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Welcome to AP US Government and Politics!!!!
Please use Google Classroom for assignments and the Pacing Guide below for assignments, due dates, etc.
Use 9-Week Scrapbook directions to help you with the scrapbook, and get started soon.
There are numerous items on the webpage that will be useful to you, please take a look at all it has to offer.
Also, the AP US Gov. syllabus is below if you would like to take a look at that at your leisure.
Check out the Final Exam Review and Practice Exam on pages 172-188.
AP US Gov. Syllabus
AP Gov. Pacing Guide
9 Week Scrapbook Directions
AP Government: Required US Supreme Court Cases
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Established the supremacy of the US Constitution and federal laws over state laws
United States v. Lopez (1995) Congress may not use the commerce clause to make possession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime
Engel v. Vitale (1962) School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) Compelling Amish students to attend school past the eighth grade violates the free exercise clause
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) Public school students have the right to wear black armbands in school to protest the Vietnam War
New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) Bolstered the freedom of the press, establishing a “heavy presumption against prior restraint” even in cases involving national security
Schenck v. United States (1919) Speech creating a “clear and present danger” is not protected by the First Amendment
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Roe v. Wade (1973) Extended the right of privacy to a woman’s decision to have an abortion
McDonald v. Chicago (2010) The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense is applicable to the states
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Race-based school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) Political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment
Baker v. Carr (1961) Opened the door to equal protection challenges to redistricting and the development of the “one person, one vote” doctrine by ruling that challenges to redistricting did not raise “political questions” that would keep federal courts from reviewing such challenges
Shaw v. Reno (1993) Majority minority districts, created under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, may be constitutionally challenged by voters if race is the only factor used in creating the district
Marbury v. Madison (1803) Established the principle of judicial review empowering the Supreme Court to nullify an act of the legislative or executive branch that violates the Constitution
AP Government: Required reading
Federalist 10 - teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/federalist-no-10/
Brutus 1 - teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/brutus-i/
The Declaration of Independence - www.sparknotes.com/history/american/declaration/summary/
The Articles of Confederation - www.sparknotes.com/history/american/articles/summary/
The Constitution of the United States and 27 Amendments - www.usconstitution.net/constquick.html
Letter from Birmingham Jail (MLK) - Letter from Birmingham Jail
Federalist 70 - www.coursehero.com/lit/The-Federalist-Papers/essays-70-72-summary/
Federalist 78 - www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/f/the-federalist/summary-and-analysis/section-xii-judiciary-federalist-no-78-hamilton
BASIC Course Review for Units 1-5
Spring Break Extra Credit is listed below.
Spring Break - Required Reading
Summarize EACH required reading - 1 paragraph each
Spring Break - US Supreme Court Cases
Summarize EACH case - 1 paragraph
Spring Break - Golf
Fore!!!!!!! Summarize something from EACH HOLE - 3 Pages total.