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CLEP American Government
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A centralized system of government - such as that of France - where most of the important policy decisions are made by a central government.
Due Process of Law
Due Process
Unitary System
Civil War Amendments
2. Libel - obscenity - fighting words - and commercial speech - which are not entitled to constitutional protection in all circumstances.
Closed rule
Omaha platform
Non-protected Speech
Declining
3. Infamous 1735 English case established the precedent for Freedom of the Press in the US.
Legislative
Republicans
Zenger
Valence issue
4. Redefined Presidential succession and disability.
Legislative Veto
18th Amendment
25th Amendment
Party of Economic Protest
5. A system of voter registration in which voters must register only once in their district.
Legislative
Executive Agencies
Proportional Representation
Permanent Registration
6. Cabinet department responsible for collective bargaining and union activity. Established in 1913
Federal District
Logrolling
Charter Colonies
Labor
7. Beginning with the election of Abraham Lincoln - the period between 1860 and the Great Depression was dominated by this political party.
Impeachment
8th Amendment
Max Weber
Republicans
8. Process by which citizens propose an amendment by petition.
State
Republicans
Constitutional Initiative
Discharge Petition
9. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is an example of an
Issue Networks
Legislative Courts
Public hearing
Interstate Compact
10. Decides which bills will be considered.
Committees
Policy Making Cycle
Public Opinion
Brown v. Board of Education Topeka - Kansas
11. Year of the 2nd Continental Congress.
Roth v. US
Policy
1776
Iron Triangle
12. The way things actually are.
John F. Kennedy
Straight Ticket Voting
Political ideology
de facto
13. The uprising of farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes that revealed the failure of the Articles of Confederation.
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14. In Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969) - the Supreme Court established precedents for ___________________ in schools and government institutions.
National Security Council
Non-protected Speech
Democratic
Freedom of Speech
15. Federal categorical grants in which the granting agency has much discretion over how the recipient spends the money.
Supports
Closed
Project Grant
Commander in Chief
16. The party-column ballot - or Indiana ballot - encourages _______________.
Double Jeopardy
Straight Ticket Voting
Lafolette's Progressive s
Gerrymandering
17. Government regulation of the economy through its control over taxes and government spending. Controlled by the Department of Treasury.
Blanket Primary
Authorizations
Fiscal Policy
Issue network
18. This 1973 ruling gave local communities the authority to determine obscenity - established three part test for obscene material. To qualify as obscene - speech must be considered obscene by the 'average' person - depict or describe material that is a
Miller v. California
Shay's Rebellion
Ad Hoc Structure
6th Amendment
19. The spread of nuclear weapons to more nations.
Public Bills
Entitlement Programs
Dynamic Conservatism
Nuclear Proliferation
20. During the period from 1976 to 1824 - This party was lead by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. They wanted a stronger national government that would rectify the pitfalls of the Articles of Confederation. Their supporters held a stronghold in New
de facto
Federalist
Closed Shop
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21. Judicial Check on Legislative Branch. Not specifically outlined in the Constitution - but established in the case of Marbury v. Madison through the application of the Supremacy Clause in Article VI.
Independent expenditures
Unicameral
Flexible Construction
Judicial Review
22. Guarantees that an accused in innocent until proven guilty.
8th Amendment
Standing Committees
Rousseau
Seniority System
23. In _______________ cases such as Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) - the Supreme Court has upheld that while Affirmative action policies are legal - race and gender cannot be the only determining factors.
Reverse Discrimination
Article II
Hatch Act
Preamble
24. After hearings are complete - a congressional subcommittee will usually determine a bill's future in final deliberations known as
Deviating Elections
Mark Up Session
unlimited
Thurgood Marshall
25. In California v. Avecedo (1991) - The Supreme Court established that authorities may search ____________________ without a warrant providing reasonable suspicion.
Catholics
Rules Committee
Politics
Automobiles
26. Between 1909 and 2002 - the number of daily newspapers in the United States______________.
Monroe Doctrine
Enacted
Decreased
Proportional Representation
27. States that states may draw reasonable distinctions between the rights of residents and non-residents (ex. In state and out of state tuition)
Death penalty
Privileges and Immunities Clause
Open rule
Truman
28. Agencies that were at one time semi-autonomous but that through legislation have been placed under presidential control since 1945.
2
Government Corporations
Fiscal Federalism
Arraignment
29. 1963 ruling prohibiting prayer in public schools.
Republicans
Rousseau
Murray v. Curlett
Libertarianism
30. Cabinet department oversees nuclear reactors.Established in 1973 in response to the Energy Crisis.
Democratic
6th Amendment
Supports
Energy
31. Legislature bills that affect all citizens.
Public Bills
Federal Courts
Inputs
General Accounting
32. This called for three-fifths of all slaves in a state were counted for purposes of apportioning representation in the House of Representatives.
Concurrent
Great Compromise
Enacted
Enterprise Zones
33. International agreements between the president and foreign heads of state that - unlike treaties - do not require Senate approval.
Executive Agreements
Television
New Federalism
Fixed
34. This 1963 case extended the right to counsel to all felony cases.
Caucuses
Critical Election
Salient Agenda
Gideon v. Wainwright
35. The drawing of the lines of congressional districts - or of any other political district - in order to favor one political party or group over another.
Department of State
Gerrymandering
Entitlement Programs
Public Policy
36. A test established by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes - Jr. - in 1919 to define the point at which speech loses the protection of the First Amendment.
Block Grant
Clear and Present Danger
Coast Guard
Realigning Elections
37. Prohibits conviction of a crime that occurred before the act became illegal
Dual / Layer Cake Federalism
Hub and Spoke Model
Ex Post Facto
1st Amendment
38. (1945-1991) The period after the Second World War marked by rivalry and tension between the two nuclear superpowers - the United States and the communist government of the Soviet Union. The Cold War ended when the Soviet government collapsed in 1991.
Cold War
Albany Plan
Separate but Equal
Senior Executive Service
39. Designed to protect the individual against the arbitrary power of the state.
Libertarianism
Due Process of Law
The Sugar Act and the Currency Act
Residual
40. A procedure that in certain circumstances permits voters to remove elected state or local officials from office before their terms have expired.
Implied Powers
Tariff
Shay's Rebellion
Recall
41. Raise Public Awareness - Create Policy Agenda - Prioritize Agenda - Enact Policy - Public Evaluation
Reserved Powers
Mayor-Council Plan
Policy Making Cycle
Housing and Urban Development
42. First governing document of the Plymouth Colony establishing freedom of religion.
Positive
Ad Hoc Structure
Mayflower Compact
Majority Opinion
43. Requires the Electoral College to vote for President and Vice President separately.
Patriot Act
Monroe Doctrine
Export Taxes
12th Amendment
44. Head of the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice
Due Process of Law
2/3
Conference Committee
45. Number of years a Representative must reside in the US prior to taking office
Inputs
Ratification
Categorical Grant
7
46. The pursuit and exercise of power.
Politics
2/3
Gay
Collective Action
47. The total group from which poll-takers may select a random sample in order to measure public opinion.
Homeland Security
Republicans
Standing Committees
Universe
48. The provisions of the Constitution that divide power among three constitutionally equal and independent branches of government
Checks and Balances
Deficit
Democratic
Republicans
49. In the mid-term elections following a President's inauguration - his party tends to ___________ seats in Congress.
Civil Liberties
Federal Courts
Lose
Unlimited
50. Information sent out in order to observe the reaction of an audience. Used by politicians who deliberately leak information on a policy change under consideration.
Police Powers
Pocket Veto
Trial Balloon
Electoral Connection