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CLEP American Government
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1. Powers specifically outlined in the Constitution as assigned to one branch of government.
Committees of Correspondence
Article V
Judicial Selection
Enumerated Powers
2. Tax legislation must originate in this house.
House of Representatives
Supports
Housing and Urban Development
National Security
3. The action - or actions - taken by government to carry out a policy.
25th Amendment
Implementation
Unlimited
Political Machines
4. 19th century case establishing that the Bill of Rights applied only to the federal government - upheld until the 20th century. Ruling allowed stated to engage in activities such as establishing state churches and denying public office to people of ce
House of Representatives
Senate Standing Committees
Tammany Hall
Baron v. Baltimore
5. Number of years a Representative must reside in the US prior to taking office
7
Enacted
Probable Cause
State
6. In Woodson v. North Carolina - the Supreme Court struck down mandatory sentencing of capital punishment as ______________________ because it does not allow for any discretion.
Cruel and Unusual
Exit Polls
Political Culture
Blacks
7. The kinds of cases that a court has the authority to decide.
Department of State
Jurisdiction
Budget Surplus
Grand Jury Indictment
8. Proponents of limited government - unregulated free markets - national self-reliance - and conventional social values are best describes as
Habeas Corpus
Dark Horse
Pork Barrel Spending
Republicans
9. Tests of a voter's ability to read and write - which were often used to keep recent immigrants and blacks from voting.
Positive
Executive
Freedom of Information Act
Literacy Tests
10. The principle that the government - as provided in the Fifth Amendment - can take property for 'public use' with 'just compensation' to the owners.
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19th Amendment
Administrative Procedure Act
Eminent Domain
11. These party members are highly involved in the electoral process. Donate funds to party and candidates - demand a voice in state party agendas and tend to have a strong belief in their party's ideology.
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Concurrent
Fiscal Federalism
Party Activists
12. Political commercials that strongly attack a rival candidate.
Negative Advertising
Lord Acton
Supreme Court
Senate
13. The process through which an individual acquires a set of political attitudes and forms opinions about political and social issues.
Political Socialization
Transnational Relations
Council of Economic Advisors
435
14. 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.
3
Proportional Representation
Executive Agreements
Impeachment
15. Appointed by Eisenhower - this Supreme court justice who played an important role in the court's stance on the advancement of civil rights.
Local
9
John F. Kennedy
Earl Warren
16. In his historic decision in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) - Chief Justice Marshall established the principle of _____________.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Flexible Construction
Establishment Clause
17. This contraversial legal technicality intended to protect civil liberties has allowed criminals to remain free when the courts refuse to admit evidence that may have been obtained illegally.
Albany Plan
Exclusionary Rule
Redistributive Policy
Charismatic authority
18. Cabinet department that includes the FAA and the National Hwy Traffic Safety Administration. Established in 1966.
Speech Plus
Transportation
Negative
Pre-clearance
19. Between conventions - the governing body of a major political party. Members of this group are chosen in the states and formally elected by the party
Local
National Committee
State Government
High
20. The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments provide for _____________.
Private Bills
Due Process of Law
Writ of Assistance
Closed Shop
21. The oldest House committee still in existence.
Majority Whip
Caucus
Welfare State
Ways and Means Committee
22. 'lame duck' amendment
2/3
Catholics
20th
Party Realignment
23. 1798 Act that criminalized speech that was derisive to the government. Later ruled unconstitutional - Andrew Jackson issued blanket pardon in 1801
Alien and Sedition Acts
Segregation
Right to Work Laws
Reference Group
24. The 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine that prompted King George III's Prohibitory Act and the sending of mercenaries to the colonies.
National Chair
Common Sense
Pluralist Theory
Capitalism
25. ______________________is responsible for the management of the federal debt and the printing of currency. It is the major fiscal policy agency.
Thomas Hobbes
Fiscal Federalism
Department of Treasury
Seniority System
26. Tips the balance between two leading candidates by attracting a minority of voters who otherwise might have voted for one of the leading candidates.
