The course
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Start here
Section I: 55 multiple-choice questions in 80 minutes, 50% of the score. Section II: four free-response questions in 100 minutes, 50%.
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Required documents and cases
13 required foundational documents and 14 required Supreme Court cases, named on the exam and needed for the SCOTUS Comparison and the Argument Essay
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Unit 1: Foundations of American Democracy
15-22% of the multiple-choice section, about 10 of the 55 questions
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Unit 2: Interactions Among Branches of Government
25-36% of the multiple-choice section, about 17 of the 55 questions
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Unit 3: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
13-18% of the multiple-choice section, about 9 of the 55 questions
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Unit 4: American Political Ideologies and Beliefs
10-15% of the multiple-choice section, about 7 of the 55 questions
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Unit 5: Political Participation
20-27% of the multiple-choice section, about 12 of the 55 questions
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Free response
Section II: four questions in 100 minutes, each 12.5% of the score