AP US Government Final Exam Review

The debate between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists were primarily about which of the following issues?

• The right of the people to rebel

• The existence of slavery

• The scope of power of the central government

• The need to establish a standard currency

• The representation of large and small states

Which of the following statements about gerrymandering is true?

• It can be used by a political party to draw boundary lines to control as many districts as possible

• It has been banned by the US Supreme Court decision beginning with Baker v. Carr

• It guarantees greater constituency control over elected representatives

• It ensures liberal control of the House of Representatives

• It was used traditionally to maintain urban control of the House of Representatives

Which of the following constitutional principles most directly addresses the relationship between the state and national governments?

• checks and balance

• separation of powers

• representation

• federalism

• The Bill of Rights

The term pork barrel refers to legislation specifically designed to

• encourage a balanced federal budget

• ensure a careful inspection of farm goods and other foodstuffs

• provide funding for local projects that are intended to benefit constituents

• equalize representation between farming and nonfarming states

• distribute excess produce to the poor

Which of the following is a member of the White House Staff

• The chair of the Federal Reserve Board

• The national security advisor

• The secretary of commerce

• The ambassador to the United Nations

• The attorney general

The framers of the United State Constitution left decisions on voting eligibility to the

• civil rights agency

• individual states

• Supreme Court

• House of Representatives

• Senate

One reason for the persistence of a two-party system in the United States is

• the lack of divisive issues in the United States politics

• the separation of powers

• the single-member district electoral system

• the lack of strong labor movement

• low voter turnout in most elections

The president can check the other two branches by all of the following EXCEPT

• granting pardons and reprieves
• refusing to sign a bill in the last ten days of a legislative session
• proposing amendments to the Constitution
• calling Congress into special session

The power of judicial review was established 

• in McCulloch v. Maryland
• by a 2/3 vote of the Senate
• at the Constitutional Convention
• in Marbury v. Madison

All of the following are principles of federalism EXCEPT

•  states have certain rights and powers beyond the control of the national government
• states serve as administrative extensions of the central government
• national government guarantees the legal equality and existence of each state
• courts settle disputes  between states or between a state and the national government