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CLEP American Government
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1. ________________ of the Constitution governs the relationships of the states.
Article IV
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2
Propose an Amendment
2. During the 1800's and early 1900's - some state and local party committees became ________________ dominating party activities. Committee members would promise new recruits money - jobs - and other benefits for joining and voting the straight party t
Political Machines
New Deal Era
Civil Cases
Decreased
3. Its the responsibility of ___________ committees of a political party to solidify the party within each state and organize primary elections
Earmarks
State
Impoundment
Establishment Clause
4. Beginning with the election of Abraham Lincoln - the period between 1860 and the Great Depression was dominated by this political party.
Clear and Present Danger
Attorney General
Housing and Urban Development
Republicans
5. The only court specifically outlined in the Constitution.
Inputs
Energy
Supreme Court
House Standing Committees
6. Political commercials that strongly attack a rival candidate.
Quid Pro Quo
Negative Advertising
US v. Ballard
congressional oversight committee
7. Voters tendency to identify with a party that shares their views on important issues ignoring the party's stance on issues they deem less important. to be life-long unless there is a major change in the party's platform. 2. Influenced by ra
8th Amendment
Legislative Veto
Freedom of Information Act
Party Identification
8. A group of writers - journalists - and critics who exposed corporate malfeasance and political corruption in the first decade of the 20th century.
Change of Venue
Muckrakers
Legislative Veto
Fixed
9. Act of exchanging favors for mutual gain
Cooperative / Marble Cake Federalism
Logrolling
Soft money
New Deal Era
10. The principle that the government - as provided in the Fifth Amendment - can take property for 'public use' with 'just compensation' to the owners.
Eminent Domain
27th Amendment
President
Enacted
11. Laws on Schools - Marriage - and owning property;Licensee Lawyers - Doctors - and Teachers.
State Government
Political Advertising
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12. Federal grants in which the recipient has a lot of discretion over how the money is spent. These grants are issued in support of general government functions such as education and law enforcement.
Agriculture
Cabinet
Bull Moose Progressives
Block Grant
13. Presidential management model requiring the President to have strong leadership skills and a keen eye for detail. FDR and JFK were well known for this style of leadership.
Hub and Spoke Model
Permanent Registration
Separate but Equal
Interest Groups
14. Political theorist proposed the separation of church and state.
Republicans
Federal Register
14th Amendment
Rousseau
15. This 1689 English Document made the monarch
Free Exercise
English Bill of Rights
Bipartisanship
30
16. A 1972 treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union limiting the number of defensive missiles each country could build. In 2001 President George W. Bush withdrew the United States from the treaty.
Privacy Act
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Earmarks
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
17. Protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
3
Democrats
4th Amendment
Writ of Certiorari
18. Legislative branch incorporating two houses.
Medicaid
Inherent Powers
Bicameral
Politics
19. A small group of voters chosen by a political campaign for their demographic similarities who are brought together to gauge how the group they represent feels about the candidate.
Focus Groups
Project Grant
Standing Committees
Public Policy
20. Government regulation of the economy through its control over the supply of money and the cost and availability of credit. Controlled by the Federal Reserve Board.
Department of Treasury
Article IV
Caucus
Monetary Policy
21. Puerto Rico has ____________ status.
Major Political Party
Increased competition
Commonwealth
Gerrymandering
22. An opinion of one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court which gives rise to its judgment.
Electoral College
Chief Justice
Veto
Dissenting Opinion
23. Because there is no Senate Rules Committee - Senators can debate a bill for an _________________ time.
Whip
Unlimited
Caucus
Energy
24. Programs mandated by law and not subject to annual review by Congress or the president.
Entitlement Programs
Right to Work Laws
Elastic Clause
Filibuster
25. Legislative opinions on a matter that do not require Presidential signature.
Critical Election
Seniority System
Resolutions
Increased
26. Corporations formed by the government to act as a business to produce a product or service. Often monopolies with varying degrees of independence.
