APGoPo
FRQ
TEACHER
HOW MANY POINTS?
1. Trust and confidence in government have declined in recent decades.
(a) Explain how divided government has contributed to the decline in trust and confidence in government. Be sure to include
a definition of divided government in your response. (2)
(b) Explain how the increased cost of election campaigns has contributed to the decline in trust and confidence in
government. (1)
(c) Explain two specific consequences of the decline of trust and confidence in government for individual political behavior.
(2)
THIS QUESTION IS WORTH 5 POINTS TOTAL.
(a) One point for providing a definition of divided government. One point for explaining how divided government has contributed to
the decline in trust and confidence in government. Two points total.
(b) One point for explaining how the increased cost of election campaigns has contributed to the decline in trust and confidence in
government.
(c)
2.
One point EACH for an explanation of a specific consequence of the decline of trust and confidence in government for individual
political behavior. Two points total.
Minor parties have been a common feature of United States politics.
(a) Identify and explain how two rules of the United States electoral system act as obstacles to minor party candidates
winning elections. (4)
(b) Minor parties make important contributions to the United States political system in spite of institutional obstacles to their
candidates' success. Describe two of these contributions. (2)
THIS QUESTION IS WORTH 6 POINTS TOTAL.
(a) One point EACH for a correct identification of a rule of the United States electoral system that acts as an obstacle to minor party
candidates winning elections. Two points for the identifications. One point EACH for an explanation of a rule of the United States
electoral system that acts as an obstacle to minor party candidates winning elections. Two points for the explanations. Four
points total.
(b) One point EACH for describing the important contributions minor parties make to the United States political system in spite of
institutional obstacles to their candidates' success. Two points total.
3.
Presidents are generally thought to have advantages over Congress in conducting foreign policy because of the formal and
informal powers of the presidency.
(a) Identify two formal constitutional powers of the President in making foreign policy. (2)
(b) Identify two formal constitutional powers of Congress in making foreign policy. (2)
(c) Identify two informal powers of the President that contribute to the President's advantage over Congress in conducting
foreign policy. (2)
(d) Explain how each of the informal powers identified in (c) contributes to the President's advantage over Congress in
conducting foreign policy. (2)
THIS QUESTION IS WORTH 8 POINTS TOTAL.
(a) One point EACH for a correct identification of a formal constitutional power of the President in making foreign policy. Two points
total.
(b) One point EACH for a correct identification of a formal constitutional power of the Congress in making foreign policy. Two points
total.
(c)
One point EACH for a correct identification of an informal power of the President that contributes to the President’s advantage over
Congress in conducting foreign policy. Two points total.
(d) One point EACH for explaining how each of the informal powers identified in (c) contributes to the President's advantage over
Congress in conducting foreign policy. Two points total.