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About the Author
Curt Lader taught social studies for 36 years and AP U.S. Government and
Politics for 13 of those years at Northport High School on Long Island before
retiring. He holds a master’s degree in education from Queens College and a
professional diploma in Educational Administration from St. John’s
University.
In addition to teaching AP U.S. Government and Politics, Mr. Lader also
taught American History through Constitutional Law, a course which
emphasized much of the content that is part of the AP U.S. Government and
Politics course. Students frequently participated in Supreme Court moot court
cases, the same activity that is recommended to AP students. Related to his
teaching, Mr. Lader was the adviser to the Northport High School Moot
Court Law Club. Mr. Lader was also the adviser to Northport High School’s
award-winning student newspaper and was president of scholastic journalism
organizations on the local, state, and federal levels. In that role, he was asked
to write a “friend of the court” brief in the Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
Supreme Court case, a case related to one of the required Supreme Court
cases found in the AP U.S. Government and Politics curriculum.
The Northport-East Northport School District recognized Mr. Lader’s
many accomplishments by giving him its Professional Achievement Award.
Besides classroom teaching, Mr. Lader was also a conference speaker at
the Youth, Law and Citizenship conferences, which also increased his
working knowledge of the content found in the AP U.S. Government and
Politics curriculum. He was also a lecturer at LIU Post teaching an
enrichment course for adults, Inside Politics Today.

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Table of Contents
How to Use This Book
Barron’s Essential 5
Preface
Introduction
A Guide to the Course and Exam
Skills Needed to Succeed
How the Test Is Scored
Study Strategies
Course Outline
Multiple-Choice Questions
Free-Response Questions
AP U.S. Government and Politics Free-Response Topics
Diagnostic Test
1 Foundations of American Democracy (Unit 1: 15–22% Exam
Distribution)
Big Ideas: Constitutionalism, Liberty and Order, Competing Policy-
Making Interests
Questions Students Must Answer
Key Terms Students Must Know
Required Primary Documents Students Must Know
Required Supreme Court Cases Students Must Know
Key Concept 1.a: Evolution of Representative Democracy

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Evolution of Representative Democracy Based on the Idea of Limited
Government
Key Concept 1.b: Origins of the Constitution
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
Key Concept 1.c: The Constitution
The Importance of Goals and Public Policy
The Role of Government Has Different Perspectives
Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
Presidential Succession
Executive Orders
Judicial Branch
Key Concept 1.d: Federalism
State Governments
National Policy Making and Federalism
Review Multiple-Choice Questions
Review Free-Response Question
2 Interactions Among the Branches of Government (Unit 2: 25–36%
Exam Distribution)
Big Ideas: Constitutionalism, Competing Policy-Making Interests
Questions Students Must Answer
Key Terms Students Must Know
Required Primary Documents Students Must Know
Required Supreme Court Cases Students Must Know
Key Concept 2.a: The Legislative Branch
Constitutional Review of Congress
Policy-Making Process of Congress
Key Concept 2.b: The Executive Branch
Constitutional Review of the Presidency
The Cabinet and White House Staff
How the President Communicates

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Key Concept 2.c: The Judicial Branch
Quick Constitutional Review of the Judiciary
Key Concept 2.d: The Federal Bureaucracy
Constitutional Review of Bureaucracies
Executive-Level Departments
Review Multiple-Choice Questions
Review Free-Response Question
3 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights (Unit 3: 13–18% Exam Distribution)
Big Ideas: Liberty and Order, Constitutionalism, Competing Policy-
Making Interests, Civic Participation in a Representative Democracy
Questions Students Must Answer
Key Terms Students Must Know
Required Primary Documents Students Must Know
Other Documents Students Should Know
Required Supreme Court Cases Students Must Know
Optional Cases that Support Key Concepts
Key Concept 3.a: The Bill of Rights
The Nature of the Bill of Rights
First Amendment: Freedom of Religion
First Amendment: Freedom of Speech and the Press
First Amendment: Freedom of Assembly
Second Amendment: Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Fourth Amendment: Right to Privacy
Eighth Amendment: Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Ninth Amendment: Undefined Rights
Key Concept 3.b: The Fourteenth Amendment
Key Concept 3.c: Equal Protection Under the Law and Selective
Incorporation
Right to Privacy as Applied in the Fourth and Ninth Amendments
Key Concept 3.d: Civil Rights

