AP GOV Exam Essential Knowledge Test With Verified Correct Answers Complete Solutions.
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AP GOVERMENT
Institution
AP GOVERMENT
Natural Rights - correct answer the idea that which all humans are born with rights that include the right to life, liberty, and property(pursuit of happiness)
Social Contract - correct answer the notion that governments exist based on the consent of the governed. In which people agree...
Natural Rights - correct answer the idea that which all humans are born with rights that include the
right to life, liberty, and property(pursuit of happiness)
Social Contract - correct answer the notion that governments exist based on the consent of the
governed. In which people agree to give up some rights in exchange for the protection of others. A
government exists for the good of its subjects.
Popular Sovereignty - correct answer the notion that the ultimate authority in society rests with the
people
Republicanism - correct answer the idea that elected leaders represent the interests of the people.
Key principles include consent of the governed and sovereignty of the people as well as liberty.
Limited government - correct answer is a political system in which there are certain restrictions
placed the government to protect individual rights and liberties.
Delcaration of Independence - correct answer a document drawn up by the colonists during the
Continental Congress that says that the colonies is now an independent country from England.
participatory democracy - correct answer a system of government where rank-and-file citizens rule
themselves rather than electing representatives to govern on their behalf
pluralists democracy - correct answer the theory that political power is distributed among a wide
array of diverse and competing interest groups; no one group dominates politics groups to compete to
influence groups
Elitist democracy - correct answer a model of democracy where a small number of people, usually
wealthy and well-educated, influence political decision making
, Federalists - correct answer those who favored a strong national government and supported the
Constitution proposed at the American Constitutional Convention of 1787
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation - correct answer congress could pass laws but had no
power enforce them; it had no power to levy taxes or regulate trade, there was no uniform currency
system and lack of central leadership
Shay's Rebellion - correct answer Rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts
in 1786-1787, protesting mortgage foreclosures. It highlighted the need for a strong national
government just as the call for the Constitutional Convention went out.
New Jersey Plan - correct answer A framework for the Constitution proposed by a group of small
states. Its key points were a one-house legislature with one vote for each state, a Congress with the
ability to raise revenue, and a Supreme Court with members appointed for life.
Virginia Plan - correct answer The first general plan for the Constitution offered in Philadelphia. Its
key points were a bicameral legislature, as well as an executive and a judiciary chosen by the national
legislature.
Great Compromise/ Connecticut Compromise - correct answer The final decision of the Constitutional
Convention to create a two-house legislature, with the lower house elected by the people and with
powers divided between the two houses. It also made national law supreme.
Electorial College - correct answer Representatives of each state who cast the final ballots that
actually elect a president
3/5ths Compromise - correct answer Agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention stipulating
that each slave was to be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of determining population for
representation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Compromise on the importation of slaves - correct answer The framers agreed to support the
continuation of the slave trade for 20+ years as well as a 20 year ban on taxing exports. Southerns
agreed to a provision requiring only a majority vote on navigation laws.
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