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CLEP American Government
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A federal program established in 1965 to provide hospital and medical services to older people through the Social Security system.
Smith Act
Warrant
Medicare
Incorporation Doctrine
2. Charge of misconduct brought against a government official.
Coordinated Spending
Appropriation Bills
9
Impeachment
3. A tactic in which PACs collect contributions from like-minded individuals and present them to a candidate or political party as a 'bundle -' thus increasing the PAC's influence.
Adversarial
Democratic
Campaign Contributions
Bundling
4. The rules and regulations made and applied by federal regulatory agencies and commissions.
Felonies
Legislative
Administrative Law
Poll Tax
5. The fundamental flaw in plural theory contends that pluralism weakens the backbone of democracy with too many common interest groups attempt to wield power - often leading to standstill because of unwillingness to compromise.
Unlimited
Hyperpluralism
New Federalism
Appealed
6. An economy in which most economic decisions result from the interaction of buyers and sellers in markets - but in which the government plays a significant role in the allocation of resources.
Transnational Relations
Mixed Economy
Agriculture
Impoundment
7. These two Senate standing committees have existed - largely unchanged - since 1816.
Lafolette's Progressive s
Foreign Relations and the Judiciary Committees
Magna Carta
Bill of Rights
8. A form of city government under which a council - usually elected on a nonpartisan ticket - hires a professional city manager - who runs the city government and has power to hire and fire officials.
State Treasurer
Due Process of Law
Council-Manager Plan
Salient Agenda
9. The concept that all people are of equal worth - even if not of equal ability.
External Efficacy
2/3
Equality
Whistle-blowers
10. A declaration by the President in 1823 that warned European powers to keep out of the Western Hemisphere and pledged that the United States would not intervene in the internal affairs of Europe.
Commerce
Redistributive Policy
6th Amendment
Monroe Doctrine
11. ______________________is responsible for the management of the federal debt and the printing of currency. It is the major fiscal policy agency.
Primary
Department of Treasury
Omaha platform
2/3
12. The total group from which poll-takers may select a random sample in order to measure public opinion.
Universe
Concurrent
Supreme Court
Marbury v. Madison
13. Most house committees are limited to _____ subcommittees.
5
Pure Speech
The Federalist #10
Declining
14. _______________ indicates a citizens' faith and trust in government and their own belief that they can understand and influence political affairs
Public hearing
Gerrymandering
Charter Colonies
Political Efficacy
15. An immigrant who wished to become a citizen may be naturalized after living in the US for ___ years.
Civil War Amendments
Natural Rights
5
High
16. Grants that an accused may not be held in custody without charge - literally 'You shall have the body'.
External Efficacy
Habeas Corpus
War Powers Resolution
National Chair
17. Established the Federal Reserve Bank - responsible for conducting the nation's monetary policy - maintaining the stability of the financial system - supervising and regulating banking institutions - and protecting the credit rights of consumers - and
Impartial
8th Amendment
Federal Appellate
Woodrow Wilson
18. The formal source of all authority in each major political party. It nominates the party candidates for president and vice president - writes a platform - settles disputes - writes rules - and elects the members of the national committee.
Grand Jury Indictment
National Convention
Political Action Committee
Shield Laws
19. The 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act banned contributions of soft money to______________.
Shield Laws
National Political Parties
14th Amendment
National Committee
20. 1944 case established that as as long as a person accepted their beliefs in good faith that it is not the government's authority to determine whether those beliefs are valid.
Article III
Truman
Reverse Discrimination
US v. Ballard
21. Established national income tax.
Federalism
Public Administration
16th Amendment
Energy
22. In the 1964 case of ____________ - the Supreme Court: established 'one person - one vote' -
1964 Civil Rights Act
Negative Advertising
Reynolds v. Sims
Political ideology
23. The Constitution requires that state governments - like the federal government - must be _____________ in form - with final authority resting with the people.
Privileges and Immunities Clause
Catholics
Democratic
Political Culture
24. Article I of the Constitution establishes the ___________________ branch.
Legislative
Select Committee
Positive
Federal Register
25. To an extent - the press and the government have a relationship that is _______________ and mutually dependent.
Adversarial
Right to Work Laws
President
15
26. Signed the executive order banning segregation in the armed forces.
National Security Council
Truman
Earl Warren
Free Exercise of Religion
27. The body composed of electors from the 50 states who formally have the power to elect the president and vice president of the United States. Each state has a number of electors and electoral votes equal to its number of senators and representatives i
Slander
Federal Courts
Electoral College
House Standing Committees
28. A technique polling organizations use in which several people from the same neighborhood are interviewed.
Rhode Island
Federalist Papers
Commander in Chief
Cluster Sampling
29. Executive office responsible for helping the President write the federal budget and monitoring federal spending.
Medicaid
Office of Management and Budget
Right to Counsel
Unlimited
30. Once the Supreme Court justices have agreed to hear an appeal - they issue a _________________.
Inverse
Bull Moose Progressives
Writ of Certiorari
Precedent
31. Guarantees that an accused in innocent until proven guilty.
Supports
Diminish
Misdemeanors
8th Amendment
32. The tendency of presidents to lose support over time.
House of Representatives
Pre-clearance
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
Equity
33. A legislator who automatically mirrors the will of the majority of his or her constituents.
Office of Management and Budget
Instructed Delegate
Nuclear Proliferation
English Bill of Rights
34. The power to tax is an example of _______________ powers.
Selective Incorporation
55
Miller v. California
Concurrent
35. Literally meaning 'right of blood' - confers citizenship to a child from the parents.
Republicans
Jus Sanguinis
Select Committee
Gross Domestic Product
36. The attitudes and actions of people that sustain and buttress the political system at all levels and allows the political system to continue to work.
state legislatures
President
Dark Horse
Supports
37. Inherent powers of state governments to pass laws to protect health - safety - and welfare; the national government has no directly granted police powers but accomplishes the same goals through other delegated powers.
Deficit
Miranda Rights
It Failed to be Ratified
Police Powers
38. Until the law was changed in 2002 - the term described unregulated campaign funds not subject to the limits of federal law because they went to party committees and not directly to candidates. The 2002 law banned contributions of soft money to nation
Independent
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Closed
Soft Money
39. The uprising of farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes that revealed the failure of the Articles of Confederation.
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40. Prohibits conviction of a crime that occurred before the act became illegal
Thomas Hobbes
Ex Post Facto
Random Sample
Max Weber
41. A system of voter registration in which voters must register only once in their district.
Republicans
Fast Track Authority
Permanent Registration
Public Bills
42. In the 1962 case of Robinson v. California - the Supreme Court ruled that incarcerating a drug addict is ______________________ because drug addiction is an illness.
Periodic Registration
Cruel and Unusual
Probable Cause
Royalists
43. A broadly based coalition that attempts to gain control of the government by winning elections in order to exercise power and reward its members.
Major Political Party
Capitalism
1776
Zenger
44. A system in which national and state governments are competitors with distinct powers. This system was prominent in the US from the during the 19th century until 1937.
Reserved Powers
Ratification
Dual / Layer Cake Federalism
Balance of Trade
45. Most states have ___________ legislatures.
Bicameral
Office Column Ballot
a senior senator of the majority party
Private Bills
46. The spread of nuclear weapons to new nations
Secretary of State
Interest Groups
Article IV
Nuclear Proliferation
47. Prompted by FDR's 4th election to the Presidency - the 22nd Amendment limited the number of Presidential terms to _____ terms.
Earmarks
Privileges and Immunities Clause
National Debt
2
48. The name commonly given to a private group - regardless of size - organized to elect political candidates. An organization becomes one by receiving contributions or making expenditures in excess of $1 -000 for the purpose of influencing a federal ele
Electoral Connection
Political Action Committee
It Failed to be Ratified
Conglomerates
49. The chair and the heads of the three armed services - and - when Marine Corps matters are under consideration - the commandant of the marines. By law - they advise the president and the secretary of defense and are the chiefs of their respective mili
Primary
The Enlightenment
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Situational
50. 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.
Patriot Act
Elite and Class Theory
Public Administration
Establishment Clause