AP Government Exam Review PART 1

Which of the following best describes a trend in the line graph?

• Hispanic voters are less likely to vote than white voters.

• Although the number of Hispanics becoming eligible to vote is increasing, the number of Hispanics who are voting is decreasing.

• Hispanics are more likely to vote Democratic.

• Since 1988, the number of Hispanic eligible voters and actual voters have increased.

Which of the following is an accurate conclusion based on the information in the graph and your knowledge of voter behavior?

• Significant growth in the number of Hispanic eligible voters has helped make the U.S. electorate more racially and ethnically diverse.

• Hispanic voters tend to vote Republican more often than they vote Democratic.

• The debate over immigration will probably not encourage Hispanics to vote in larger numbers.

• The Hispanic vote is not an important bloc of voters for either political party.

Which of the following most accurately describes voter behavior in the United States?

• The voting population added by the passage of the 26th Amendment shows the highest percentage of participation in U.S. elections.

• Voters who are not active participants in a religious group are more likely to vote than active members.

• Single people are more likely to participate in elections than those who are married.

• Persons with white-collar jobs show a higher percentage of participation in elections than those with blue-collar jobs.

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the president's veto power?

• A bill that has received a pocket veto may be passed over the pocket veto by a 2/3 majority of both houses of Congress.

• Congress often shows consideration for the president's veto by revising a vetoed bill and passing it in a form acceptable to the president.

• The veto demonstrates that the president has little power over the legislature.

• Presidents whose party is not the dominant party in the House and Senate frequently have a veto overridden by Congress.

Which of the following statements best describes a concurring opinion of a Supreme Court decision?

• It is written by a justice who agrees with the majority opinion but disagrees with the reasoning behind the majority opinion.

• It must be written by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

• It is an example of judicial activism, in which the justice who writes it is always trying to "create" new law through the courts.

• It is an opinion of a justice or justices who disagree with the majority opinion and have more to say.

Which of the following would most likely be used to support American civil liberties?

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Judiciary - Article III of the U.S. Constitution

• Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison

When the President has been impeached, the impeachment case must be tried in the

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Senate and House

• Senate and House with the Supreme Court presiding

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the Federalist and Anti-Federalist views on government?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which of the following best describes a trend in the line graph above?

• There is a lower percentage of incumbency in the House than in the Senate.

• There is a higher percentage of incumbency in the Senate than in the House.

• There is a higher percentage of incumbency in the House than in the Senate.

• Incumbency rates in the Senate are more stable than incumbency rates in the House.

Which of the following conclusions may be drawn about incumbency based on the data in the graph above?

• Incumbency rates in the Senate are almost always higher than incumbency rates in the House.

• Senate incumbency rates were at their lowest in 1982.

• House incumbency rates were at their highest in 1990.

• In the past 30 years, more than half of incumbents have won reelection.