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CLEP American Government
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1. A form of city government under which a board of city commissioners is popularly elected (often on a nonpartisan ballot). The commissioners make policy as a city council - but they also run city departments as administrators.
Earmarks
Dred Scott Decision
Commission Plan
Republicans
2. The foreign policy of the United States during the period after the Second World War - designed to contain the expansion of Soviet power.
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Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
Containment
Thomas Hobbes
3. Proponents of limited government - unregulated free markets - national self-reliance - and conventional social values are best describes as
It Failed to be Ratified
Republicans
Antitrust Legislation
Redistributive Policy
4. The provisions of the Constitution that divide power among three constitutionally equal and independent branches of government
Checks and Balances
Probable Cause
Article VI
Misdemeanors
5. Although camera are allowed in most trial courts - they are banned from ______________.
Implementation
Speaker of the House
Clear and Present Danger
Federal Courts
6. This influential English document refuted divine right of monarchy and made monarchs subject to laws and responsible for crimes
Hub and Spoke Model
Committees
Petition of Right
Liberalism
7. The only instance in which the government can prohibit religious activities
Violation of Law
Supreme Court
Commander in Chief
435
8. This event was an important factor in creating the climate for a new Constitution.
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9. In charge of state's legal business. provide advice to other state official and represents the state in court if the state is involved in a lawsuit
Judicial
Virginia Plan
Delegated Powers
Attorney General
10. 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
Third Parties
The Federal Reserve Board
Antitrust Legislation
11. After a bill has passed both the House and Senate - it goes to _________________ where any differences between the house bill and the senate bill are resolved before sending to the President for signature
Policy
Containment
Conference Committee
New Deal Era
12. Appointed by Eisenhower - this Supreme court justice who played an important role in the court's stance on the advancement of civil rights.
2
Privileges and Immunities Clause
Earl Warren
Writ of Assistance
13. A written opinion by some of the judges of a court which agrees with the majority of the court but might arrive there in a different manner.
Literacy Tests
Concurring Opinion
Writ of Certiorari
House of Representatives
14. Law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies
National Convention
New Federalism
Antitrust Legislation
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
15. This customary power allows the President to grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses.
Entitlement Spending
Grant Clemency
Welfare State
Select Committee
16. Agenda that includes issues that affect the daily lives of the people.
Salient Agenda
The Federal Reserve Board
Supports
External Efficacy
17. A provision of the Federal Communications Act that requires broadcasters to provide the same amount of exposure to all legally qualified political candidates.
Sub-committee
Hatch Act
6th Amendment
Equal Time
18. Voting based on looking back and making judgments about the way things have gone and the kind of government experienced during a political leader's time in office.
Instructed Delegate
Retrospective Voting
Policy Making Cycle
10th Amendment
19. In the 1962 case of Robinson v. California - the Supreme Court ruled that incarcerating a drug addict is ______________________ because drug addiction is an illness.
Home Rule
Closed
Cruel and Unusual
John Locke
20. The 1896 case of Plessy v. Fergusan established the racial segregation policy of __________________.
War Powers Resolution
Separate but Equal
Delegate
Distribution
21. A legal principle of fair dealing - which may provide preventive measures and legal remedies that are unavailable under existing common law and statutory law.
Spoiler Candidate
14th Amendment
Speaker of the House
Equity
22. _____________ is responsible for monetary policy.
The Federal Reserve Board
Ways and Mean Committee
Laissez-Faire
Elastic Clause
23. Presides over any impeachment trial.
Town Meeting
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Weber
11th Amendment
24. The strongest factor contributing to an individual's political socialization tends to be
General Accounting
Family
Voting
Misdemeanors
25. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was somewhat undermined by racist practices in the real estate market such as _____________ and ______________ - which continued illegally in many areas following passage of the Act.
blockbusting and redlining
State Government
House of Representatives
Sub-committee
26. A strand of American foreign policy that was visible by the end of the 19th century; it included 'gunboat diplomacy' and other forms of military involvement by the United States in various parts of the world.
