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AP Government and Politics lessons

5 sections · 60 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
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AP Government and Politics

Practice 60 skills across this outline.

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Balancing Minority and Majority Rights
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
5 categories
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
20%
Interactions Among Branches of Government
20%
American Political Ideologies and Beliefs
20%
Political Participation
20%
Foundations of American Democracy
20%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of ap government and politics — drill into a card to work its skills.

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

13 core skills20% total weight
0/13 completed
13 skills to mastery
1
Balancing Minority and Majority RightsRecommended
Long-form
2
Affirmative ActionAvailable
Long-form
3
Amendments: Balancing Freedom with Public SafetyAvailable
Long-form
4
Amendments: Rights of the AccusedAvailable
Long-form
5
Amendments: Right to PrivacyAvailable
Long-form
6
First Amendment: Freedom of the PressAvailable
Long-form
7
First Amendment: Freedom of SpeechAvailable
Long-form
8
First Amendment: Freedom of ReligionAvailable
Long-form
9
Government Responses to Social MovementsAvailable
Long-form
10
Second Amendment: Right to Bear ArmsAvailable
Long-form
11
Selective IncorporationAvailable
Long-form
12
Social Movements and Equal ProtectionAvailable
Long-form
13
The Bill of RightsAvailable
Long-form

Interactions Among Branches of Government

15 core skills20% total weight
0/15 completed
15 skills to mastery
1
Policy and the Branches of GovernmentAvailable
Long-form
2
Checks on the PresidencyAvailable
Long-form
3
Checks on the Judicial BranchAvailable
Long-form
4
Congressional BehaviorAvailable
Long-form
5
Congress: The Senate and the HouseAvailable
Long-form
6
Discretionary and Rulemaking AuthorityAvailable
Long-form
7
Expansion of Presidential PowerAvailable
Long-form
8
Holding the Bureaucracy AccountableAvailable
Long-form
9
Presidential CommunicationAvailable
Long-form
10
Roles and Powers of the PresidentAvailable
Long-form
11
Structures, Powers, and Functions of CongressAvailable
Long-form
12
The BureaucracyAvailable
Long-form
13
The Court in ActionAvailable
Long-form
14
The Judicial BranchAvailable
Long-form
15
The Role of the Judicial BranchAvailable
Long-form

American Political Ideologies and Beliefs

10 core skills20% total weight
0/10 completed
10 skills to mastery
1
American Attitudes About Government and PoliticsAvailable
Long-form
2
Changes in IdeologyAvailable
Long-form
3
Evaluating Public Opinion DataAvailable
Long-form
4
Ideology and Economic PolicyAvailable
Long-form
5
Ideology and PolicymakingAvailable
Long-form
6
Ideology and Social PolicyAvailable
Long-form
7
Ideologies of Political PartiesAvailable
Long-form
8
Influence of Political Events on IdeologyAvailable
Long-form
9
Measuring Public OpinionAvailable
Long-form
10
Political SocializationAvailable
Long-form

Political Participation

13 core skills20% total weight
0/13 completed
13 skills to mastery
1
Campaign FinanceAvailable
Long-form
2
Changing MediaAvailable
Long-form
3
Congressional ElectionsAvailable
Long-form
4
Electing a PresidentAvailable
Long-form
5
Groups Influencing Policy OutcomesAvailable
Long-form
6
How and Why Political Parties ChangeAvailable
Long-form
7
Interest Groups Influencing PolicymakingAvailable
Long-form
8
Modern CampaignsAvailable
Long-form
9
Political PartiesAvailable
Long-form
10
The MediaAvailable
Long-form
11
Third-Party PoliticsAvailable
Long-form
12
Voter TurnoutAvailable
Long-form
13
Voting Rights and Voting BehaviorAvailable
Long-form

Foundations of American Democracy

9 core skills20% total weight
0/9 completed
9 skills to mastery
1
Challenges of the Articles of ConfederationAvailable
Long-form
2
Constitutional Interpretations of FederalismAvailable
Long-form
3
Federalism in ActionAvailable
Long-form
4
Government Power and Individual RightsAvailable
Long-form
5
Ideals of DemocracyAvailable
Long-form
6
Principles of American GovernmentAvailable
Long-form
7
Ratification of the U.S. ConstitutionAvailable
Long-form
8
Relationship Between States and National GovernmentAvailable
Long-form
9
Types of DemocracyAvailable
Long-form