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Government and Politics Scoring Guidelines

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Question 1

3 points

Part B: 1 point

One point is earned for explaining, in the context of the scenario, how partisan divisions could prevent the action described in part A.

• The Alliance Defending Freedom and other religious groups might argue that their First Amendment rights are being violated.

• The Alliance Defending Freedom and other religious groups might argue that their freedom of speech/religion is being violated.

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• Democrats

Part B: 1 point

One point is earned for explaining how the data in the bar graph could influence how a Republican candidate would shift his or her campaign positions after securing the Republican nomination for president.

• The Republican candidate will likely promise to stick to conservative principles in the primary, but then decide to shift toward compromise in the general election.

• Policy making is more difficult when the president and Congress are from different political parties/divided government.

• The president or Congress is likely to compromise when making policy to appeal to

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One point is earned for identifying the clause in the Fourteenth Amendment that was used as the basis for the decision in both Brown v. Board of Education and Hernandez v. Texas.

• Equal Protection clause

Scoring Note: The response must be a relevant case fact and NOT the reasoning, decision, or the majority opinion.

The second point is earned for correctly explaining how the facts of both cases led to a similar decision.

• An interest group could lobby members of Congress to expand civil rights using the Hernandez case. • An interest group could sponsor court cases encouraging the Court to apply the decision in Hernandez.

A score of zero (0) is assigned to an answer that is off-task or is attempted but earns no points.

Question 4 6 points

Row A: Articulate a defensible claim or thesis that responds to the prompt and establishes a line of reasoning.

Decision Rules and Scoring Notes
Responses that do not earn this point: • The intended claim or thesis only restates the prompt. Does not respond to the prompt: •“The federal government has expanded power over time.”	•“The expanded powers of the national government have made it more efficient, and if states had more power it would be dangerous.” •“The expanded powers of the national government benefit policy making because of the strength of the Constitution, the increase of cooperative federalism, and the advantages of fiscal federalism.”
Additional Notes: • The claim or thesis must consist of one or more sentences that may be located anywhere in the response.

Question 4 (continued)

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			points: • “According to Federalist 70, a strong executive benefits the country because it is easier for one person than a group to make decisions, and someone is held accountable.”

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Question 4 (continued)

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Question 4 (continued)



Decision Rules and Scoring Notes
• Restate the opposite of the claim or thesis • May identify or describe an alternate perspective but do not refute, concede, or rebut that perspective • Refute a foundational document rather than an alternate perspective to the provided claim or thesis	Response that earns this point: • Must describe an alternate perspective AND refute, concede, or rebut that perspective

A score of NR is assigned to a blank essay. A score of NR cannot be assigned to only one task within the essay. If an NR is assigned, it must be applied to all four tasks.