The topic of every multiple choice question ever asked by the College Board is listed below.

Please define or explain the relevance of each topic. You will have four separate quizzes over the material and then a major grade covering the material. 1. 14th Amendment 2. Amending the Constitution 3. American with Disabilities Act

4. Amicus curiae briefs

5. Articles of Confederation vs. Constitution 6. Block grants and federalism

7. Casework
8. Categorical grants in aid 9. Checks & balances 10. Civil Rights Act of 1964 11. Clear and present danger 12. Cloture motion (Senate) 13. Commerce clause 14. Committee chairs 15. Common criteria when voting for presidential candidates 16. Common political activities of citizens 17. Conference committee

18. Congressional Committee system 19. Congressional Incumbency advantage

20. Congressional oversight (example) 21. Congressional response to Supreme Court ruling
22. Congressional standing committees 23. Cooperative federalism

24. Creates new federal courts

25. Critical elections 26. Delegates to major party conventions 27. Demographics of Democratic voters 28. Devolution 29. Difference between political parties and interest groups 30. Differences between House and Senate 31. District court vs. appellate court 32. Divided government 33. Divided party control of presidency & congress 34. Doctrine of original intent 35. Drawing congressional districts

36. Dual federalism

37. Electoral College

38. Elite & pluralist theories of politics 39. Entitlement spending 40. Establishment clause 41. Exclusionary rule 42. Executive agreement 43. Executive privilege 44. Executive order 45. Federal Budget 46. Federal system of government 47. Federalism 48. Federalist No. 10 49. First Amendment 50. Fiscal federalism & cooperative federalism 51. Foreign policy deference 52. Framers creation of legislative branch

53. Framer's intent was to protect what right?

54. Franking privilege

55. Free exercise clause 56. Free Speech & assembly 57. Freedom of Information Act 58. Gerrymandering

59. Griswold v. Connecticut & Roe v. Wade

60. Horse-race journalism 61. House & Senate differences in legislative process 62. House of Representatives elections 63. How do lobbyists try to influence legislators? 64. Impeachment process 65. Incorporation doctrine (selective incorporation) 66. Incumbency reelection rate

67. Independent regulatory agencies

68. Influence of news media on public opinion

69. Influences on Party Platform

70. Interest group activities

71. Interest groups & political party roles

72. Interest groups greatest influence

73. Iron triangles 74. Judicial restraint 75. Judicial Review 76. Lasting influence of Supreme Court appointments 77. Latino vote 78. Leading predictor of how people vote 79. Legislative branch & Executive Branch checks and balances 80. Legislative process 81. Legislative veto 82. Liberals & conservatives 83. Line item veto

84. Logrolling
85. Main debate between Federalists & Anti-Federalists 86. Main reason for two major political parties in US

87. Make-up of Congress (race, gender) What happened in 1992?

88. McCulloch v. Maryland 89. Miranda v. Arizona 90. Motor Voter law

91. NY Times v. Sullivan

92. Office of Management & Budget 93. Open vs. closed primary 94. PACs 95. Plea bargaining 96. Plessy v. Ferguson 97. Plurality election 98. Plurality vote results in presidential elections 99. Pocket veto 100. Political efficacy

101.
102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109.

Political parties Political socialization Pork barrel legislation Power of federal bureaucracy Power of the federal courts President impounding funds Presidential approval ratings Presidential cabinet Presidential influence

110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119.

Presidential influence on federal judiciary Presidential nominating process Presidential powers Presidential roles authorized by the Constitution Presidential use of inherent powers Presidential Veto Primary elections Primary formal role of the attorney general Public financing of elections Quasi-Judicial Quasi-Legislative Reasons for low voter turnout Reserved powers of state governments Results of appealing case to Supreme Court Revenue bill originate in which body? Rise of interest groups Roe v. Wade Rule & Procedures of House & Senate Rule of Four

120.
121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128.

129. 130. 131.

Rules Committee Selecting a vice-president Selection of Supreme Court caseload

132.
133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138.

Selective incorporation (incorporation doctrine) Senate confirmation process Separation of church and state Shay's Rebellion Speaker of the House Split ticket Stare decisis Superdelegates Supreme Court Caseload Supreme Court interpretation of free speech Supreme Court Justice tenure

139.
140. 141. 142.

143.
144.

Supreme Court justices background Supreme Court nomination process Tailhook Scandal Targets of lobbying

145.
146.

147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160.

Tenth Amendment Trust in government over time Uncontrollable spending in federal budget Unfunded mandates Voter demographics in presidential primary elections Voter turnout rate Voting Rights Act of 1965 War Powers Resolution Warren Court Ways and Means Committee What happens if no candidate earns majority of Electoral College vote? White House staff Who do voters directly elect? Writs of certiorari