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CLEP American Government
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1. The 5th amendment protect against _____________.
12th Amendment
Concurrent Powers
6th Amendment
Self-Incrimination
2. 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.
Senate
Substantive Due Process
Regulatory Agencies
Nationalism
3. Although camera are allowed in most trial courts - they are banned from ______________.
Public hearing
Federal Courts
9
binding
4. Beginning with the election of Abraham Lincoln - the period between 1860 and the Great Depression was dominated by this political party.
Republicans
Writ of Certiorari
Article V
General Purpose Grants
5. After analyzing 1 -795 platform pledges over a 10-year period - Gerald M. Pomper concluded that almost ____________ of these promises were fulfilled
Open Meeting Law
Caucus
Procedural Due Process
2/3
6. Guarantees the right to a civil trial by jury.
Elastic Clause
W.E.B. DuBoise
7th Amendment
Bicameral
7. A device that allows the House of Representatives to conduct its business with fewer restrictions on debate and a quorum of only 100 members.
Executive
Committee of the Whole
Press Secretary
Ex Post Facto
8. If 10 days do not remain in session and the president does not sign an act of Congress - the bill __________.
Decreased
Dies
Regulatory Federalism
Civil Liberties
9. Most house committees are limited to _____ subcommittees.
Situational
Public hearing
5
18th Amendment
10. 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.
Republicans
Muckrakers
Legislative
Party Column Ballot
11. 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.
Membership
25th Amendment
Conference Committee
Trial Balloon
12. This Supreme Court case infamously decided that a slave was not a citizen but property to be 'used in subservience to the interests - the convenience - or the will of his owner'
Regulatory Federalism
19th Amendment
Precedent
Dred Scott
13. The President's role in the armed forces which during the 20th century has allowed Presidents to circumvent Congress' refusal to declare war.
Commander in Chief
Appropriations
Republic
Unicameral
14. First Executive Branch
Department of State
Federalism
Permanent Registration
Collective Action
15. This 1964 case established strict standards for proving slander and libel - court must prove intent of malice on the part of the publisher.
Creative Federalism
NY Times v. Sullivan
Baron de Montesquieu
4
16. Clause in the 14th Amendment that forbids any state to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. The 5th Amendment also imposes this limitation on the national government.
Dred Scott
Equal Protection Clause
Executive Agencies
Supply Side Economics
17. The claim by presidents of an inherent right to withhold information from Congress and the judiciary.
Executive Privilege
Zenger
Exclusionary Rule
25th Amendment
18. Broadly worded warrants used by British soldiers during colonial America to search for contraband and prevent smuggling.
Blanket Primary
Writ of Assistance
Articles of Confederation
14th Amendment
19. This 1967 Supreme Court case prohibited illegal eavesdropping and extending the zone of privacy to include the home - office - person - and immediate public arena.
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
4th Amendment
Little Difference
Katz. v US
20. Legislative house whose members were intended to represent the people.
Double Jeopardy
House of Representatives
Unlimited
NY Times v. Sullivan
21. These dissenting Republicans won 17% of the popular vote in 1924 on a platform for public control of national resources and railways - tax reductions - and changes to the staff of the executive department
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22. Laws must be reasonable. The Supreme Court has abandoned this concept in regards to business matters citing that it is the responsibility of Congress to regulate economic matters. The court has continued to apply this to matters of civil liberties an
Substantive Due Process
Caucuses
Lemon Test
Mark Up Session
23. 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
Interest Groups
12th Amendment
Select Committee
24. Private groups that attempt to influence the government to respond to the shared attitudes of their members.
Jury of Peers
Random Sample
Joseph McCarthy
Interest Groups
25. A loose grouping of people and organizations who seek to influence policy formation.
Patriot Act
Diminish
Issue Networks
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
26. The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments provide for _____________.
Warrant
Fiscal Policy
Due Process of Law
Civil Liberties
27. Term limit for House of Representatives.
Enact a Bill of Rights
Unlimited
Party Realignment
Entitlement Programs
28. This may be done by a national constitutional convention called by Congress on the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures OR By the passage of a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress
Adversarial
Shay's Rebellion
Libel
Propose an Amendment
29. In Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969) - the Supreme Court established precedents for ___________________ in schools and government institutions.
