AP US Government Final Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Government - ✔✔The formal and informal institutions through which a
society makes and enforces its public policies
Autocracy - ✔✔A system of government in which the power to rule is in
the hands of a single individual
Oligarchy - ✔✔rule by a few
Democracy - ✔✔government by the people
pluralist theory - ✔✔The theory that many interest groups compete for
power in a large number of policy areas.
Articles of Confederation - ✔✔1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788
(weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to
regulate trade)
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, The Virginia Plan - ✔✔"Large state" proposal for the new constitution,
calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral
Congress.
The New Jersey Plan - ✔✔A constitutional proposal that would have given
each state one vote in a new congress. Representation in house would be
equal among the states.
Three-Fifths Compromise - ✔✔A method of counting the slave population
for representation
Federalists - ✔✔Supporters of the U.S. Constitution at the time the states
were contemplating its adoption. Checks and balances would protect
against abuses.
Anti-Federalists - ✔✔Led by Henry, Mason, and Samuel Adams. They
opposed the Constitution. Wanted strong state governments and fewer
limits on popular participation.
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Government - ✔✔The formal and informal institutions through which a
society makes and enforces its public policies
Autocracy - ✔✔A system of government in which the power to rule is in
the hands of a single individual
Oligarchy - ✔✔rule by a few
Democracy - ✔✔government by the people
pluralist theory - ✔✔The theory that many interest groups compete for
power in a large number of policy areas.
Articles of Confederation - ✔✔1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788
(weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to
regulate trade)
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, The Virginia Plan - ✔✔"Large state" proposal for the new constitution,
calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral
Congress.
The New Jersey Plan - ✔✔A constitutional proposal that would have given
each state one vote in a new congress. Representation in house would be
equal among the states.
Three-Fifths Compromise - ✔✔A method of counting the slave population
for representation
Federalists - ✔✔Supporters of the U.S. Constitution at the time the states
were contemplating its adoption. Checks and balances would protect
against abuses.
Anti-Federalists - ✔✔Led by Henry, Mason, and Samuel Adams. They
opposed the Constitution. Wanted strong state governments and fewer
limits on popular participation.
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