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APUSG Basic Concepts

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5 Basic Course Concepts AP Gov?t Introduction Before we begin the study of US government & politics in your textbook, we will take the first 3-weeks of the school year to master 5 basic concepts regarding how the American system works Each topic will take one day of class instruction and will require a short classwork/homework assignment At the end of the 3rd week, you will be assessed on your ability to explain each of the 5 basic concepts. This will be your first test of the year. You will be assessed on vocabulary terms and big picture from each key concept. For the rest of the year, you will be expected to be comfortable with the basic course concepts 5 Basic Concepts Basics of How the US System Works Liberty vs. Order Liberalism & Conservatism A Unique American Democracy

APUSG FRQ manual

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F.R.Q. AP US Government Free Response Questions The Basics ? AP Exam 4 F.R.Q. Prompts Each prompt is guided by a theme, and has sub-prompts A); B); C); etc. Total of 100 minutes to complete (double what you had for APUSH short answers!) Worth 50% of your AP Exam!! How do we answer them? Each prompt must be planned and answered in 25 minutes. If you take about 8 minutes to CAREFULLY outline and plan, then you?d have about 17 minutes to write 3 paragraphs (consider that your outline has all the info? so you?d just need to put it into sentences) (1) Laser focus on EXACT prompt (look at hints in the passage; key words, etc..) (2) Define any VOCAB terms

Gun COntrol Explanation

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PRO GUN CONTROL ? one of the biggest factors that individuals who are progun control say that it ????Minimizes Gun Related Accidents- Removing guns from commercial sales will minimize to some extent the number of gun related accidents caused by children playing with guns and/or accidental discharges from those inexperienced. According to the Oxford Journals, children between the ages of 5 and 14 in the United States are 17 times more likely to be murdered by firearms than children in other industrialized nations. A statistic found in the innocence lost project said that FROM DECEMBER 2012 TO DECEMBER 2013, AT LEAST 100 CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN UNINTENTIONAL SHOOTINGS. Further more as shown in the graph

Explanation of Torts & Negligence

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Torts & Negligence Torts Page 214-220 1. Plaintiff is a harmed individual in a civil lawsuit and they seek to win judgement against the defendant. 2. Defendant is the accused wrongdoer in a criminal or civil lawsuit. 3. Damages are monetary compensation that the defendant will have to pay for harm done to the Plaintiff. 4. In civil law, when a person commits a wrong, it is called a tort compared to a crime in criminal law. For example Automobile crashes may result in civil lawsuits. 5. For example a person who breaks into a house has committed a crime and can be prosecuted by the state. The offender has also committed a tort, and the victim may sue for monetary damages. 6. Remedy is something to make up for the harm that has been done.

Unit VI Key Terms

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KEY TERMS: CIVIL LIBERTIES/CIVIL RIGHTS (Underlined terms have appeared on the multiple choice sections of past released AP exams) Civil Liberties: personal freedoms, e.g., speech, assembly, religion. Civil Rights: protections against discrimination. Clear and present danger doctrine: judicial interpretation of Amendment 1 that government may not ban speech unless such speech poses an imminent threat to society De facto segregation: segregation ?by fact,? i.e., segregation that results from such factors as housing patterns rather than law. De jure segregation: segregation by law, i.e., segregation that is required by government. Double jeopardy: being prosecuted twice for the same offense. Banned by Amendment 5.

Unit V Key Terms

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Key Terms: Public Policy (Underlines terms have appeared on the multiple choice sections of past released AP exams) Bipartisanship: support from both parties for policy e.g., a bipartisan foreign policy. Budget deficit: results when federal expenditures exceed federal revenues for a one year period. Deficit spending: the federal government?s practice of spending more money than it takes in as revenues. Deregulations: elimination of federal regulations on private companies. Discretionary Spending: refers to spending set by annual appropriation levels made by decision of Congress. This spending is optional, and in contrast to entitlement programs for which funding is mandatory.

Unit IV Key Terms

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Key Terms Institutions (Underlined terms have appeared on the multiple choice sections of past released AP exams.) Appropriation: money that Congress has allocated to be spent. Appropriations Committee: congressional committee that deals with federal spending. Appellate jurisdiction: authority of a court to hear an appeal from a lower court. Bureaucracy: departments, agencies, bureaus, and commissions in the executive branch of government. Casework: personal work done by a member of Congress for his constituents. Civil law: concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties. Class action lawsuit: lawsuit brought on behalf of a class of people against a defendant, e.g., lawsuits brought by those who have suffered from smoking against tobacco companies.

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