AP Government Exam Review 2025

Federalists believed that the Articles of Confederation were a ________ and set up a ________ National Government.

• Success, Strong.

• Success, Weak.

• Failure, Weak.

• Failure, Strong.

In Federalist Paper #10, what is a faction?

• a majority tyranny

• the extended sphere

• special interest groups

• the new Constitution

How did James Madison view the existence of “faction” in America?

• He feared faction and felt that there was no way to control it.

• He liked faction and wanted the strongest faction to dominate

• He refused to acknowledge that any factions existed in the new nation.

• He feared faction but thought its effects could be managed by the existence of many competing factions.

The Anti-Federalists in Brutus #1 argue that the proposed constitution would create too _________ a republic, a system of government that has never successfully existed in history.

• small

• large

• weak

• divided

The courts ruled that the states could not tax the federal government, i.e. the Bank of the United States; the phrase "the power to tax is the power to destroy"; federal government is supreme to the states (supremacy clause); confirmed the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States (elastic clause).

• Gideon v Wainwright

• Wisconsin v Yoder

• McCulloch v Maryland

• Baker v Carr

According to Madison what are the two ways to control a faction?

• Remove causes and control effects

• To give in to the demands and adopt their views

• To prosecute the leader and declare them illegal

• Let them share their views and then arrest them

According the Brutus 1 which form of government is more likely to preserve and protect personal liberties?

• A large national republic

• A confederation of small republics

Which of the following would not be considered an example of participatory democracy?

• The Electoral College

• An initaitive

• A referendum

• Town Hall Meetings

The Electoral College method for electing the president is an example of which type of democracy...

• a pluralist democracy

• an elite democracy

• a direct democracy

• a participatory democracy

The wealthy and well educated are most closely related to...

• the elite model of democracy

• the direct model of democracy

• the pluralist model of democracy

• the participatory model of democracy