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

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

by Curt Lader M.S. Ed.
Barron's AP U.S. Government and Politics with Online Tests

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

by Curt Lader M.S. Ed.

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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: 657,525
    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
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