Free Exercise Clause
Federalism
Shay's Rebellion
Freedom of Speech
30. Decides which bills will be considered.
Committees
Magna Carta
Right of Expatriation
Suburbia
31. Federal categorical grants in which the granting agency has less discretion over how the recipient spends the money.
Plain View
Formula Grant
Non-protected Speech
Council-Manager Plan
32. Loose - competitive relationships among policy experts - interest groups - congressional committees - and federal agencies. Many observers argue that these have replaced iron triangles.
Energy
Issue network
Article III
Unlimited
33. Popular until the early 20th century when they lost favor to primaries due to corruption - now used in only 12 states.
Town Meeting
Political Advertising
Caucuses
State Treasurer
34. Laws passed by state legislatures that are designed to protect reporters from being forced to reveal their news sources.
Transnational Relations
Closed rule
Strategic Deterrence
Shield Laws
35. In 2002 - a federal appeals court struck down the Pledge of Allegiance on the grounds that it violated ________________.
8th Amendment
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Shield Laws
36. A method available in most states that allows voters - in effect - to 'veto' a bill passed by the legislature or to accept or reject a proposal - such as a bond issue - made by a government agency.
Defense
Supreme Court
Referendum
Federal Register
37. Powers of the national government that flow from its enumerated powers and the 'elastic clause' of the Constitution.
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
Statutory Law
Reynolds v. Sims
Implied Powers
38. The concentration of economic power in the hands of a relatively few large companies.
Presidential Veto
Majority and Minority Leader
Oligopoly
Thurgood Marshall
39. If significant amendments are made to a bill during committee - the bill is sometimes given a new number as a _______________.
Power Structure
Clean bill
Charismatic authority
Great Compromise
40. After the Vietnam war - American politics entered an era of __________________ during which neither party maintained control over the government.
Sub-government
Divided Government
Whistle-blowers
Common Sense
41. Economists generally agree that the major responsibility for promoting prosperity and full employment falls on ________________.
Federal
Government
Joint Committees
Due Process
42. The European political philosophers whose writings influenced the concepts of liberty and government contained in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution belonged to the intellectual and cultural movement known as
The Enlightenment
Decreased
Article IV
Social Security
43. Organizations or groups - such as labor unions or fraternal - professional - or religious groups - that may influence an individual's opinion.
Regulatory Agencies
Gerrymandering
18th Amendment
Secondary Group
44. Laws - rules - and government programs designed to protect individual rights and specific groups - as well as to benefit society as a whole in such areas as health - worker safety - consumer protection - and the environment.
Constituencies
Mayflower Compact
Social Regulation
Marbury v. Madison
45. The case of Gregg v. Georgia set the precedent for a ________________ system in which guilt and sentencing and tried separately.
legislative and executive
Two Trial
Globalization
Clothespin vote
46. Considered the most sacred right in American history. Colonists felt oppressed by the tyranny of the crown but were unable to speak up about it for fear of repercussion.
Reverse Discrimination
Universe
2/3
Freedom of Speech
47. Test whereby the Supreme Court established criteria by which state may provide aid to religious groups.
Electoral College
Government
Blacks
Lemon Test
48. Minimum number of voters per state in the Electoral College.
Recorded Vote
5
Unicameral
3
49. The 23rd Amendment guaranteed voting rights to whom?
District of Columbia
Dark Horse
Democracy
Woodrow Wilson
50. Prohibits conviction of a crime that occurred before the act became illegal
Clear and Present Danger
Criminal Cases
Patriot Act
Ex Post Facto