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AP U.S. Government

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Chapter 2 - Majoritarian or Pluralist Democracy?
A system of government in which t...,
A system of government in which p...,
A system of government in which i...
17  cards
Chapter 3 - The Constitution
Drafted by thomas jefferson the d...,
The belief that the people agree ...,
A government without a monarch a ...
23  cards
Chapter 8 - Political Parties
An organization that sponsors can...,
Designation as an official candid...,
A set of interrelated institution...
19  cards
Chapter 9 - Nominations, Elections, and Campaigns
An organized effort to persuade v...,
A preliminary election conducted ...,
Primary elections in which voters...
19  cards
Chapter 10 - Interest Groups
An organized group of individuals...,
A representative of an interest g...,
The process by which new issues a...
14  cards
Chapter 6 - The Media
The means employed in mass commun...,
Leaders who follow news in specif...,
The process in which a few policy...
14  cards
Chapter 1 - Freedom, Order, or Equality?
The increasing interdependence of...,
The legitimate use of force to co...,
A political entity s externally r...
27  cards
Chapter 4 - Federalism
The quality of being supreme in p...,
The division of power between a c...,
A view that holds that the consti...
24  cards
Chapter 5 - Public Opinion and Political Socialization
The collective attitudes of citiz...,
An asymmetrical but generally bel...,
A distribution of opinions that s...
9  cards
Chapter 7 - Participation and Voting
Actions of private citizens by wh...,
Relatively routine political beha...,
Relatively uncommon political beh...
17  cards
Chapter 11 - Congress
Redistribution of representatives...,
The formal charging of a governme...,
A current officeholder
23  cards

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