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American Government: Stories of a Nation

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Publication Date: April 14, 2025

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Brief Contents
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
To the Student
Tips for Taking the AP ® Exam
American Government: What’s Inside the Second Edition

Unit 1 Foundations of American Democracy

Chapter 1 American Government and Politics
The Stories of Our Nation

Chapter 2 The Constitution
A New Vision of Government

Chapter 3 Federalism
Dividing Power between the National Government and the States

Unit 2 The Branches of the Federal Government

Chapter 4 Congress
Representation, Organization, and Legislation

Chapter 5 The American Presidency
Individuals, Institutions, and Executive Power

Chapter 6 The Federal Judiciary
Politics, Power, and the “Least Dangerous” Branch

Chapter 7 The Federal Bureaucracy
Carrying Out the Day-to-Day Functions of Government

Unit 3 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Chapter 8 Civil Liberties
Protecting Fundamental Freedoms

Chapter 9 Civil Rights
What Is Equality?

Unit 4 American Political Ideologies and Beliefs

Chapter 10 American Attitudes about Government and Politics
What Americans Believe

Chapter 11 Public Opinion
Measuring Americans’ Opinions

Chapter 12 Political Ideology
How Beliefs Shape Our Choices

Unit 5 Political Participation

Chapter 13 Voting and Elections
Elections and Voters in an Era of Demographic Change

Chapter 14 Political Parties and Campaigns
The Powers and Limitations of Political Parties

Chapter 15 Interest Groups and Social Movements
Collective Action, Power, and Representation

Chapter 16 The Media
New Technologies, Enduring Issues

Practice Exam for AP ® U.S. Government and Politics
Political Party Affiliations in Congress and the Presidency, 1789–2021 A-1
Summary of Presidential Elections, 1789–2020 A-5
Glossary/Glosario G-1
Notes N-1 Index I-1

Organization & Alignment: Stories of a Nation was written to align to the AP® U.S. GoPo CED in a clear, concise manner that is painless to teach and easy to understand. In the text, you’ll find:

Clear, simple unit structure that directly aligns to the AP® framework.
Meticulous content coverage, including updated events, graphs, pictures, and data.
Easy-to-use organization

Chapters are divided into sections guided by learning targets. Students will never be confused about what’s covered in each section.
Each section contains enough content, skills development, assignments, and assessments for a single lesson. We worked out the pacing, so you can focus on teaching.

Stories that Engage Students: Every chapter starts with a real-world story that shows how government principles impact real people. Enhance students’ learning experience by spotlighting practical application.

Integrated AP® Practice & Skills: Rather than tack on an AP® section at the end of every chapter, AP® Practice and Skills are woven throughout the text, providing a more engaging and effective learning experience.

Integrated Public Policy Coverage
Integrated AP® Exam Practice: Find AP®-style practice at the end of every chapter and unit, and a full practice exam at the end of the book.

Deeper Understanding of Foundational Documents & Required Cases

Foundational Documents Deep Dive
NEW! Required Supreme Court Case Briefs break down each case by facts, issues, decision and holdings, and reasoning in an easily identifiable and digestible table format.
The Foundational Documents and Court Cases Reader is an additional resource that accompanies the student text. Available in Achieve or as a hard copy, the reader includes all College Board® required documents and cases and additional frequently taught works that go beyond the framework. Each document is accompanied by commentary and guided questions to help students understand these complex texts.

What’s new in this edition:

NEW! Content comprehensively covers all CED topics with a new present day narrative.

National and world events since 2020
Continued impact of the pandemic
2022 Midterm Election
2024 Presidential Election

NEW! Supreme Court Case Briefs break down each required case by facts, issues, decision and holdings, and reasoning in an easily identifiable and digestible table format.
NEW! Video program includes three types of videos:

NEW for Students! Narrated by AP® teachers and U.S. Government experts, AP® Practice and Skill Videos dive into each AP® Exam Practice and Skill box to further illuminate key course concepts and give insights into exam-taking strategies.
UPDATED! Concept & Skill Videos, narrated by author Karen Waples, highlight important chapter concepts and exam information.
UPDATED! Chapter Overview videos for teachers, narrated by Teacher’s Edition authors, summarize chapter content and help plan your course.

NEW! Updated Achieve courseware with new AP®-style exam questions.

What’s updated in this edition:

AP® Political Science Practice boxes are divided into two features for clarity:

AP® Exam Practice teaches students how to approach exam questions
AP® Political Science Skills break down key concepts from the chapter

Updated FRQs and MCQs in the end-of-chapter/unit/book Practice Exams.
Revised graphs, tables, and content.
The Teacher’s Resources have been revised to be more robust with new features and significantly more content than the previous edition. The Teacher’s Edition has also been reformatted, making it easier to navigate, prep, and teach the course.

Scott Abernathy

After working as an on-street counselor for homeless adolescents in Boston, Scott received a master of curriculum and instruction and taught fourth and seventh grades in Wisconsin public schools. Hoping to learn more about the underlying systems that drove educational outcomes, Scott completed an M.P.A in domestic policy and then a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University. Scott is now an associate professor of political science and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Minnesota. He is also the author of School Choice and the Future of American Democracy and No Child Left Behind and the Public Schools, both from University of Michigan Press.

Karen Waples

Formerly a trial attorney, Karen Waples has taught since 1989 and currently teaches AP® Comparative Government and Politics and AP® U.S. Government and Politics at Holy Family High School in Broomfield, Colorado. Karen has served as a reader, table leader, question leader, and exam leader for the AP® Comparative Government and Politics Exam and as a reader for the AP® U.S. Government and Politics and AP® U.S. History Exams. She is an endorsed consultant for the College Board® and leads workshops and institutes throughout the country for both the AP® Comparative Government and Politics course and the AP® U.S. Government and Politics course. Karen was the chair of the College Board® Social Science Academic Advisory Committee and was a member of the Curriculum Re-design Committee for AP® U.S. Government and Politics. She received the Colorado Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education in 1997 and was recognized as a Cherry Creek High School Teacher of the Year in 2002.

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