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CLEP American Government
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1. A tax on voting abolished by the Twenty-fourth Amendment in 1964 - long used by southern states to keep blacks (and - in some cases - poor whites) from participating in elections.
Poll Tax
Mixed Economy
Universe
Establishment Clause
2. Love of country and a desire for independence; it can also mean an excessive form of patriotism exploited by political leaders.
Department of State
The Sugar Act and the Currency Act
Nationalism
Selective exposure
3. In this case - a gay man from Georgia charged with committing sodomy in his own home with a consenting adult. The court ruled that the Constitution does not explicitly grant the right for homosexuals to practice their lifestyle and that laws against
Power Structure
Economic Interest Groups
Bowers v. Hardwick
Executive Privilege
4. ________________ of the Constitution dictates how the Constitution shall be amended.
Vietnam War
Privacy Act
Article V
Petit Jury
5. In the Federalist Papers - James Madison proposed that the states under the new Constitution would retain ____________ sovereignty.
Authorizations
Political Patronage
Residual
18th Amendment
6. 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
Caucuses
Plurality
Good Faith Exception
7. The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy)
Dark Horse
Categorical Grant
Agriculture
Hyperpluralism
8. A coherent set of beliefs about politics - public policy - and public purpose. It helps give meaning to political event - personalities - and policies.
6
Freedom of Information Act
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
Political ideology
9. 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
25th Amendment
Patriot Act
Establishment Clause
Free Exercise of Religion
10. This was amended in 1985 to prohibit vote dilution without requiring the proof of discriminatory purpose demanded by the original Act.
Rules Committee
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Elite and Class Theory
Writ of Certiorari
11. Each Senate committee may have ________ subcommittees.
unlimited
Medicaid
Earmarks
Probable Cause
12. The uprising of farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes that revealed the failure of the Articles of Confederation.
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13. The structure and set of regulations in place to control activity - usually in large organizations and government. it is represented by standardized procedure (rule-following) that dictates the execution of most or all processes within the body - for
Thurgood Marshall
Majority Whip
Whip
Bureaucracy
14. This 1689 English Document made the monarch
Freedom of Speech
Closed
Separate but Equal
English Bill of Rights
15. Presidential management model in which the Chief of Staff plays a prominent role as the head of a military style chain of command. Used successfully by Reagan and Eisenhower.
Gender Gap
Pyramid Model
Probable Cause
Writ of Assistance
16. Political theorist proposed the separation of church and state.
Council-Manager Plan
Rousseau
Appropriation Bills
Article V
17. A strand of American foreign policy that was visible by the end of the 19th century; it included 'gunboat diplomacy' and other forms of military involvement by the United States in various parts of the world.
Interventionism
Primary
Feedback
Straight Ticket Voting
18. The absent colony at the 2nd Continental Congress.
Committees of Correspondence
Issue network
Rhode Island
Clean bill
19. Devolutionary system in which the national government returns tax dollars to the state and local governments primarily in the form of block grants.
New Federalism
Absolute Position
Elastic Clause
Political Action Committee
20. 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 ______________)
Outputs
Interest groups
Supreme Court
Free Exercise Clause
21. The case of Gregg v. Georgia set the precedent for a ________________ system in which guilt and sentencing and tried separately.
Lower
House of Representatives
Senate
Two Trial
22. The sum of the goals - decisions - and actions that govern a nation's relations with the rest of the world.
Executive
Foreign Policy
Supreme Court
Judicial Review
23. Elections that may lead to a basic shift in the party identification of the electorate.
Realigning Elections
binding
Majority Rule
Governmental Corporations
24. Assistants to the Majority and Minority Leaders of both the House and Senate.
Whips
Ad Hoc Structure
Committees
Lord Acton
25. An extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion
Republicans
Social Contract
Dissenting Opinion
Writ of Mandamus
26. Cabinet department responsible for the management of public lands - wildlife - natural resources - and Native American affairs. Established in 1849
Flexible Construction
Interior
Soft money
Focus Groups
27. During the period from 1976 to 1824 - This party was lead by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. They wanted a stronger national government that would rectify the pitfalls of the Articles of Confederation. Their supporters held a stronghold in New
Free Exercise Clause
Democratic-Republicans
Whistle-blowers
Federalist
28. A judicial opinion agreed to by a majority of the members of a court. A majority opinion sets forth the decision of the court and an explanation of the rationale behind the court's decision.
