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CLEP American Government
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1. The Constitution requires that state governments - like the federal government - must be _____________ in form - with final authority resting with the people.
Democratic
Mixed Economy
Riders
Weber
2. The term most political scientists prefer to describe the bureaucratic process
Mark Up Session
11th Amendment
Political Culture
Public Administration
3. Held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
Mark Up Session
General Election
Discharge Petition
Civil War Amendments
4. Formerly known as the Anti-Federalist - this party lead by Thomas Jefferson advocated states rights pressing the causes of the common people and agrarian interest. Dominated the political arena until the Civil War.
Democratic-Republicans
Cluster Sampling
Stare Decisis
State Government
5. State legislation designed to outlaw the union shop - passed by 21 states acting under Section 14B of the federal Taft-Hartley Act.
25
Right to Work Laws
English Bill of Rights
Regulatory Federalism
6. Court cases that involve relations between individuals and organizations - such as a divorce action - or a suit for damages arising from an automobile accident or for violation of a business contract.
Civil Cases
Article II
Pentagon Papers
Charismatic authority
7. 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______________.
Situational
Police Powers
Inherent Powers
Whistle-blowers
8. Since 1960 - there has been a general trend of ______________ participation in elections.
Political Culture
Precedent
Declining
Muckrakers
9. Programs mandated by law and not subject to annual review by Congress or the president.
7
Entitlement Programs
Articles of Confederation
Party Activists
10. Proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 as an attempt to form a union of the colonies. Later used to help form the Articles of Confederation.
Independent
The Sugar Act and the Currency Act
Albany Plan
Adversarial
11. Today the Senate operates with ____ standing and select committees. These select committees - however - are permanent in nature and are treated as standing committees under Senate rules.
Jus Soli
Smith Act
20
Clear and Present Danger
12. Concept of the British statesman Edmund Burke that legislators should act according to their own consciences.
Raise Public Awareness
Democratic
Trustee
Warrant
13. Powerful standing committee that puts bills on the legislative calendar and establishes the processes by which the bill will be discussed on the floor.
Rules Committee
Jim Crow Laws
General Accounting
Situational
14. A writ designed to protect against illegal imprisonment by requiring that a person who is detained be brought before a judge for investigation.
Selective Incorporation
Contract Clause
Permanent Registration
Writ of Certiorari
15. 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
Political Action Committees
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Interventionism
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.
Poll Tax
Equal Protection Clause
Logrolling
Offensive Language
17. Elections that reflect the basic party identification of the voters.
Maintaining Elections
Propose an Amendment
Poll Tax
Demands
18. Petition that - if signed by a majority of the members of the House of Representatives - will pry a bill from committee and bring it to the floor for consideration
Hub and Spoke Model
Discharge Petition
Article VI
Riders
19. After a bill has passed both the House and Senate - it goes to _________________ where any differences between the house bill and the senate bill are resolved before sending to the President for signature
Non-protected Speech
Conference Committee
Flexible Construction
Bipartisanship
20. Raise Public Awareness - Create Policy Agenda - Prioritize Agenda - Enact Policy - Public Evaluation
Supply Side Economics
Open
Electoral College
Policy Making Cycle
21. The Supremacy Clause appears in ________________ of the Constitution.
Tammany Hall
Third Parties
Article V
Article VI
22. While the verbiage of the 4th Amendment is vague as to what constitutes 'reasonable'. Police departments must rely on _____________; they cannot act on unfounded suspicion.
Probable Cause
Federal Courts
Coast Guard
1st Amendment
23. Congress' first step towards allocating funds
Unlimited
External Efficacy
Secretary of State
Authorizations
24. Established by President Hoover - It is the _______________ job to keep the press informed and orchestrate press conferences
Press Secretary
Articles of Confederation
Campaign Contributions
Impeachment
25. In Congress - _____________ are informal organizations of individual congressional representatives with like interests or constituencies. Members work together to promote the interests of the groups they represent through legislation - policy - and p
Truman
Pyramid Model
Caucuses
Governmental Corporations
26. The Supreme Court's broad interpretation of this clause has denied direct aid from the government for religious groups - but does allow religious groups to make use of government services such as police and fire.
