U.5: AP Gov Exam - Studying

Question 1

Voting Models

Answer 1

single issue (ex. abortion, gun rights)

rational choice (self interest)

retrospective (party’s recent past)

prospective (party’s future performance)

party line (with your party no matter what)

Question 2

Voter Turnout Factors

Answer 2

election type (Fed/state)

voter registration laws

voting incentive

fees

midterm / presidential election

Question 3

15th Amendment (Voting Amendments)

Answer 3

suffrage for African American men

Question 4

17th Amendment (Voting Amendments)

Answer 4

Popular election of US Senators

Question 5

19th Amendment (Voting Amendments)

Answer 5

Women’s suffrage

Question 6

24th Amendment (Voting Amendments)

Answer 6

elimination of poll taxes

It abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections

Question 7

26th Amendment (Voting Amendments)

Answer 7

voting age moved from 21 to 18

Question 8

Voting Acts

Answer 8

Motor Voter Act AKA Nat’l Voter Reg. Act of 1993

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 9

Winner-take-all (Election Structure)

Answer 9

limits third-parties / independents

Question 10

Ranked Choice Voting (Election Structure)

Answer 10

Maine and Nebraska, more open to non-DEM / GOP

Question 11

Policy Outcomes

Answer 11

Bush administration tax cuts (trickle down economics)

Lobbying

Iron Triangles

Question 12

Lobbying (Policy Outcomes)

Answer 12

engaging in activities to influence public officials (ex. by fossil fuels companies/pharma)

Question 13

Iron Triangles (Policy Outcomes)

Answer 13

Congressional Committee - Bureaucracy - Interest Group relationship (issue network: iron triangle but w/more groups)

the unbreakable relationship that forms between Congress, interest groups, and bureaucracy. all elements of the triangle keep the others happy and create a mutually sustainable relationship

Question 14

BCRA/McCain-Feingold Act of 2022 (Campaign Finance)

Answer 14

Amended FEC Act of 1971 and limited soft money contributions and pre-primary campaign ads funded by corporations/unions

Question 15

Citizens United v FEC (Campaign Finance)

Answer 15

Partially nullified (made legally null and void; invalidate) the BCRA and qualified corporate political donations as free Speech/expression under the First Amendment

Question 16

Social Media (Media Coverage)

Answer 16

a modern campaign management need

Question 17

Major network news (Media Coverage)

Answer 17

profit/entertainment = primary objective –> info is not always relevant (ex. Horse Races)