Governmental Corporations
Fiscal Federalism
Lafolette's Progressive s
Proprietary Colonies
27. Define US Citizenship as any person born or naturalized in the United States.
October 1st
Issue network
Budget Resolution
14th Amendment
28. 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.
Rules Committee
Non-protected Speech
Retrospective Voting
Wallace's Progressives
29. First civil rights organization to use non-violent tactics to promote racial equality and desegregation
Balance of Payments
CORE
Quid Pro Quo
Joseph McCarthy
30. This 1967 Supreme Court case prohibited illegal eavesdropping and extending the zone of privacy to include the home - office - person - and immediate public arena.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
89
Blacks
Katz. v US
31. Which two British Acts - passed in 1764 - caused American colonists for the first time to organize protests against the injustices of British rule - and sparked the rallying cry 'no taxation without representation'?
The Sugar Act and the Currency Act
Thurgood Marshall
Feedback
Democracy
32. The net balance or relationship between total income and total expenditures by the nation in its dealings with the rest of the world - including trade - loans - and investments.
527 Organization
6th Amendment
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Balance of Payments
33. A law passed in 1966 that requires federal executive branch and regulatory agencies to make information available to journalists - scholars - and the public unless it falls into one of several confidential categories.
Hold
Party Regulars
Freedom of Information Act
Free Rider
34. Prompted by FDR's 4th election to the Presidency - the 22nd Amendment limited the number of Presidential terms to _____ terms.
Dred Scott Decision
2
Random Sample
Conference Committee
35. Unwritten law based on custom and tradition.
Virginia Plan
Lyndon B. Johnson
Literacy Tests
Common Law
36. Article I - Section 8 - of the Constitution - which allows Congress to make all laws that are 'necessary and proper' to carry out the powers of the Constitution.
Unicameral
Grand Jury Indictment
Low
Elastic Clause
37. Lawsuit brought by an individual or group of people on behalf of all those similarly situated
Cold War
Class Action Suit
Lord Acton
Reference Group
38. The median income of women is ___________ percent of men.
Quota Sampling
77
Senate
NY Times v. Sullivan
39. Cabinet department responsible for managing school lunch programs and food safety. Established in 1862.
Pass the fundraising threshold
Federal District
Agriculture
Elastic Clause
40. This controversial clause of the 9th Amendment has allowed government to expand rights to suit its needs.
Executive Agencies
Affirmative Action
Reserved Powers
Elastic Clause
41. Established by President Hoover - It is the _______________ job to keep the press informed and orchestrate press conferences
Straight Ticket Voting
Cluster Sampling
Winston Churchill
Press Secretary
42. A philosophy that Supreme Court justices and other judges should boldly apply the Constitution to social and political questions.
Judicial Activism
Enacted
Party Realignment
12
43. Minor criminal offenses - such as speeding.
de facto
Nationalism
Cruel and Unusual
Misdemeanors
44. The gap between the government's income and outlays.
Selective exposure
Writ of Certiorari
It Failed to be Ratified
Deficit
45. In states using primaries - the most common form of primary election is the ___________ primary.
Adversarial
Impeachment
Foreign Policy
Closed
46. The tendency of presidents to lose support over time.
Equal Protection Clause
Jim Crow Laws
Democrats
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
47. Dissenting Democrats focused on foreign affairs. Aligned with the US Communist Party.
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48. The 15th Amendment - also know as _________________ - was intended to help recently freed blacks from unconstitutional state laws designed to circumvent federal laws.
Oligopoly
Third Parties
US Trade Representatives
Incorporation Doctrine
49. Polls taken as people leave voting places. In the past - television networks sometimes used these polls to predict election outcomes before the polls close. In 1992 - the television networks agreed not to project the winner in a state until the major
Exit Polls
Probable Cause
Federal Courts
Joint Committees
50. Number of years a President must reside in the US prior to taking office
Delegated Powers
Agriculture
14
Dies