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CLEP American Government
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1. A system - until modified and reformed in the 1970s - that automatically resulted in the selection as committee chair of those members of the majority party in Congress who had the longest continuous service on a committee.
Fiscal Federalism
Seniority System
Patriot Act
Selective exposure
2. The introductory statement of the U.S. Constitution - setting forth the general principles of American government and beginning with the words - 'We the people of the United States - in order to form a more perfect union. ...'
Preamble
Department of State
527 Organizations
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
3. Cabinet department that includes the Coast Guard - Border Patrol - FEMA - Transportation Security Administration - INS and the Secret Service. Established in 2001 in response to 9/11.
Homeland Security
Open
Formula Grant
Referendum
4. High School Dropouts - Blacks - Hispanics - Recent immigrants - and People under 25 or over 75 tend to have a _________ voter turnout.
Low
Nuclear Proliferation
Political Action Committee
Baker v. Wingo
5. Presidential refusal to allow an agency to spend funds that Congress authorized and appropriated.
Cruel and Unusual
Fast Track Authority
Rules Committee
Impoundment
6. A procedure that in certain circumstances permits voters to remove elected state or local officials from office before their terms have expired.
Establishment Clause
Third Parties
Recall
Monroe Doctrine
7. If 10 days remain in session and the president does not sign an act of Congress - the law is ___________.
527 Organization
Furman v. Georgia
Rank and File
Enacted
8. Requires reporting of financial information by companies with publicly traded securities
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
Probable Cause
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
Bundling
9. First Roman Catholic elected President.
John F. Kennedy
Rules Committee
a senior senator of the majority party
Third Parties
10. 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.
Dual / Layer Cake Federalism
Freedom of Speech
Recall
Electoral College
11. Approximately 33% of American voters identify themselves as _______________ party.
Selective exposure
Preamble
Independent
National Security Council
12. 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.
Voting
Economic Interest Groups
Public Administration
Republican
13. This body of government has final authority on the meaning of the Constitution.
Impeachment
25
Private Bills
Supreme Court
14. Presides over the Senate without voting privileges except in the case of a tie.
Vice President
15
Affirmative Action
Internationalism
15. Economists generally agree that the major responsibility for promoting prosperity and full employment falls on ________________.
Federal Courts
Government
Judicial Activism
Lafolette's Progressive s
16. This was amended in 1985 to prohibit vote dilution without requiring the proof of discriminatory purpose demanded by the original Act.
9
Gerrymandering
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Free Exercise Clause
17. In the view of W. Lance Bennett - the people who hold and express opinions are constantly changing - as are the issues and conditions to which the public responds. As a result - Bennett suggests that public opinion is______________.
Enacted
Situational
Establishment Clause
Double Jeopardy
18. _____ out of 9 justices must agree to hear an appellate case brought to them from a lower court.
Committees of Correspondence
4
de facto
Caucus
19. 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.
12th Amendment
Commission Plan
Pork-Barrel Legislation
14
20. In Schenck v. US (1919) - The Supreme Court ruled that government may prohibit speech that creates an immediate threat of criminal action. Essentially established different standards for speech during wartime than in peacetime. Thus - establishing th
Clear and Present Danger
Transportation
Ways and Means Committee
Mixed Economy
21. Held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
5
High
Precedent
General Election
22. Guarantees that citizens cannot be compelled by the government to act in a way that is contrary to their religious beliefs. (ex. Conscientious objection to military service required by the draft is the execution of ______________)
Foreign Policy
Strategic Deterrence
Murray v. Curlett
Free Exercise Clause
23. According to the Speedy Trial Act of 1974 - federal trials must commence within _______ days of arrest with the exception of delay for mental health testing of the defendant and illness of the defendant or key witness.
National Security Council
100
Members of Congress
Nationalism
24. Department established in 1988 by President G.H. Bush.
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25. Something given in exchange for something else; swap
Gay
Quid Pro Quo
Negative
Federal Appellate
26. This powerful House committee is in charge of determining under what rule other bills will come to the floor.
Pork-Barrel Legislation
Shay's Rebellion
The Federal Reserve Board
Rules Committee
27. Legislature bills that affect only a small group of citizens.
19th Amendment
5 -000
Gerrymandering
Private Bills
28. The Articles of Confederation established a ________________ legislature.
Unicameral
Freedom of Speech
Export Taxes
Select Committee
29. 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.
Conservatism
Furman v. Georgia
Gerrymandering
Socialism
30. The only instance in which the government can prohibit religious activities
Retrospective Voting
Grand Jury Indictment
Violation of Law
Scandal Mongering
31. International agreements between the president and foreign heads of state that - unlike treaties - do not require Senate approval.
Omaha platform
Executive Agreements
8th Amendment
Petit Jury
32. 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.
Demands
Reverse Discrimination
Spoils System
Balance of Trade
33. Legislative opinions on a matter that do not require Presidential signature.
Open rule
Whip
Resolutions
Interest Groups
34. Its the responsibility of ___________ committees of a political party to solidify the party within each state and organize primary elections
State
Campaign Contributions
Article IV
Mayflower Compact
35. 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.
Appropriation Bills
Committees
Regulatory Agencies
national quotas
36. This contraversial 2001 law allows anti-terrorism authorities to monitor e-mail and Internet traffic in order to prevent terrorist attacks. The government argues that cyberspace is public domain and that no warrants should be needed to access informa
Party Realignment
Freedom of Information Act
Cabinet
Patriot Act
37. The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments provide for _____________.
435
Unlimited
Due Process of Law
Executive
38. ___________ vote in both the House and Senate may override a Presidential veto of legislation.
8th Amendment
2/3
Redistributive Policy
Misdemeanors
39. A system of _______________ - as in Italy - encourages the existence of many parties by allotting seats to competing candidates according to the percentage of votes they win.
Northern and Southern
Dred Scott Decision
Proportional Representation
Petit Jury
40. 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
Convention Bounce
National
State of the Union
Open
41. Number of years a President must reside in the US prior to taking office
14
House of Representatives
Max Weber
Unicameral
42. The only amendments to be ratified through the process of 'ratifying conventions -' not a vote in the state legislatures
Dred Scott Decision
Bill of Rights
31
Delegated Powers
43. ________________ of the Constitution governs the relationships of the states.
Freedom of Information Act
Article IV
Enacted
Outputs
44. The fundamental rights of a free society that are protected by the Bill of Rights against the power of the government - such as freedom of speech - religion - press - and assembly.
Whip
Writ of Certiorari
Independent expenditures
Civil Liberties
45. This influential English document refuted divine right of monarchy and made monarchs subject to laws and responsible for crimes
Roth v. US
Petition of Right
Incumbents
Veto
46. Washington v. Chrisman (1982) established the _________________ - allowing police officers to seize evidence without a warrant if the evidence is in obvious sight.
Legislative
Freedom of Religion
Plain View
Hub and Spoke Model
47. There is an _____________ relationship between Presidential approval ratings and unemployment.
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
Inverse
Social Regulation
Muckrakers
48. Amendment that delegated the election of Senators to popular vote.
Ticket Splitters
Judicial Review
Open
17th
49. 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.
Legislative Courts
Magna Carta
3
Jus Soli
50. Agenda that includes issues that affect the daily lives of the people.
Administrative Procedure Act
14th Amendment
Salient Agenda
Whistle-blowers