Dear Parents and Students,
Welcome to my teacher web page. Here you will find valuable information about the classes that I am teaching this year: Honors US History, Economics, and AP American Government.
I hope you will find this site helpful.
Adam Barker
e-mail me at abarker@bmhs-la.org
*AP Government Final Free Response Questions: 1/17/07
- Congress exercises control over both the judiciary and the bureaucracy.
- Identify and explain two checks that Congress has over the judiciary
- Identify and explain two checks that Congress has over the bureaucracy.
- Identify, explain, and give a specific example of two changes in the media's coverage of United States government and politics since 1960.
- Interest groups and PACs have several ways to influence the political process. However, several factors limit their ability to influence the political process.
- Identify and explain two ways interest groups or PACs attempt to infulence the political process
- Identify and explain one factor that limits interest groups or PACs.
- Using the information from the figure above and your knowledge of United States government and politics, complete the following tasks:
- Define split-ticket voting.
- Identify and explain one trend in split-ticket voting.
- Identify and explain one reason for split-ticket voting
- The "figure above" is the chart "Trends in split ticket voting for President and Congress", which shows an increase in split ticket voting from 1920 through 1996.
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