Editorial Rob Franek, VP Test Prep Books, Publisher Seamus Mullarkey, Associate Publisher Laura Braswell, Senior Editor Selena Coppock, Editor Heather Brady, Editor Random House Publishing Team Tom Russell, Publisher Nicole Benhabib, Publishing Manager Ellen L Reed, Production Manager Alison Stoltzfus, Associate Managing Editor The Princeton Review, Inc 111 Speen Street, Suite 550 Framingham, MA 01701 E-mail: editorialsupport@review.com The Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton University Copyright © 2011 by The Princeton Review, Inc Cover design © 2011 by Random House, Inc Cover art © 2011 Daniel Kaesler/ Alamy All rights reserved Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto eISBN: 978-0-307-94450-4 ISSN: 1097-2757 Editor: Calvin Cato Production Editor: Stephanie Tantum Production Coordinator: Deborah A Silvestrini 2012 Edition v3.1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I want to thank all the great Princeton Review teachers I’ve worked with over the years They are quite simply the brightest, most creative, and most energetic group of people I’ve ever come across, and they are undoubtedly The Princeton Review’s greatest asset Special thanks also go to Richard Strean, Matthew Polazzo, and John Hoj for their expertise Finally, thanks to my family, the guys in my band—5 Chinese Brothers—and most especially to Lisa —Tom Meltzer The Princeton Review would like to thank John Moscatiello for his work updating the 2012 edition of this book CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: THE TEST AND HOW TO CRACK IT About the Advanced Placement Program Being a Good Test-Taker Cracking the Free Response Section Cracking the Multiple-Choice Section PART II: AP U.S GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS REVIEW The Constitutional Underpinnings Practice Questions Public Opinion and the Media Practice Questions Political Parties, Interest Groups, PACs, and 527 Groups Practice Questions Elections Practice Questions Institutions of Government • Congress • The President • The Judiciary and the Law • The Bureaucracy Practice Questions 10 11 Public Policy Practice Questions Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Practice Questions 12 Answers and Explanations to Chapter Quizzes PART III: THE PRINCETON REVIEW AP U.S GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS PRACTICE TESTS EXPLANATIONS 13 Practice Test Section I Section II 14 Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations 15 Practice Test Section I Section II AND 16 Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations Glossary The Constitution of the United States of America Index About the Author incumbents and reelection, 7.1, 8.1 judicial nominations and leadership, 9.1, 9.2 term of members Senate Armed Services Committee Senate Judiciary Committee Senate Select Committee on Unfair Campaign Practices senatorial courtesy Senior Executive Service separation of powers settlements Seventeenth Amendment Seventh Amendment, 5.1, 11.1 sexual harassment Shaw v Reno, 9.1, 9.2 Shay’s Rebellion Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1896 shield laws Sierra Club, 7.1, 7.2 “sin taxes” single-issue parties Sixteenth Amendment, 5.1, 11.1 Sixth Amendment, 5.1, 11.1 slander, 5.1, 11.1 slavery, 5.1, 5.2, 11.1, 11.2 Smith, Howard Smith v Allwright social insurance programs Social Security, 6.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 social welfare programs, 9.1, 10.1 sodomy, 11.1, 11.2 soft money, 7.1, 9.1 solicitor general South Dakota v Dole sovereign immunity Speaker of the House speech, 5.1, 7.1, 9.1, 11.1 splinter parties split tickets, 7.1, 8.1 sponsors of bills, 9.1, 9.2 stability standing standing committees state caucuses state government structure “state of the nation” state powers States’ Rightists strikes students’ rights, 11.1, 11.2 subcommittees subpoena substantive due process super-delegates Super Tuesday supplemental public assistance programs (SSI) supply-side school of economics Supremacy Clause, 5.1, 9.1 Supreme Court See also judicial branch as appellate court appointment of judges to, 9.1, 9.2 Articles of Confederation and Bill of Rights and campaign funding case law, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1 civil rights and as collegial court Congressional redistricting case law, 9.1, 9.2 creation of cruel and unusual punishment First Amendment and, 5.1, 11.1 freedom of assembly and association freedom of press freedom of religion freedom of speech, 5.1, 11.1 impeachment proceedings internment during WWII and judicial review, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2 legal process line-item veto case law opinions preferred position doctrine privacy rights rights of accused segregation rulings selective incorporation, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4 sovereign immunity and term limits case law unreasonable search and seizure, 11.1, 11.2 voting case law writ of certiorari, 9.1, 9.2 Swift Boat Veterans for Truth “swing” states Switzerland talk radio tariffs taxation, 5.1, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Tennessee Tennessee Valley Authority Tenth Amendment, 5.1, 5.2 Tenure in Office Act term limits Texas, 8.1, 9.1 Texas Christian University Texas v Johnson Third Amendment, 5.1, 11.1, 11.2 third parties Thirteenth Amendment, 5.1, 11.1 Thomas, Clarence Three-Fifths Compromise three-part obscenity test three-strike rule Tinker v Des Moines Title IX Education Act of 1972 Title IX, Higher Education Act of 1972 titles of nobility tobacco products trade trade deficits trade policy treasury treaty negotiations Truman, Harry Turnhill v Alabama Twelfth Amendment Twentieth Amendment Twenty-fifth Amendment Twenty-first Amendment Twenty-fourth Amendment, 5.1, 11.1 Twenty-second Amendment Twenty-seventh Amendment Twenty-sixth Amendment Twenty-third Amendment two-party system unanimous opinions of Supreme Court unemployment insurance unification of political parties unions, 7.1, 7.2, 11.1 United Auto Workers United States Postal Service United States v Lopez University of Michigan unreasonable search and seizure, 5.1, 11.1, 11.2 unwritten Constitution U.S Chamber of Commerce U.S Term Limits v Thornton U.S Trade Representative United States v Nixon USA-PATRIOT Law USS Abraham Lincoln verdict Vermont veterans veto, 5.1, 5.2, 9.1, 11.1 Vietnam, 6.1, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3 Virginia Virginia Plan voter turnout, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2 voting rights, 5.1, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3 Voting Rights Act of 1965, 5.1, 9.1, 11.1 Voting Rights Act of 1990 Wallace, George C war, 9.1, 9.2 war declaration War on Drugs War on Terrorism War Powers Act, 9.1, 9.2 Warren, Earl, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3 Washington (state) Washington, D.C., 5.1, 6.1 Washington, George Watergate scandal Webster v Reproductive Health Services welfare Welfare Reform Act of 1996, 9.1, 10.1 Wesberry v Sanders whips winner-take-all-system Wisconsin v Yoder women and gender, 5.1, 6.1, 11.1, 11.2 Woodson v North Carolina World Trade Organization (WTO), 10.1, 10.2 writ of certiorari, 9.1, 9.2 writ of habeas corpus Wyoming ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tom Meltzer, a Columbia University graduate, is the 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