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Key Concept 3.e: The Supreme Court Interprets Civil Rights Issues
African Americans’ Fight for Civil Rights
Social Movements and Civil Rights
Review Multiple-Choice Questions
Review Free-Response Question
4 American Political Ideologies and Beliefs (Unit 4: 10–15% Exam
Distribution)
Big Ideas: Methods of Political Analysis, Competing Policy-Making
Interests
Questions Students Must Answer
Key Terms Students Must Know
Key Concept 4.a: Demographics and Political Socialization
Key Concept 4.b: Polling
Key Concept 4.c: Political Philosophies and Political Party Ideology
The Development of the Federal Budget Reflects Competing Policy
Philosophies
The Federal Budget
Taxes
Searching For Solutions
Review Multiple-Choice Questions
Review Free-Response Question
5 Political Participation (Unit 5: 20–27% of the Exam Distribution)
Big Ideas: Civic Participation in a Representative Democracy,
Competing Policy-Making Interests, Methods of Political Analysis
Questions Students Must Answer
Key Terms Students Must Know
Required Supreme Court Case Students Must Know
Key Concept 5.a: Voting
Political Participation
Quick Review of the Constitutional and Legal Basis of Suffrage

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Key Concept 5.b: Linkage Institutions
Political Parties
How Political Parties are Organized
Interest Groups
Key Concept 5.c: Elections as Linkage
Federal Election Laws
Key Concept 5.d: The Media as Linkage
Review Multiple-Choice Questions
Review Free-Response Question
Practice Test 1
Section 1: Multiple-Choice Questions
Section 2: Free-Response Questions
Answer Key
Answer Explanations
Practice Test 2
Section 1: Multiple-Choice Questions
Section 2: Free-Response Questions
Answer Key
Answer Explanations
Glossary
Appendix
Required Unit 1 Foundational Documents
Required Supreme Court Cases

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How To Use This Book
This book offers a comprehensive review of the Enduring Understandings,
Key Concepts, Learning Objectives, and Essential Knowledge taught in the
AP U.S. Government and Politics course, with many historical examples
cited for illustration. Each element of this book is designed to prepare you for
the exam.
Diagnostic Test
First, take the Diagnostic Test to gain an understanding of your strengths and
weaknesses. It is a complete test with answer explanations and includes four
free-response questions and scoring rubrics for those questions.
Review and Practice
This book includes five content review chapters that align with the five units
of the AP course curriculum. In addition, each chapter contains:
■ An overview of the Enduring Understandings and Key Concepts
■ In-depth review of key terms, Big Ideas, required documents, and
required Supreme Court cases
■ Practice multiple-choice questions that highlight stimulus material,
such as graphs and tables, political cartoons, maps, and excerpts from
text-based sources. All multiple-choice and free-response questions
include answer explanations and sample scoring rubrics.
■ A Glossary of Key Terms and an Appendix that includes the required
documents and Supreme Court cases

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Practice Tests
The final section of the book offers the opportunity to take two full-length
practice tests that include all question types found on the actual exam. A
comprehensive answer explanation is provided for each multiple-choice
question, and a model answer and scoring rubric are provided for all free-
response questions and the argument essay.
Online Practice
In addition to the diagnostic test and two practice tests within this book, there
are also two full-length online practice exams. You may take these exams in
practice (untimed) mode or in timed mode. All questions include answer
explanations.
For Students
Because the 2021–2022 school year is the fourth year of the newly
redesigned course and test, you have the opportunity to prepare for the exam
by concentrating on the areas that the College Board has identified as
“essential knowledge.” This review book highlights the key concepts in each
chapter and explains them by giving content examples. How you use the
book depends on how your school offers the course. Nevertheless, by
answering the review questions at the end of each chapter and by taking the
practice tests, you will have an indication of how well you will do on the
actual exam.
For Teachers
Suggest to your students that they use this book along with their textbook. If
you develop your own assignments and tests around the Enduring
Understandings, Key Concepts, Learning Objectives, and Essential
Knowledge found in the College Board’s 2018–2019 AP U.S. Government
Curriculum Framework, this book should offer your students the opportunity

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BARRON’S ESSENTIAL 5
As you review the content in this book and work
toward earning that “5” on your AP U.S. Government
and Politics Exam, here are five essentials that you
MUST know above everything else:
1 Know the principles of the United States Constitution.
Understand the elitist and pluralist theories of government,
separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism. Make
sure you understand the relationship between the federal and state
governments as well as the interrelationship among the branches
of government and bureaucracies. Most importantly, know how
the Constitution is a defining document that illustrates how we as
a country wanted a government with limited powers and the rule
of law.
2 Identify the concept of liberty and order. Understand how civil
liberties and civil rights have played an essential role in our
democracy in achieving liberty and order. Know the differences
between civil rights and civil liberties. There are required
Supreme Court cases that apply to these topics. Explore the
concept of “selective incorporation” of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
3 Explore the importance of the American political culture.
Explain how popular sovereignty is an essential aspect of our
representative democracy. Compare the differences and
similarities of the political parties and how they conduct elections.

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