Barron's AP U.S. Government and Politics with Online Tests

by Curt Lader M.S. Ed.

Overview

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438011684
Publisher:	Barrons Educational Series
Publication date:	07/01/2018
Series:	Barron's Test Prep
Edition description:	Eleventh Edition
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	1,036,724
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Curt Lader taught Social Studies for 36 years and AP U.S. Government and Politics for 13 of those years at Northport High School on Long Island before retiring. He holds a Master’s degree in Education from Queens College and Professional Diploma in Educational Administration from St. John’s University.

Table of Contents

Barron's Essential 5
Preface
Introduction
Using the Book
A Guide to the Redesigned Course and Exam
Skills Needed to Succeed
How the Test Is Scored
Study Strategies
Newly Redesigned Course Outline
Multiple-Choice Questions
Free-Response Questions
1 Foundations of American Democracy (Unit 1)
Big Ideas: Constitutionalism, Liberty and Order, Competing Policy-Making Interests
Key Terms Students Must Know
Required Primary Documents Students Must Know
Required Supreme Court Cases Students Must Know
Key Concept 1.a: Evolution of Representative Democracy
Key Concept 1.b: Origins of the Constitution
Key Concept 1.c: The Constitution
Key Concept 1.d: Federalism
Review Multiple-Choice Questions
2 Interactions Among the Branches of Government (Unit 2)
Big Ideas: Constitutionalism, Competing Policy-Making Interests
Key Terms Students Must Know
Required Primary Documents Students Must Know
Required Supreme Court Cases Students Must Know
Key Concept 2.a: The Legislative Branch
Key Concept 2.b: The Executive Branch
Key Concept 2.c: The Judicial Branch
Key Concept 2.d: The Federal Bureaucracy
Review Multiple-Choice Questions
3 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights (Unit 3)
Big Ideas: Liberty and Order, Constitutionalism, Competing Policy-Making Interests, Civic Participation in a Representative Democracy
Key Terms Students Must Know
Required Primary Documents Students Must Know
Required Supreme Court Cases Students Must Know
Key Concept 3.a: The Bill of Rights
Key Concept 3.b: The Fourteenth Amendment
Key Concept 3.c: Equal Protection Under the Law and Selective Incorporation
Key Concept 3.d: Civil Rights
Key Concept 3.e: The Supreme Court Interprets Civil Rights Issues
Review Multiple-Choice Questions
4 American Political Ideologies and Beliefs (Unit 4)
Big Ideas: Methods of Political Analysis, Competing Policy-Making Interests
Key Terms Students Must Know
Key Concept 4.a: Demographics and Political Socialization
Key Concept 4b: Polling
Key Concept 4c: Political Philosophies and Political Party Ideology
Review Multiple-Choice Questions
5 Political Participation (Unit 5)
Big Ideas: Civic Participation in a Representative Democracy, Competing Policy-Making Interests, Methods of Political Analysis
Key Terms Students Must Know
Required Supreme Court Case Students Must Know
Key Concept 5a: Voting
Key Concept 5b: Linkage Institutions
Key Concept 5c: Elections as Linkage
Key Concept 5d: The Media as Linkage
Review Multiple-Choice Questions
Practice Test 1
Section 1: Multiple-Choice Questions
Section 2: Free-Response Questions
Answer Key
Answers Explained
Test-Analysis Worksheet
Practice Test 2
Section 1: Multiple-Choice Questions
Section 2: Free-Response Questions
Answer Key
Answers Explained
Test-Analysis Worksheet
Glossary
Appendix
Required Unit 1 Foundational Documents
Required Supreme Court Cases
Index