You'll find here a list of the required  9 required documents that you must be familiar with for the AP Government & Politics exam. Websites are hyperlinked for quick access!

Foundational Documents

• Federalist 10  

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution 

• Federalist 70 

• Articles of Confederation 

• Brutus I 

• Federalist 51 

• Letter From a Birmingham Jail 

• Federalist 78 

You'll find here a list of the required 15 court cases with links to Oyez, as well as the foundational documents that you must be familiar with for the AP Government & Politics exam.

Court Cases

1. Marbury v Madison, 1803

2. McCulloch v Maryland, 1819

3. Brown v Board of Education, 1954

4. Gideon v Wainwright, 1963

5. Tinker v Des Moines Independent Community School District, 1969

6. United States v Lopez, 1995

7. New York Times Company v U.S., 1971

8. Baker v Carr, 1961

9. Engel v Vitale, 1963

10. Wisconsin v Yoder, 1972

11. Schenck v United States, 1919

12. McDonald v Chicago, 2010

13. Shaw v Reno, 1993

14. Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (FEC), 2010