Welfare State
Establishment Clause
Social Regulation
Stare Decisis
27. Belief in the value of strong government to provide economic secruity and protection for civil rights - combined with a belief in personal freedom from government intervention in social conduct
Liberalism
High
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
3
28. These courts only hear appeals on cases from lower courts.
Plurality
Feedback
5
Federal Appellate
29. The doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
Public Policies
Majority Rule
16th Amendment
Independent Regulatory Agencies
30. Lobbyists for special interest groups have found ____________________ to be the most direct and effective method to secure their objectives in Congress.
Campaign Contributions
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Medicaid
8th Amendment
31. Units of government under the president - within the executive branch - that are not part of a cabinet department.
Rules Committee
Misdemeanors
Executive Agencies
Socialism
32. The class of independent voters who do not vote according to party affiliation - but who typically have a broader range of concerns than single-issue voters - are known colloquially as
Free Exercise Clause
Police Powers
Judicial Selection
Mugwumps
33. In 1987 - the FCC abandoned the fairness doctrine on the grounds that it unconstitutionally restricted the ______________ rights of broadcasters.
Budget Resolutions
1st Amendment
Enacted
Pass the fundraising threshold
34. The head of a national political party
Joint Committees
5
National Chair
15
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.
Democratic
Gerrymandering
Custom
John F. Kennedy
36. Inherent powers of state governments to pass laws to protect health - safety - and welfare; the national government has no directly granted police powers but accomplishes the same goals through other delegated powers.
Double Jeopardy
Police Powers
Redistributive Policy
Senatorial Courtesy
37. This amendment applied the Bill of Rights to states.
Categorical Grants
14th
89
Soft money
38. The response of the rest of society to actions by the authorities.
Conference Committee
Blanket Primary
Feedback
Free Exercise Clause
39. Cabinet department responsible for regulating and promoting trade and maintaining the census Established in 1913..
Issue Networks
Commerce
Blacks
Death penalty
40. A study of Bennington College students in the 1930s illustrated that the influence of the family on political attitudes tends to ______________ as they grow older and come into contact with other groups.
Diminish
Tammany Hall
Automobiles
17th
41. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is an example of an
Poll Tax
Welfare State
Political Culture
Interstate Compact
42. This controversial clause of the 9th Amendment has allowed government to expand rights to suit its needs.
2/3
Legislative
Elastic Clause
Interest Groups
43. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 required states in the covered jurisdiction to attain _________________ from the Attorney General before making changes to voting standards - practice - or procedure
2
Referendum
Pre-clearance
Free Exercise Clause
44. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that prohibits any amendment to bills or provides that only memebers of the committee reporting the bill may offer amendments
Union Shop
Soft Money
Closed rule
Cruel and Unusual
45. An interest group organization that represents a specific group of people (Ex. NAACP - AARP)
8th Amendment
Membership
Majority Whip
Due Process of Law
46. In Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969) - the Supreme Court established precedents for ___________________ in schools and government institutions.
14th Amendment
527 Organization
Freedom of Speech
Impartial
47. The separation of people by race.
Segregation
Patriot Act
Delegated Powers
Great or Connecticut Compromise
48. Government employees who publicly expose evidence of official waste or corruption that they have learned about in the course of their duties.
Medicaid
Republicans
Whistle-blowers
4th Amendment
49. _______________ indicates a citizens' faith and trust in government and their own belief that they can understand and influence political affairs
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Hyperpluralism
Free Exercise Clause
Political Efficacy
50. The most important committees - always assembled and delegated with the responsibility of handling all bills under their concern. Includes the Ways and Means - Appropriations - Budget - Rules and Agriculture Committees.
Containment
Republicans
Probable Cause
Standing Committees
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