Is it neccessary to memorize the Consittuiton? Or the past presidents? Or the past supreme court justices? Will Crash Course be enough?
How much has the test changed?
@swimmygirl123
Hey there!
First of all, you need to know the Bill of Rights and a bunch of amendments (make sure you understand the 14th, 15th, 19th, and 22nd in particular).
As far as past presidents go, remember FDR, his New Deal policies, and how they affected government.
For Supreme Court Justices, you don’t need to remember to names (except for Sandra Day O’ Connor, who was the first female justice). Really, all you need to know is which ‘courts’ practiced judicial activism and judicial restraint, as well as the important cases.
Finally, Crash Course is great for a day-before test review. But I don’t think it should be your only prep book. If you can, get 5 Steps to a 5 and Barron’s for a more in-depth review. At this point, if you are going to use Crash course, make sure you use that free online practice test it comes with 
The test hasn’t changed that much. FRQs have been the same for years now, and the MC section is usually the ‘same.’
@LockeLamora
Hey. I think the utter most important topics are Congress and the presidency.
But there are so many important topics and you did a good job mentioning them above.
@Daminus
Thanks! I really agree with you about Congress/presidency being the most important topics. While you do get a lot questions about other things, a plurality of them are definitely about either Congress or the president (make sure you know the powers of Congress, as that seems to pop up all the time).
Anyone have the answers to the course audit test?
Any thoughts on how I should review for the AP government test this weekend??
The main topics are Congress, the president, interest groups, the bureaucracy, and public opinion/voting. So, those are probably what you should review.
EDIT: And federalism. Don’t forget about federalism.
@LockeLamora Do I need to know the specific regulatory agencies/executive departments? Or should I just know that they exist and their general layout?
@swimmygirl123
Mostly, you just need to know their general layout as well as their role in government (Congress gives an agency a law with a broad guidelines saying, “DO THIS!” Then, it is up to the agency to implement the law. In this way, the bureaucracy has discretion over how the law is implemented, and really, what it is. But I digress )
The exam will aboslutely have 1-2 questions that asks something like, “which of the following is a independent regulatory agency?” So, yeah, you probably need to know a few agencies. For example, both NASA and the Federal Reserve (aka, the Fed) are independent regulatory agencies.
Hey, to anyone wanting to review for AP Gov, try out this link:
http://www.c-span.org/video/?325685-5/washington-journal-high-school-advanced-placement-us-government-exam
I watched the 2014 session and thought it was really helpful for a quick review 
@LockeLamora This link helped a lot. Thanks.
Tip for these final days: Study what you don’t know or what you’re not confident on.
just had my exam! good luck you guys
@Marcelleparcelle what to focus on for frqs?
anybody have a list with the top like 15 must know court cases???!!?
Marbury v. Madison
Lemon v. Kurtzman
Gitlow v. NY
Near v. Minnesota
NYT v. Sullivan
Mapp v. Ohio
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainwright
Griswold v. Connecticut
Roe v. Wade
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Regents of UC v. Bakke
Buckley v. Valeo
Citizens United v. FEC
Baker v. Carr
@yoda4ever any more important specifics ?
@SimpleBio about the cases, or AP Government in general?
@yoda4ever In general please