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CLEP American Government
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1. The 1st Amendment states that government cannot issue ______________ - censoring publications before they are published.
Prior Restraint
Equity
Reference Group
Entitlement Spending
2. Germany - Switzerland - and India are examples of countries with a _______________ system of government.
Implied Powers
Mayor-Council Plan
Blacks
Federal
3. The only court specifically outlined in the Constitution.
General Accounting Office
5
Party Identification
Supreme Court
4. Laws on Schools - Marriage - and owning property;Licensee Lawyers - Doctors - and Teachers.
Bill of Attainder
Monroe Doctrine
State Government
19th Amendment
5. An offical who is expected to represent the views of his or her constituents even when personally holding different views; one interpretation of the role of the legislator
Delegate
Federal Courts
Diminish
Regulatory Agencies
6. In which case did the Supreme Court rule that the concept of privacy included the right to a legal abortion?
Roe v. Wade
Writ of Assistance
14th Amendment
Free Rider
7. First step in the Policy Making Cycle.
Enumerated Powers
Collective Action
Raise Public Awareness
Ratification
8. Freedoms that protect the individual from the government.
Select Committee
Hyperpluralism
17th
Civil Liberties
9. Information sent out in order to observe the reaction of an audience. Used by politicians who deliberately leak information on a policy change under consideration.
Institutional
Trial Balloon
Office of Management and Budget
Legislative Courts
10. Gave authority over atomic energy from military to civilians.
Federal
Confirmed
Bandwagon
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
11. The oldest House committee still in existence.
Ways and Means Committee
Pluralist Theory
Globalization
Electoral Connection
12. Elections that may lead to a basic shift in the party identification of the electorate.
Rousseau
Administrative Procedure Act
Concurrent Powers
Realigning Elections
13. This type of government suits a large country with a diverse population
Pure Speech
Federal
Legislative Veto
Patriot Act
14. This amendment includes the due process clause - the equal protection clause - and gave rights to former slaves.
Fiscal Policy
District of Columbia
Inherent Powers
14th Amendment
15. Proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 as an attempt to form a union of the colonies. Later used to help form the Articles of Confederation.
Petition of Right
Senior Executive Service
Albany Plan
Whigs
16. Federal grants in which the recipient has a lot of discretion over how the money is spent. These grants are issued in support of general government functions such as education and law enforcement.
Cruel and Unusual
Categorical Grant
Precedent
Block Grant
17. In some cases where blicity too much publicity surrounds a trial - courts have granted _______________ to help ensure a fair trial. One example is the trial of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City Bombing.
Change of Venue
Criminal Information
Defense
Democrats
18. An ideology that advocates limits on government power to address economic and social problems - relying instead on economic markets and individual initiative to address problems like health care and education - while promoting government involvement
Conservatism
Closed
Lower
Baron v. Baltimore
19. Requires the Electoral College to vote for President and Vice President separately.
Zenger
Eminent Domain
12th Amendment
Trial Balloon
20. A policy that takes something away from one person and gives it to someone else -
Redistributive Policy
Slander
Presidential Veto
Sub-government
21. The 23rd Amendment guaranteed voting rights to whom?
Segregation
Magna Carta
Bull Moose Progressives
District of Columbia
22. Senators are re-elected every ___ years with 1/3 of the Senate being up for election every 2 years.
4th Amendment
6
Speaker of the House
Enumerated Powers
23. According to this nineteenth-century British peer and historian - 'power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.'
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
Executive Privilege
Constitutional Initiative
Lord Acton
24. Colonies in which the proprietors (who had obtained their patents from the king) named the governors - subject to the king's approval.
Government
Situational
Proprietary Colonies
congressional oversight committee
25. Judicial Check on Legislative Branch. Not specifically outlined in the Constitution - but established in the case of Marbury v. Madison through the application of the Supremacy Clause in Article VI.
Impoundment
Judicial Review
Inverse
Eminent Domain
26. A term popularized by sociologist Floyd Hunter to describe the community leaders who he said determined policy in Atlanta - Georgia. More broadly - the term is used to describe 'power elites' generally.
