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CLEP American Government
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1. A meeting of party leaders to select candidates - elect convention delegates - etc
Caucus
Administrative Procedure Act
Ad Hoc Structure
Murray v. Curlett
2. Cabinet department responsible for managing school lunch programs and food safety. Established in 1862.
US v. Ballard
Bill of Rights
Agriculture
Miranda Rights
3. Court cases that concern crimes committed against the public order.
Formula Grant
Budget Resolutions
Decreased
Criminal Cases
4. State legislation designed to outlaw the union shop - passed by 21 states acting under Section 14B of the federal Taft-Hartley Act.
Ways and Mean Committee
14
Right to Work Laws
Project Grant
5. This amendment applied the Bill of Rights to states.
14th
House Standing Committees
Mugwumps
Straight Ticket Voting
6. Committees appointed for investigative or crisis situations.
Article IV
Select Committee
25th Amendment
General Accounting Office
7. The agency that provides Congress with evaluations of public policies is the
General Accounting Office
Federal Register
Delegate
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
8. First Executive Branch
Caucus
Catholics
Closed
Department of State
9. In this case - a gay man from Georgia charged with committing sodomy in his own home with a consenting adult. The court ruled that the Constitution does not explicitly grant the right for homosexuals to practice their lifestyle and that laws against
Delegate
Caucuses
Bowers v. Hardwick
Equality
10. Colonies in which freely elected legislatures chose the governor and the king could not veto laws.
Block Grant
Social Contract
35
Charter Colonies
11. Political theorist proposed the separation of church and state.
Rousseau
Pyramid Model
Monopoly
Conventions
12. The spread of nuclear weapons to new nations
President
3
Nuclear Proliferation
Conservatism
13. In Johnson v. Texas (1989) - the Supreme Court ruled that burning the flag in a manner that does not pose a threat to people or property is allowed as this type of freedom of speech.
Speech Plus
Probable Cause
Pluralist Theory
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
14. When neither political party is dominant.
Open
Party Dealignment
Increased
Parallel
15. Prompted by FDR's 4th election to the Presidency - the 22nd Amendment limited the number of Presidential terms to _____ terms.
Baron de Montesquieu
2
Ratification
Energy
16. The possible tendency of some voters or convention delegates to support the candidate who is leading in the polls and seems likely to win.
Party Column Ballot
Conglomerates
Bandwagon
Concurring Opinion
17. A ruling by the Supreme Court in 1857
Dred Scott Decision
Blacks
Libertarianism
Rhode Island
18. Requires reporting of financial information by companies with publicly traded securities
4th Amendment
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
Judicial Selection
Poll Tax
19. In 1943 - The Supreme Court upheld the Jehovah's Witnesses right to refrain from saluting the American flag based on their right to _____________.
Select Committee
Free Exercise of Religion
27th Amendment
Blacks
20. The only instance in which the government can prohibit religious activities
School Desegregation
Majority Rule
Violation of Law
Offensive Language
21. A system in which the power to govern is shared between national and state governments
Federalism
10th Amendment
National Debt
Northern and Southern
22. Communication with legislators or other government officials to try to influence their decisions.
Conventions
Lobbying
Muckrakers
Rhode Island
23. Includes expressive conduct/assembly/actions and symbolic behavior (ex. Picketing or burning the flag) Based on our country history of symbolic acts such as the Boston Tea Party - courts almost always uphold symbolic acts of speech unless they are cr
War Powers Resolution
Speech Plus
Article V
Prior Restraint
24. In states using primaries - the most common form of primary election is the ___________ primary.
Closed
Jus Sanguinis
Rules Committee
Jus Soli
25. An issue on which voters distinguish rival parties by the degree to which they associate each party or candidate with conditions - goals - or symbols the electorate universally approves or disapproves of. Examples of such issues are economic prosperi
Agriculture
Clear and Present Danger
Valence issue
18th Amendment
26. The period of time after the election of FDR until the Vietnam War was dominated by the Democratic Party and know as the __________________ Era.