Raiding
Political Action Committee
Executive
Majority Opinion
29. The 5th amendment protect against _____________.
National Security
Self-Incrimination
Democracy
Independent Regulatory Agencies
30. Amendment that delegated the election of Senators to popular vote.
17th
Virginia Plan
Closed
Writ of Assistance
31. Senators have a __________ rate of re-election than Representatives primarily because of their larger constituency and lack of direct involvement with them.
Lower
Selective Incorporation
Ratification
Campaign Contributions
32. Constitutionally empowered to appoint judges - ambassadors - and other high officials - Constitutionally empowered to make treaties with foreign countries.
Trustee
President
Baker v. Wingo
Great Compromise
33. Minor criminal offenses - such as speeding.
Baker v. Wingo
Misdemeanors
Ex Post Facto
Filibuster
34. Th joint listing of the presidential and vice presidential candidates on the same ballot as required by the twelfth amendment
Politics
Line-Item Veto
Presidential Ticket
Bowers v. Hardwick
35. The spread of nuclear weapons to more nations.
527 Organizations
Nuclear Proliferation
1776
Adversarial
36. The reason that electors are chosen in each state by popular vote is ____________.
Committees
Precedent
Custom
Legislative
37. Gave authority over atomic energy from military to civilians.
Liberalism
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
Categorical Grants
Elite
38. After analyzing 1 -795 platform pledges over a 10-year period - Gerald M. Pomper concluded that almost ____________ of these promises were fulfilled
Third Parties
Dual / Layer Cake Federalism
2/3
270
39. Appointed by Eisenhower - this Supreme court justice who played an important role in the court's stance on the advancement of civil rights.
Pork Barrel Spending
Enact a Bill of Rights
Earl Warren
Public Opinion
40. Baby boomers - women - and voters with higher levels of education tend to have a ____________ voter turnout.
Gitlow v. New York
Increased
Original Jurisdiction
High
41. Which branch has the power to stop an executive order?
Free Exercise Clause
Safe seat
Judicial
Bandwagon
42. The principle - established by Chief Justice John Marshall in 1819 in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland - that the Constitution must be interpreted flexibly to meet changing conditions.
Flexible Construction
Situational
Ratification
Closed
43. A compulsory national insurance program - financed by taxes on employers and employees. The insurance falls into four categories: old-age and survivors insurance - disability insurance - Medicare - and unemployment insurance.
national quotas
Social Security
3
Discharge Petition
44. The philosophy that government should intervene as little as possible in economic affairs.
Interstate Compact
Laissez-Faire
Secondary Group
Equality
45. This rule established by US v. Leon (1984) angered civil liberties groups by allowing exception to the Exclusionary Rule in instances where probably cause may not fully exist.
Press Secretary
Open
Dynamic Conservatism
Good Faith Exception
46. American politics is dominated by a small ___________ who is responsible for most of the important policy decisions
Bureaucracy
Elite
National Convention
Adversarial
47. After the bill reaches the house floor - if opponents have many changes - they may vote to ______________________.
Retrospective Voting
Republicans
Blacks
Recommit the Bill to Committee
48. This influential English document refuted divine right of monarchy and made monarchs subject to laws and responsible for crimes
Sub-government
Original Jurisdiction
House Standing Committees
Petition of Right
49. 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_______________.
Mixed Economy
Political System
Party Dealignment
Sub-government
50. Presidential management model in which corporate CEO tactics are used employing committees - task forces - and special advisors. Successfully utilized by Clinton and G W Bush.
Ad Hoc Structure
Gideon v. Wainwright
de jure
Speaker of the House
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