Maintaining Elections
Agriculture
Welfare State
Power Structure
27. This event was an important factor in creating the climate for a new Constitution.
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28. Groups named for the section of the Internal Revenue Service code under which they must report their expenditures. The tax-exempt groups were created to exploit a loophole in the law regulating campaign finance.
New Federalism
527 Organizations
Shay's Rebellion
Plurality
29. The primary purpose of _______________consolidate the nation's disability laws and provide for strong federal enforcement of a strengthened disability rights mandate
New Federalism
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Gideon v. Wainwright
Establishment Clause
30. Belief in the value of strong government to provide economic secruity and protection for civil rights - combined with a belief in personal freedom from government intervention in social conduct
Separation of Powers
Article VI
Raise Public Awareness
Liberalism
31. Under this governing document - national government lacked authority to set up tariffs - regulate commerce - levy taxes - control international relations - establish common currency
Articles of Confederation
Council of Economic Advisors
Caucuses
Dark Horse
32. This author was highly influential on Thomas Jefferson - rejecting divine right - proposing that government is a social contract requiring the consent of the govern and establishing the concept of self-evident rights of life - liberty - and property.
Whigs
John Locke
35
Jury of Peers
33. The way things should be by law
de jure
Federal
Class Action Suit
Enumerated Powers
34. The absent colony at the 2nd Continental Congress.
Rhode Island
Clear and Present Danger
Magna Carta
Proprietary Colonies
35. Population migration patterns since the second World War have increased the power of _____________.
Segregation
Impoundment
Civil Liberties
Suburbia
36. In a political campaign - the surest way of reaching the largest number of voters is usually _____________.
Television
Spoiler Candidate
Jus Soli
25th Amendment
37. Concept of government by the people in which everyone is free to vote - but normally whoever gets the most votes wins the election and represents all the people - including those who voted for the losing candidate.
Majority Rule
Quid Pro Quo
Entitlement Programs
Electoral Connection
38. Act of exchanging favors for mutual gain
Writ of Assistance
Cloture
Logrolling
Albany Plan
39. The appropriation of government spending for projects that are intended primarily to benefit particular constituents - such as those in marginal seats or campaign contributors.
Pork Barrel Spending
Dual / Layer Cake Federalism
14th Amendment
Secondary Group
40. The total group from which poll-takers may select a random sample in order to measure public opinion.
Trustee
National Convention
Universe
15
41. The philosophy that government should intervene as little as possible in economic affairs.
State
Enact a Bill of Rights
Gross Domestic Product
Laissez-Faire
42. The view advocated by Supreme Court Justices Hugo Black and William O. Douglas that there are provisions of the Bill of Rights that cannot be diluted by judicial decisions.
Majority Rule
Quota Sampling
Jus Sanguinis
Absolute Position
43. The process by which individuals screen out messages that do not conform to their own biases
Equal Time
Libertarianism
Selective exposure
Closed
44. This called for three-fifths of all slaves in a state were counted for purposes of apportioning representation in the House of Representatives.
Family
8th Amendment
Great Compromise
Probable Cause
45. A coherent set of beliefs about politics - public policy - and public purpose. It helps give meaning to political event - personalities - and policies.
Department of Treasury
Committee of the Whole
Antitrust Legislation
Political ideology
46. Process by which citizens propose an amendment by petition.
15
Proprietary Colonies
National Committee
Constitutional Initiative
47. Devolutionary system in which the national government returns tax dollars to the state and local governments primarily in the form of block grants.
New Federalism
Probable Cause
Amicus Curiae Brief
1776
48. When neither political party is dominant.
Checks and Balances
Flexible Construction
Party Dealignment
Low
49. Th joint listing of the presidential and vice presidential candidates on the same ballot as required by the twelfth amendment
Medicare
31
Presidential Ticket
Felonies
50. Legislature bills that affect only a small group of citizens.
Positive
Private Bills
Council-Manager Plan
State