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Learn about the AP exam format. Unit 1 content will be covered on 15-22% of the multiple choice questions. Unit 1 content and skills will be measured in at least 1 of the 4 free response questions.  \nContent Topics (details about the unit 1 content knowledge on page 37 of the CED.)  \n1. Ideals of Democracy  \n2. Types of Democracy  \n3. Government Powers & Individual Rights  \n4. Challenges of the Articles of Confederation  \n5. Ratification of the U.S. Constitution  \nNeed to Know  \n● Definition of Democracy  \n● Problems with Articles of Confederation  \n● How Constitution addressed problems  \n6. Principles of American Government  \n7. Relationship Between State & Federal Government  \n8. Constitutional Interpretations of Federalism  \n9. Federalism in Action  \n● Battles over Constitution  \n● Battles over state and federal power  \n● Federalism today  \nSkills (details about the AP Government skills on page 16 of the CED.)  \n● Define democracy and evaluate the ways in which the U.S. is and isn’t democratic  \n● Evaluate the flaws of the Articles of Confederation  \n● Describe the solutions to the Articles’ problems found in the U.S. Constitution  \n● Analyze the compromises of the Constitutional Convention and their consequences  \n● Explain the echoes of the battles over the US Constitution in contemporary America  \n● Describe the battle between the Federalists & Anti-Federalists  \n● Describe the amendment process of the US Constitution  \n● Compare the key components of federal, confederal, and unitary governments  \n● Describe the state of federalism in contemporary American politics  \n  Required Supreme Court Cases   Landmark Supreme Court Case Rubric  \n●  McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819  \n●  United States v. Lopez, 1995  \n  Required Documents   Foundational Documents Graphic Organizer  \n●  The Declaration of Independence  \n●  The Articles of Confederation  \n●  The Constitution of the U.S.  \n●  Federalist No. 51  \n●  Brutus No. 1  \n●  Federalist No. 10  \n[gopopro.com](gopopro.com)  \nUNIT 1 Review – Foundations of American Democracy  \nBig Question  \nWhat is democracy, and how democratic is the United States?  \nTerms and Concepts  \nThe AP exam is not a vocabulary test but you should understand the following terms and concepts. It is particularly valuable to know how the terms below relate to current  \npolitical events (scenarios) .  \n1. Natural rights  \n2. Representative democracy  \n3. Constitutional democracy  \n4. Participatory democracy  \n5. Pluralist democracy  \n6. Elite democracy  \n7. Social contract  \n8. State of nature  \n9. Constitutionalism  \n10. Statism  \n11. Popular consent  \n12. Majority  \n13. Plurality  \n14. Popular sovereignty  \n15. 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