - (answers)Freedom of religion (establishment & free exercise clauses), speech,
press, assembly, and petition.
吗？还是指某个特定的词或概念
？
22nd Amendment - (answers)Limits the president to two terms.
23rd Amendment - (answers)Gives Washington DC electoral college votes as if it were a state
(DC still has no representation in Congress)
24th Amendment - (answers)Abolishes poll taxes
26th Amendment - (answers)States cannot deny the right to vote based on age (18+)
2nd Amendment - (answers)Right to arm bears. Supported by National Rifle Association interest
group & Republican Party.
,4th Amendment - (answers)No "unreasonable" searches and seizures. Exclusionary rule (Weeks
v. US, Mapp v. Ohio)
5th Amendment - (answers)(1) No Self-Incrimination (Miranda)
(2) No Double Jeopardy (defendant cannot be tried again on the same, or similar charges)
(3) No deprivation of life liberty or property without "due process of law" (fair treatment)
吗？还是指某个特定的词或概念
？
6th Amendment - (answers)The right to counsel in criminal trials. Gideon v. Wainwright held
that states must provide indigent defendants with a free lawyer ("public defender"). Right to jury
in criminal trials.
7th Amendment - (answers)Right to jury in civil trials.
8th Amendment - (answers)Government cannot inflict cruel and unusual punishment. Meaning
of "cruel" based on "evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society."
Categorical bans on death penalty: juveniles, retarded, non-murder crimes...
, 9th Amendment - (answers)Unenumerated Rights Amendment. Citizens have unenumerated
rights in addition to those stated in the Constitution. Not been developed by Supreme Court (too
open ended)
Constitution - (answers)A nation's basic law, creates political institutions, assigns or divides
power in government and often provides certain guarantees to citizens. Can be written or
unwritten.
吗？还是指某个特定的词或概念
Agents of Socialization - (answers)Family (most important); TV/media (growing in importance);
？
friends/peers; school (formal socialization). How we develop (absorb) opinions & beliefs.
American Political Culture - (answers)A set of basic, foundational values and beliefs about
government that is shared by most citizens. Key elements: democracy, equality before the law,
limited government, capitalism & private property
Anti-Federalists - (answers)A group who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1787.
They opposed a strong central government (tyranny) and supported states' rights. "I smell a rat!"
Articles of Confederation - (answers)Set up the 1st independent American government (1783-
88). Nonbinding "league of friendship" among sovereign states with weak central government to
