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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
SEMESTER FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Review the following key terms from the chapters.
Review the U.S. Constitution; Preamble, Articles I-VII, especially amendments 1-10, 14 & 15.
Review assignments, particularly those with Supreme Court decisions.
sovereign
divine right
John Locke
social contract
direct democracy
representative democracy
representative government
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
bicameral
Articles of Confederation
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Federalist Papers #10, #51
limited government
popular sovereignty
rule of law
separation of powers
checks and balances
judicial review
federalism
formal amendment
Bill of Rights
expressed powers
implied powers
inherent powers
reserved powers
concurrent power
interstate compact
political party
major parties
multiparty
one-party system
suffrage
franchise
civic responsibility
gerrymandering
libel
slander
symbolic speech
treason
sabotage
due process
opinion leader
interest group
chief of state
chief administrator
commander in chief
chief of party
chief citizen
executive order
veto power
reprieve
pardon
bureaucracy
Federal Agencies: FDA, EPA, SEC and others
President’s cabinet: Secretary of State, Secretary of
Defense, Secretary of Homeland Security and others
American foreign policy
isolationism
Central Intelligence Agency
Immigration & Naturalization Service
Slective Service System (draft)
Monroe Doctrine
Cuba, Taiwan and others
Cold War
concurrent jurisdiction
exclusive jurisdiction
original jurisdiction
appellate jurisdiction
judicial restraint
judicial activism
majority opinion
dissenting opinion
civil liberties
civil rights
Due Process Clause
Establishment Clause
Free exercise Clause
civil disobedience
procedural due process
substantive due process
probable cause
grand jury
jury trial
Review the following:
John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government (What aspects of government are covered? What is the purpose of
The Federalist Papers?)
Review these Supreme Court decisions.
Boys Scouts of America v. Dale, 2000
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 1954
Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 1988
Korematsu v. United States, 1944
Mapp v. Ohio, 1962
Marbury v. Madison, 1803
Miller v. California, 1973
Miranda v. Arizona, 1966
McCollum v. Board of Education, 1948
New York Times v. United States, 1971
Roe v. Wade, 1973
Schenck v. United States, 1919
Tinker v. Des Moines School District, 1969
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