AP Gov Semester 1 Exam Review
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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Spin - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a form of propaganda, achieved through providing an
interpretation of an event or campaign to persuade public opinion in favor
or against a certain organization or public figure.
10th Amendment - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Constitutional Amendment that states,
"powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to
the people." For those advocating states' rights, the amendment clearly
means that the national government has only those powers specifically
assigned to it by the Constitution.
,13th Amendment - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Constitutional amendment that forbade
slavery and involuntary servitude. It stated that, "Neither slavery nor
involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any
place subject to their jurisdiction."
14th Amendment - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the constitutional amendment that
states, "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State
deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the
laws."
527 Groups - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A group that is a type of tax-exempt
organization that is named after "Section 527" of the U.S. International
Revenue code. These groups are created primarily to influence the
selection, nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates to
federal, state or local public office.
Affirmative Action - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a policy designed to give special
attention to or compensatory treatment for members of some previously
disadvantaged group.
,Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a law that prohibits
discrimination based on disability. It also requires employers and public
facilities to make "reasonable accommodations" for people with disabilities.
Bandwagon effect - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a political phrase that refers to the
effect that occurs when some people vote for those candidates or parties
who are likely to succeed (or are proclaimed as such by the media, polls,
etc).
Beats - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔specific locations from which news frequently
emanates, such as Congress or the White House.
Bill of Rights - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the first ten amendments to the U.S.
Constitution, which defines the basic liberties like freedom of religion, free
speech and press, and the guarantee of defendant's rights.
Block Grants - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔federal grants given more or less
automatically to states that have no strings attached, no specific condition
on how to spend the money.
Broadcast media - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔term that a wide spectrum of different
communication methods such as television, radio, newspapers, magazines
and any other materials supplied by the media and press.
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, Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔_____ vs. ____
_______ _______ was a 1954 Supreme Court decision that held that
school segregation was inherently unconstitutional because it violated the
Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection. The case was
famous because it marked the end of legal segregation.
California Board of Regents vs. Bakke (1978) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔____
_______ ____ _______ vs ______ forbid rigid racial quotas for medical
school admissions. It did not forbid the practice of considering race as a
factor when deciding admissions.
Categorical Grants - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔federal grants that can be used only for
specific purposes. They come with strings attached, such as
nondiscrimination provisions.
Caucus - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a meeting of all state party leaders for selecting
delegates to the national party convention.
Census - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a requirement by the US Constitution, saying that
the government must take an actual enumeration of the population every
10 years.
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
| 100% Pass
Spin - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a form of propaganda, achieved through providing an
interpretation of an event or campaign to persuade public opinion in favor
or against a certain organization or public figure.
10th Amendment - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Constitutional Amendment that states,
"powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to
the people." For those advocating states' rights, the amendment clearly
means that the national government has only those powers specifically
assigned to it by the Constitution.
,13th Amendment - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Constitutional amendment that forbade
slavery and involuntary servitude. It stated that, "Neither slavery nor
involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any
place subject to their jurisdiction."
14th Amendment - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the constitutional amendment that
states, "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State
deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the
laws."
527 Groups - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A group that is a type of tax-exempt
organization that is named after "Section 527" of the U.S. International
Revenue code. These groups are created primarily to influence the
selection, nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates to
federal, state or local public office.
Affirmative Action - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a policy designed to give special
attention to or compensatory treatment for members of some previously
disadvantaged group.
,Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a law that prohibits
discrimination based on disability. It also requires employers and public
facilities to make "reasonable accommodations" for people with disabilities.
Bandwagon effect - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a political phrase that refers to the
effect that occurs when some people vote for those candidates or parties
who are likely to succeed (or are proclaimed as such by the media, polls,
etc).
Beats - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔specific locations from which news frequently
emanates, such as Congress or the White House.
Bill of Rights - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the first ten amendments to the U.S.
Constitution, which defines the basic liberties like freedom of religion, free
speech and press, and the guarantee of defendant's rights.
Block Grants - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔federal grants given more or less
automatically to states that have no strings attached, no specific condition
on how to spend the money.
Broadcast media - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔term that a wide spectrum of different
communication methods such as television, radio, newspapers, magazines
and any other materials supplied by the media and press.
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔_____ vs. ____
_______ _______ was a 1954 Supreme Court decision that held that
school segregation was inherently unconstitutional because it violated the
Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection. The case was
famous because it marked the end of legal segregation.
California Board of Regents vs. Bakke (1978) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔____
_______ ____ _______ vs ______ forbid rigid racial quotas for medical
school admissions. It did not forbid the practice of considering race as a
factor when deciding admissions.
Categorical Grants - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔federal grants that can be used only for
specific purposes. They come with strings attached, such as
nondiscrimination provisions.
Caucus - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a meeting of all state party leaders for selecting
delegates to the national party convention.
Census - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a requirement by the US Constitution, saying that
the government must take an actual enumeration of the population every
10 years.
