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CLEP American Government
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1. Clause in the 14th Amendment that forbids any state to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. The 5th Amendment also imposes this limitation on the national government.
Elastic Clause
Local
Cooperative / Marble Cake Federalism
Equal Protection Clause
2. Overall spending targets set by the Congress.
Budget Resolutions
Supports
Television
Grand Jury Indictment
3. A centralized system of government - such as that of France - where most of the important policy decisions are made by a central government.
Unitary System
Baby Boomers
Local
Entitlement Programs
4. He United States Constitution was opposed by which group?
Probable Cause
Royalists
Great or Connecticut Compromise
20th
5. A Latin phrase meaning 'stand by past decisions -' a principle that judges often use in deciding cases. Ruling based on precedents.
Shay's Rebellion
Third Party
Stare Decisis
Senatorial Courtesy
6. The ___________ aspects of Federalism include: diversity/diffusion of power - more access points for political participation - fostering of experimentation and innovation - and allowing local governments to manage local problems effectively
House of Representatives
Political System
Positive
unlimited
7. A technique polling organizations use in which several people from the same neighborhood are interviewed.
Cluster Sampling
Separation of Powers
Secretary of State
Probable Cause
8. The average voter turnout between 1960 and 2004 was __________ percent
presidential line-item veto
55
Independent Regulatory Agencies
Democratic-Republicans
9. Dissenting Democrats focused on foreign affairs. Aligned with the US Communist Party.
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10. A controversial law overwhelmingly passed by Congress in October 2001 - after the terrorist attacks of September 11 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. It greatly expanded the power of federal law enforcement authorities to move against suspe
Block Grant
Balance of Trade
States
Patriot Act
11. The belief that all people possess certain basic rights that may not be abridged by government.
New Jersey Plan
Outputs
Dissenting Opinion
Natural Rights
12. _____ out of 9 justices must agree to hear an appellate case brought to them from a lower court.
Nationalism
Unitary System
4
Recommit the Bill to Committee
13. Something given in exchange for something else; swap
Political System
Mayor-Council Plan
US Trade Representatives
Quid Pro Quo
14. The relationship between the total cost of foreign goods imported to this country and sales of U.S. products overseas.
Federalist
Balance of Trade
Presidential Veto
Roth v. US
15. Department established in 1988 by President G.H. Bush.
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16. Serious crimes - such as murder - arson - or rape.
Original Jurisdiction
Criminal Cases
Felonies
Judicial Selection
17. A public policy that takes something away from one person or group and gives it to another person or group.
Redistributive Policy
Patriot Act
Caucus
Major Political Party
18. Programs of government - universities - and businesses designed to favor minorities and remedy past discrimination.
Affirmative Action
Public hearing
Separation of Powers
Membership
19. Number of Electoral College votes required to win the Presidency.
Implied
Democratic
Budget Resolution
270
20. A method of amending state constitutions under which proposed constitutional amendments can be placed on the ballot if enough signatures are obtained on a petition. Almost half the states also employ the initiative on the ballot to allow voters to en
Commander in Chief
Mugwumps
Clear and Present Danger
Initiative
21. A powerful alliance of mutual benefit among an agency or unit of the government - an interest group - and a committee or subcommittee of Congress. Also called a triangle or iron triangle.
Random Sample
Sub-government
Criminal Cases
General Accounting Office
22. In which case did the Supreme Court rule that the concept of privacy included the right to a legal abortion?
Dred Scott
Raise Public Awareness
New Federalism
Roe v. Wade
23. The Supreme Court's broad interpretation of this clause has denied direct aid from the government for religious groups - but does allow religious groups to make use of government services such as police and fire.
Majority Whip
Contract Clause
Furman v. Georgia
Establishment Clause
24. This House committee is responsible for all taxes - tariffs - and other revenue raising measures in addition to social security - child support - Medicare - foster care - and unemployment.
