AP Government Study Guide

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Below is a topic outline from apcentral.collegeboard.com. I have copied the outline and provided links for each outline topic. All links have been checked for accuracy, authority, and relevancy to the topic.

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The following topic outline is based on the tables of contents of a representative sample of textbooks used in AP U.S. Government & Politics courses. The outline is intended as a guide for teachers structuring their courses and for students preparing to take the AP United States Government & Politics Examination. The outline is not intended in any way to be prescriptive of what AP teachers must teach or AP students must study. It is illustrative only of topics that might appear in any one edition of the examination.

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Condensed Outline

  1. Constitutional Underpinnings of United States Government
  2. Political Beliefs and Behaviors
  3. Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass Media
  4. Institutions of National Government: The Congress, the Presidency, the Bureaucracy, and the Federal Courts
  5. Public Policy
  6. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties