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CLEP American Government
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1. Number of current cabinet positions under GW Bush.
15
Interest groups
12th Amendment
2/3
2. The strongest factor contributing to an individual's political socialization tends to be
Civil Cases
Muckrakers
Third Party
Family
3. Compromise between the large states and small states that established the bicameral Legislature consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. Also included 3/5 compromise on the status of slaves in representation.
Separate but Equal
External Efficacy
Great or Connecticut Compromise
Demands
4. International agreements between the president and foreign heads of state that - unlike treaties - do not require Senate approval.
Writ of Certiorari
Executive Agreements
General Election
Filibuster
5. Held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
Conventions
General Election
Feedback
Intelligence
6. Elections that reflect the basic party identification of the voters.
2
Maintaining Elections
Conference Committee
Feedback
7. Powers specifically outlined in the Constitution as assigned to one branch of government.
Defense
Bicameral
Free Exercise
Enumerated Powers
8. Number of years a Senator must reside in the US prior to taking office
9
Lobbying
Royalists
Cloture
9. In California v. Avecedo (1991) - The Supreme Court established that authorities may search ____________________ without a warrant providing reasonable suspicion.
Automobiles
Supports
Regulatory Agencies
25th Amendment
10. The responsibility of the President to appoint federal judges when vacancies occur on the bench is referred to as
Delegated Powers
NY Times v. Sullivan
Budget Resolutions
Judicial Selection
11. Formed as a third party on the issue of slavery by many former Whigs in the 1850's. Anti-slavery platform. Supported by farmers - laborers - and newly-freed blacks.
Democracy
Interventionism
Republicans
Outputs
12. The single biggest item in campaign spending at the presidential level is ___________________.
Office of Management and Budget
Television and Radio
Political Action Committees
Self-Incrimination
13. Presidential management model in which corporate CEO tactics are used employing committees - task forces - and special advisors. Successfully utilized by Clinton and G W Bush.
Ad Hoc Structure
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
35
Catholics
14. The process through which an individual acquires a set of political attitudes and forms opinions about political and social issues.
Political Socialization
State
Concurring Opinion
16th Amendment
15. 1976 Law requiring all governmental agency meetings to be open to the public unless classified information will be discussed.
Open Meeting Law
Majority Rule
War Powers Resolution
Party Realignment
16. Minimum number of voters per state in the Electoral College.
3
State Legislatures
Pre-clearance
Raise Public Awareness
17. Federal categorical grants in which the granting agency has less discretion over how the recipient spends the money.
Maintaining Elections
Equal Protection Clause
Interior
Formula Grant
18. Independent agencies governed by an appointed and confirmed commission. Examples include the Food and Drug Administration - Environmental Protection Agency - and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Regulatory Agencies
Exit Polls
National Convention
Homeland Security
19. A coherent set of beliefs about politics - public policy - and public purpose. It helps give meaning to political event - personalities - and policies.
Project Grant
Political ideology
October 1st
Outputs
20. Which office serves as a watchdog into waste or fraud in the bureaucracy and conducts investigations at the request of congressional committees
Trial Balloon
Budget Resolutions
Medicaid
General Accounting
21. This category of interest groups has been the strongest and most effective in lobbying Washington
Mixed Economy
Economic Interest Groups
Balancing Test
The Enlightenment
22. Overall spending targets set by the Congress.
Budget Resolutions
Impeachment
Referendum
9
23. Laws must be administered in a fair manner.
Committees of Correspondence
Procedural Due Process
Bicameral
Gerrymandering
24. Cabinet department responsible for the management of public lands - wildlife - natural resources - and Native American affairs. Established in 1849
Homeland Security
Interior
Elite
Public Administration
25. A form of city government under which power is divided between a mayor and an elected city council.
Plurality
Probable Cause
Precedent
Mayor-Council Plan
26. Programs mandated by law and not subject to annual review by Congress or the president.
Entitlement Programs
State Auditor
Bundling
Military-Industrial Complex
27. The president - the vice president - the heads of the major executive departments of the government - and certain other senior officials who may hold 'cabinet rank.'
Mark Up Session
Cabinet
Fiscal Policy
Raise Public Awareness
28. An extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion
Shay's Rebellion
Implied Powers
Writ of Mandamus
Pass the fundraising threshold
29. The principle that the government - as provided in the Fifth Amendment - can take property for 'public use' with 'just compensation' to the owners.
6
Pass the fundraising threshold
Eminent Domain
English Bill of Rights
30. 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.
Reynolds v. Sims
Decreased
Absolute Position
Political Advertising
31. 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
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Great or Connecticut Compromise
Democracy
32. Unwritten law based on custom and tradition.
Propose an Amendment
31
Common Law
18th Amendment
33. Lead by Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. Dedicated to defending federal authority and high tariffs. Gained supports of merchants - bankers - industrialists and planters.
Alien and Sedition Acts
Equality
Whigs
Electoral Votes
34. The gap between the government's income and outlays.
Deficit
4th Amendment
Authorizations
Television and Radio
35. Clause of the Constitution (Article 1 - Section 10) intended to prohibit state governments from modifying contracts made between individuals; interpreted as prohibiting state governments from taking actions that adversely affect property rights.
Contract Clause
Tammany Hall
Majority and Minority Leader
New Federalism
36. Tips the balance between two leading candidates by attracting a minority of voters who otherwise might have voted for one of the leading candidates.
state legislatures
Confirmed
Concurring Opinion
Spoiler Candidate
37. A word that comes from two Greek roots - demos - 'the populace -' and kratia - 'rule'
Declining
Concurrent Powers
Democracy
English Bill of Rights
38. These party members are highly involved in the electoral process. Donate funds to party and candidates - demand a voice in state party agendas and tend to have a strong belief in their party's ideology.
Political Action Committee
Political Socialization
Party Activists
Coordinated Spending
39. The 19th Century __________ party platform was opposed to the spread of slavery - promoted preservation of the union - supported the abolition of slavery - and promoted post civil was reconstruction.
Republican
Bill of Attainder
Commission Plan
6th Amendment
40. Political commercials that strongly attack a rival candidate.
Great or Connecticut Compromise
Regulatory Agencies
Negative Advertising
Woodrow Wilson
41. Theory that a government requires the consent of the governed.
Social Contract
Selective Incorporation
House of Representatives
Bull Moose Progressives
42. Legislative opinions on a matter that do not require Presidential signature.
Political Patronage
Resolutions
Government
Realigning Elections
43. Members of this party typically include women who support liberal policies on abortion and equal pay - Jews - Catholics - Blacks and other minorities - Blue-collar working class - urban - labor unions - and intelligensia
Committees of Correspondence
Delegate
Democrats
Monopoly
44. Guarantees the right to bare arms.
2nd Amendment
Administrative Procedure Act
state legislatures
Executive Privilege
45. A court decision in an earlier case with facts and legal issues similar to a dispute currently before a court.
Federal Appellate
Residual
Misdemeanors
Precedent
46. Permitted court authorized wire-tapping and bugging by federal - state - and local authorities and use of such evidence in trial. Later reversed by the Supreme Court based on 4th Amendment rights.
Criminal Cases
Self-Incrimination
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
Woodrow Wilson
47. Private groups that attempt to influence the government to respond to the shared attitudes of their members.
Political Machines
Interest Groups
Liberalism
Miranda Rights
48. Includes the 13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments. Abolished slavery and guaranteed due process and equal protection to all citizens.
Attorney General
Civil War Amendments
Foreign Policy
Gideon v. Wainwright
49. The estimated number of illegal aliens living in the US.
8 Million
Political Action Committee
Open rule
Elite and Class Theory
50. Political party lead by Andrew Jackson from 1828 to 1856. Campaigned against strong central government and fought to end elitism.
16th Amendment
Concurrent Powers
Democrats
National