Mayor-Council Plan
Political Party
Ways and Mean Committee
Hatch Act
25. Also known as the Massachusetts ballot - groups candidates according to the office for which they are running
Self-Incrimination
Blanket Primary
Office Column Ballot
Proposition 187
26. Signed the executive order banning segregation in the armed forces.
Bowers v. Hardwick
Plain View
Truman
Trial Balloon
27. Wisconsin Republican who exploited public concern for political gain during the 1950's through freewheeling investigations of alleged Communists.
Joseph McCarthy
Iron Triangle
Elite
Military-Industrial Complex
28. The ___________ aspects of Federalism include: conflicts between state and national government - economic and racial discrimination - uneven enforcement of law - and dominance of local governments by special interest groups
Initiative
Negative
Republicans
Social Security
29. Organizations or groups - such as labor unions or fraternal - professional - or religious groups - that may influence an individual's opinion.
Third Party
Random Sample
Secondary Group
Interest groups
30. In Reynolds v. US (1879) - the Supreme Court denied this right to Reynolds because his religion's practice of polygamy violated federal law.
Majority Opinion
Free Exercise
Free Exercise of Religion
Supreme Court
31. Powers not specifically granted to the federal government or denied to the states belong to the states and the people
de jure
Federal District
Reserved Powers
Cooperative / Marble Cake Federalism
32. The response of the rest of society to actions by the authorities.
Hatch Act
Appropriation Bills
Feedback
Free Exercise of Religion
33. This author of Leviathon posited that government is necessary because people are generally in a state of conflict.
Thomas Hobbes
Democracy
Senate
Omaha platform
34. As part of the negotiations concerning the Constitution - the South fought for and won an agreement forbidding the imposition of _______________.
Export Taxes
Royalists
Prior Restraint
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
35. Requires that a suspect in a federal case be arraigned without unnecessary delay.
Mallory Rule
25th Amendment
Presidential Ticket
Low
36. In this essay - James Madison recognized that reconciling the competing interests of various groups was what legislation was all about
Fast Track Authority
The Federalist #10
Federal
National Security
37. ____________________ define Congressional voting districts acting within constraints set down by Congress and the Supreme Court.
Home Rule
Conservatism
Issue Networks
State Legislatures
38. The Supreme Court holds _____________ jurisdiction in cases against the US - ambassadors - public ministers - and consuls.
Local
Original
Executive Privilege
Free Exercise
39. Federal and State Courts function in a _____________manner so that federal courts may receive appeals from state courts.
Parallel
Reference Group
19th Amendment
Diminish
40. Cabinet positions must be ____________ by the Senate
Confirmed
US Trade Representatives
Libertarianism
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
41. This Supreme Court case infamously decided that a slave was not a citizen but property to be 'used in subservience to the interests - the convenience - or the will of his owner'
Television and Radio
Right to Work Laws
Dred Scott
Budget Resolutions
42. The elected position of President pro tempore of the Senate is almost always held by
Issue network
Senate
Secretary of State
a senior senator of the majority party
43. A power of the president to kill a bill by taking no action (if Congress adjourns during the 10-day period after the president receives the bill). Some court rulings have suggested that a president may exercise a pocket veto only when Congress adjour
Shield Laws
Bundling
Bicameral
Pocket Veto
44. In California v. Avecedo (1991) - The Supreme Court established that authorities may search ____________________ without a warrant providing reasonable suspicion.
a senior senator of the majority party
Cluster Sampling
Automobiles
Executive Agencies
45. Largest interest group in the US.
AARP
Senatorial Courtesy
Negative
Public Bills
46. The expansion of cable and satellite tv has _________________ the president's power to influence public opinion.
30
Due Process of Law
Spoils System
Increased
47. Special spending projects that are set aside on behalf of individual members of Congress for their constituents.
Earmarks
Decreased
Judicial
state legislatures
48. The right to renounce one's citizenship.
External Efficacy
Right of Expatriation
Separate but Equal
Open rule
49. Test whereby the Supreme Court established criteria by which state may provide aid to religious groups.
Party Identification
Lemon Test
Random Sample
Civil Liberties
50. Process by which citizens propose an amendment by petition.
Standing Committees
Entitlement Programs
5 -000
Constitutional Initiative
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