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CLEP American Government

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1. Senators are re-elected every ___ years with 1/3 of the Senate being up for election every 2 years.






2. The expression of attitudes about government and politics.






3. Act of exchanging favors for mutual gain






4. Test whereby the Supreme Court established criteria by which state may provide aid to religious groups.






5. Provisions tacked on to a piece of legislation that are not relevant to the bill.






6. 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






7. Contacts - coalitions - and interactions across national boundaries






8. Population migration patterns since the second World War have increased the power of _____________.






9. Wisconsin Republican who exploited public concern for political gain during the 1950's through freewheeling investigations of alleged Communists.






10. The responsibility of the President to appoint federal judges when vacancies occur on the bench is referred to as






11. Tips the balance between two leading candidates by attracting a minority of voters who otherwise might have voted for one of the leading candidates.






12. Judges in Legislative Courts serve _______ terms and do not require impeachment.






13. Prohibits the use of cruel or unusual punishment.






14. This influential English document refuted divine right of monarchy and made monarchs subject to laws and responsible for crimes






15. Southern whites prevented blacks from ____________ through use of poll taxes - literacy tests and intimidation tactics after the Civil War.






16. Programs mandated by law and not subject to annual review by Congress or the president.






17. 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






18. Number of years a Senator must reside in the US prior to taking office






19. The foreign policy of the United States during the period after the Second World War - designed to contain the expansion of Soviet power.






20. Presidential refusal to allow an agency to spend funds that Congress authorized and appropriated.






21. As part of the negotiations concerning the Constitution - the South fought for and won an agreement forbidding the imposition of _______________.






22. Article I of the Constitution establishes the ___________________ branch.






23. ____________________ define Congressional voting districts acting within constraints set down by Congress and the Supreme Court.






24. Established by President Hoover - It is the _______________ job to keep the press informed and orchestrate press conferences






25. The attitudes and actions of people that sustain and buttress the political system at all levels and allows the political system to continue to work.






26. Head of the Supreme Court.






27. The binding decisions that the government makes whether in the form of laws -regulations - or judicial decisions






28. A system in which the national government sets requirements that are then implemented by state and local governments.






29. Several Presidents have been elected without winning the popular vote. As a result - In 1970 and 1979 - Amendments were proposed to disband the ______________ - neither passed.






30. Signed the executive order banning segregation in the armed forces.






31. In Argersinger v. Hamlin (1972) - the Supreme Court extended the right to counsel to those accused of misdemeanors if the defendant is _____________.






32. Cabinet department responsible for collective bargaining and union activity. Established in 1913






33. Repealed by the 21st Amendment - this Amendment prohibited alcohol.






34. An act of legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without benefit of a trial. Constitutionally prohibited.






35. Designed to protect the individual against the arbitrary power of the state.






36. 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






37. This group of voters historically supported Republicans - a party founded on an anti-slavery platform. During the 1930's they began supporting the New Deal policies of the Democratic party.






38. A policy adopted by the United States after the Second World War that assumed that if enough nuclear weapons were deployed by the United States - an enemy would not attack for fear of being destroyed in retaliation.






39. A group of high-level administrators and managers at the top of the government bureaucracy. SES members have less job tenure but are eligible for substantial cash bonuses for merit.






40. Puerto Rico has ____________ status.






41. This branch of government checks Bureaucracy through its control over the creation and elimination of agencies as well as its control over budget appropriations.






42. Lawsuit brought by an individual or group of people on behalf of all those similarly situated






43. Prohibits citizens of one state or foreign country from suing another state.






44. A written opinion by some of the judges of a court which agrees with the majority of the court but might arrive there in a different manner.






45. 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.






46. The primary purpose of _______________consolidate the nation's disability laws and provide for strong federal enforcement of a strengthened disability rights mandate






47. Between 1909 and 2002 - the number of daily newspapers in the United States______________.






48. 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.






49. _____________ are expected to specialize in a few policy areas rather than claim expertise in the whole range of legislative concerns






50. Walter DeVries and Lance Tarrance have concluded that in many elections the outcome is determined by ______________.






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