Everything you need to ace the AP Gov exam — all 5 units, the 9 required foundational documents, and all 15 required Supreme Court cases. Free, College Board aligned, and built for exam day.
AP Gov is split into 5 units. Each has flashcards, a cheat sheet, essentials, podcast, visual review, MC practice, and FRQ practice.
The College Board requires you to know these cold. They show up every single year on the FRQ and multiple choice.
AP Government is a one-semester college-level course that covers how the U.S. political system is structured, how it actually operates, and how citizens participate in it. The course is built around five units, from the foundational documents of American democracy all the way through elections, political parties, and the media.
What makes AP Gov distinctive is the required primary source reading. The College Board expects you to know 9 foundational documents (including the Federalist Papers and Brutus No. 1) and 15 landmark Supreme Court cases inside and out. These aren't just background context — they appear directly on the exam, especially on the FRQ section, which counts for 50% of your score.
The exam is 3 hours long and has two sections: 55 multiple-choice questions (50%) and 4 free-response questions (50%). FRQ #3 is the SCOTUS Comparison Essay and FRQ #4 is the Argumentative Essay — both require deep knowledge of the required documents and cases.
Know what to expect on exam day.
A taste of the vocabulary you'll master across all 5 units.