Independent expenditures
Vietnam War
Agriculture
New Deal Era
27. Article II of the Constitution establishes the ______________ branch.
Dies
Executive
Liberalism
Clear and Present Danger
28. Article VI - Paragraph 2 - of the Constitution - which declares that the Constitution - and the laws and treaties of the United States made under it - are 'the supreme Law of the Land' and prevail over any conflicting state constitutions or laws.
Fast Track Authority
Federal
Blanket Primary
Supremacy Clause
29. Included are Agriculture - Nutrition - and Forestry; Appropriations; Armed Services; Banking - Housing and Urban Affairs; Commerce - Science and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Finance; Health - Education -
Retrospective Voting
Senate Standing Committees
Stare Decisis
Ways and Means Committee
30. A place of work in which only union members may be hired.
Caucus
Gerrymandering
Closed Shop
Hatch Act
31. Committees of Congress composed of both representatives and senators.
President Pro Tempore
Joint Committees
Unlimited
5
32. Committees that pull members from both the house and the senate who meet to discuss major policy issues such as economy and taxation.
Joint Committee
General Election
Two Trial
Constitutional Initiative
33. A centralized system of government - such as that of France - where most of the important policy decisions are made by a central government.
Attorney General
Clear and Present Danger
Unitary System
Welfare State
34. The elected position of President pro tempore of the Senate is almost always held by
77
Baron de Montesquieu
Budget Resolutions
a senior senator of the majority party
35. To an extent - the press and the government have a relationship that is _______________ and mutually dependent.
Adversarial
War Powers Resolution
Agriculture
Political Patronage
36. Raise Public Awareness - Create Policy Agenda - Prioritize Agenda - Enact Policy - Public Evaluation
Speaker of the House
Policy Making Cycle
Freedom of Speech
Enact a Bill of Rights
37. A registered voter may vote in any party primary regardless of his own party affiliation. When voters do not register with a party before the primary - it is called a pick-a-party primary because the voter can select which party's primary he or she w
Article II
Open
Random Sample
Spoiler Candidate
38. Number of Federal District courts across 50 states - DC and Puerto Rico.
89
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Literacy Tests
Ticket Splitters
39. (1781-1789) The written framework for the government of the original 13 states before the Constitution was adopted. Under this - the national government was weak and dominated by the states. There was a unicameral legislature - but no national execut
Coast Guard
Articles of Confederation
Shay's Rebellion
Unicameral
40. Eisenhower's philosophy of being liberal in all things human and being conservative with all things fiscal. Appealed to both Republicans and Democrats.
Dynamic Conservatism
Confederation
2/3
Social Regulation
41. These candidates win re-election to the House 80-90% of the time.
Independent Expenditures
Incumbents
Committees
Political Culture
42. Bills that benefit legislators' home districts - or powerful corporate contributors - with sometimes wasteful or unnecessary public works or other projects.
Pork-Barrel Legislation
Permanent Registration
Laissez-Faire
Balance of Payments
43. The oldest House committee still in existence.
Independent
Substantive Due Process
Ways and Means Committee
Reynolds v. Sims
44. The ______________________ were formed to unite the colonists against Britain.
Enumerated Powers
Committees of Correspondence
Marshall Plan
Clear and Present Danger
45. A loose grouping of people and organizations who seek to influence policy formation.
Third Parties
Elastic Clause
Issue Networks
Concurrent Powers
46. Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial.
Flexible Construction
Political Advertising
New Deal Era
6th Amendment
47. Th joint listing of the presidential and vice presidential candidates on the same ballot as required by the twelfth amendment
Government
Police Powers
Presidential Ticket
Television
48. The vagueness of this phrase has allowed juries to exclude specific genders or races in order to affect the outcome of the verdict.
Presidential Ticket
Jury of Peers
18th Amendment
Republican
49. Philosopher John Locke - in his 1690 work Civil Government (second treatise) - advised separation of government power between
Death penalty
8th Amendment
Original
legislative and executive
50. Laws that were designed to segregate black and white Americans and give legal recognition to discrimination.
Democratic
Offensive Language
Equal Protection Clause
Jim Crow Laws
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