Political Action Committee
Criminal Cases
Unlimited
Interventionism
27. The reason that electors are chosen in each state by popular vote is ____________.
Two Trial
Custom
Select Committee
Secretary of State
28. Responsibilities include: Coordinating the nation's intelligence activities and Evaluating and disseminating intelligence that affects national security
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
House of Representatives
Committees
Redistributive Policy
29. The federal fiscal year begins ___________.
October 1st
Declining
3
Quid Pro Quo
30. Members of the ______________ committee of a political party work to maintain influence during non election years through congressional campaign committees.
National
Majority Whip
Deviating Elections
national quotas
31. According to the Constitution - the electors in the Electoral College shall be appointed in a manner to be determined by the
Critical Election
Ways and Means Committee
state legislatures
Dred Scott Decision
32. A provision in a deed to real property prohibiting its sale to a person of a particular race or religion. Judicial enforcement is unconstitutional.
Distribution
Restrictive Covenant
Cooperative / Marble Cake Federalism
Gerrymandering
33. These candidates win re-election to the House 80-90% of the time.
Situational
imprisoned
Incumbents
Secondary Group
34. A Latin phrase meaning 'stand by past decisions -' a principle that judges often use in deciding cases. Ruling based on precedents.
Stare Decisis
Proposition 187
Conference Committee
Bandwagon
35. During Presidential election years or when the nation is divided on policy agenda - particularly regarding salient issues - voter turnout is _____________
Habeas Corpus
High
Democratic
Party Regulars
36. 3 person executive panel responsible for helping the President develop an economic plan for the nation.
Executive
Council of Economic Advisors
Pork-Barrel Legislation
Monopoly
37. Executive office responsible for helping the President write the federal budget and monitoring federal spending.
Office of Management and Budget
Rank and File
527 Organization
Joint Committee
38. The right to privacy is ___________ in the Constitution.
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Implied
Executive Agreements
Filibuster
39. In 1998 - the Supreme Court struck down the________________ law - declaring it unconstitutional - because Congress did not have the constitutional authority to hand that power to the President.
presidential line-item veto
Declining
New Deal Era
Interest Groups
40. 1925 Supreme Court case overturned Baron v. Baltimore and applied the Bill of Rights to states.
Gitlow v. New York
Legislative Veto
Vice President
Independent
41. 1917 Reincarnation of the Sedition Act during WWI
Suburbia
Select Committee
Supreme Court
Espionage Act
42. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 required states in the covered jurisdiction to attain _________________ from the Attorney General before making changes to voting standards - practice - or procedure
Ratification
Open rule
Pre-clearance
Thomas Hobbes
43. Court cases that involve relations between individuals and organizations - such as a divorce action - or a suit for damages arising from an automobile accident or for violation of a business contract.
presidential line-item veto
Budget Surplus
Filibuster
Civil Cases
44. In the Federalist Papers - James Madison proposed that the states under the new Constitution would retain ____________ sovereignty.
imprisoned
Lyndon B. Johnson
Residual
Horse race
45. Literally meaning 'right of soil' - confers citizenship by place of birth.
John Locke
Realigning Elections
Jus Soli
State of the Union
46. The way things should be by law
Committees of Correspondence
Pork Barrel Spending
Self-Incrimination
de jure
47. 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
Situational
Open
Supreme Court
Independent Expenditures
48. States that arrestees must be informed of their right to remain silent - that anything they say can be held against them in a court - that they have a right to an attorney and that an attorney will be appointed to them if they cannot afford one.
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
100
Miranda Rights
Court of Appeals
49. 1946 Act requiring bureaucratic agencies to appeal to the affected parties before adopting new policies. Legislative check on Bureaucracy.
Increased
Institutional
English Bill of Rights
Administrative Procedure Act
50. This influential English document signed by King John in 1215 limited the absolute power of the monarchy - established due process - and limited arbitrary seizure of property.
Political Machines
Prior Restraint
Electoral Votes
Magna Carta
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