Spoiler Candidate
Feedback
Exclusionary Rule
Republic
27. Which historical figure described democracy as 'the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time?'
Categorical Grants
Welfare State
Winston Churchill
14th Amendment
28. 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
Bowers v. Hardwick
Valence issue
Procedural Due Process
29. Voter turnout is usually ____________ when there is a binding referendum on the ballot.
Exit Polls
Union Shop
W.E.B. DuBoise
binding
30. Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman (1979) upheld that bussing programs were an acceptable way to enforce ______________________.
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Shay's Rebellion
Due Process
School Desegregation
31. 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
Open
Lord Acton
20
Interest Groups
32. According to this nineteenth-century British peer and historian - 'power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.'
Lord Acton
Closed
Offensive Language
Budget Resolution
33. Powers specifically given to the federal government by the US Constitution - for example - the authority to print money.
Habeas Corpus
Delegated Powers
3
Secondary Group
34. _______________ indicates a citizens' faith and trust in government and their own belief that they can understand and influence political affairs
Caucuses
Double Jeopardy
Political Efficacy
Privileges and Immunities Clause
35. This was amended in 1985 to prohibit vote dilution without requiring the proof of discriminatory purpose demanded by the original Act.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Dred Scott Decision
Selective Incorporation
Third Party
36. Congress defined the steps for the creation and admission of new states. It forbade slavery while the region remained a territory although citizens could legalize it. First congress would appoint a territorial governor and judges. Second as soon as 5
Ad Hoc Structure
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
US v. Ballard
37. At one time - the press generally refrained from publishing personal information that would be damaging. FDR - Eisenhower - and JFK all benefited from this reluctance to engage in _____________________. However - the American publics appetite for sen
Interest groups
Offensive Language
Scandal Mongering
Cruel and Unusual
38. Which of the following factors is likely to be the weakest indicator of an individual's political beliefs and opinions? Age - Race - Intelligence - or Religion
Intelligence
Foreign Relations and the Judiciary Committees
Good Faith Exception
Bicameral
39. Powers not specifically granted to the federal government or denied to the states belong to the states and the people
Reserved Powers
Public Administration
Incorporation Doctrine
Demands
40. This house committee is responsible for Supervising the authority of the federal government to borrow money - Raising the revenue required to finance the federal government by levying taxes - Overseeing Social Security and other social insurance prog
Rules Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Republican
Federal
41. Includes the 13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments. Abolished slavery and guaranteed due process and equal protection to all citizens.
Appropriations
Nuclear Proliferation
Civil War Amendments
Dissenting Opinion
42. It is possible either to describe people - government - politics - and power as isolated - static elements - or to look at them as interacting elements in a_______________.
Political System
Writ of Certiorari
Regulatory Federalism
Caucus
43. In his classic study of community power in New Haven - Connecticut - political scientist Robert A. Dahl concluded that the city was a __________ system dominated by many different sets of leaders
Home Rule
Republican
Pluralist
Monetary Policy
44. Representatives serve ____ year terms
Attorney General
89
Ex Post Facto
2
45. Colonies in which the proprietors (who had obtained their patents from the king) named the governors - subject to the king's approval.
Economic Interest Groups
Majority Rule
Proprietary Colonies
Civil Liberties
46. 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.
Elite
congressional oversight committee
Regulatory Agencies
Increased
47. Which committee assignments would confer the most power and influence on members of the Senate?
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Federal District
Appropriations
Free Exercise Clause
48. Which office serves as a watchdog into waste or fraud in the bureaucracy and conducts investigations at the request of congressional committees
Hold
Socialism
General Accounting
Lose
49. The term 'Reagan Democrats' has become a generic term for
Dies
270
NY Times v. Sullivan
Swing Voters in the Democratic Party
50. California measure designed to deny welfare and other benefits to illegal aliens. Overwhelmingly passed the popular vote - but overturned in federal court because it extending beyond the bounds of state rights to attempt to control immigration.
Proposition 187
District of Columbia
Interstate Compact
Supports