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  2. AP United States Government and Politics - Wikipedia

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    Advanced Placement (AP) United States Government and Politics (often shortened to AP Gov or AP GoPo and sometimes referred to as AP American Government or simply AP Government) is a college-level course and examination offered to high school students through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program.

  3. Litmus test (politics) - Wikipedia

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    Support for, or opposition to, abortion is one example of a common decisive factor in single-issue politics; another might be support of strict constructionism. Defenders of litmus tests argue that some issues are so important that it overwhelms other concerns (especially if there are other qualified candidates that pass the test).

  4. Political question - Wikipedia

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    A ruling of nonjusticiability, in the end, prevents the issue that brought the case before the court from being resolved in a court of law. In the typical case where there is a finding of nonjusticiability due to the political question doctrine, the issue presented before the court is either so specific that the Constitution gives sole power to one of the political branches, or the issue ...

  5. AP Comparative Government and Politics - Wikipedia

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    Advanced Placement (AP) Comparative Government and Politics (also known as AP CoGo or AP CompGov) is an Advanced Placement comparative politics course and exam offered by the College Board. It was first administered in 1987.

  6. AP United States History - Wikipedia

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    However, in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AP exams were administered remotely as drastically shortened open-note exams, and the exam consisted of a single modified DBQ essay. [ 5 ] Each long essay question on the exam may address any one of three possible historical reasoning processes: patterns of continuity and change, comparison ...

  7. Initiatives and referendums in the United States - Wikipedia

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    State review of the proposal and, in several states, a review of the language of the proposal; Prepare ballot title and summary; Petition circulation to obtain the required number of signatures; Petition submitted to state election officials to verify the signatures and qualify the ballot entry

  8. Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act - Wikipedia

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    The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act provided for the selection of some government employees by competitive exams, rather than ties to politicians or political affiliation. It also made it illegal to fire or demote these government officials for political reasons and created the United States Civil Service Commission to enforce the merit ...

  9. 2020 AP exams controversy - Wikipedia

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    In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the College Board announced the cancellation of several SAT exams scheduled for Spring 2020 as well as the creation of an online at-home AP exam. [10] [11] Online AP examinations were open-note and lasted only 45 minutes. Many students reported issues with the online exams and more than 10,000 students had ...