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CLEP American Government
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A legislator who automatically mirrors the will of the majority of his or her constituents.
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
Instructed Delegate
Gender Gap
Restrictive Covenant
2. 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.
Bill of Attainder
Free Exercise of Religion
Rules Committee
Constitutional Initiative
3. Information sent out in order to observe the reaction of an audience. Used by politicians who deliberately leak information on a policy change under consideration.
Executive Privilege
Gay
Federal Courts
Trial Balloon
4. The Supreme Court holds _____________ jurisdiction in cases against the US - ambassadors - public ministers - and consuls.
Pork Barrel Spending
Chief Justice
Original
AARP
5. 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.
Union Shop
Freedom of Speech
Electoral College
Baron de Montesquieu
6. The 5th amendment protect against _____________.
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Self-Incrimination
Whistle-blowers
binding
7. An economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the publicand operate for the welfare of all.
Socialism
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Transportation
Cabinet
8. A relaxation of international tensions.
Feedback
Detente
Regulatory Federalism
Council-Manager Plan
9. A nation's set of fundamental beliefs about how government and politics should be conducted.
Pass the fundraising threshold
Political Culture
Violation of Law
Voting
10. These two Senate standing committees have existed - largely unchanged - since 1816.
Foreign Relations and the Judiciary Committees
Veteran's Affairs
Closed
Membership
11. 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
Baron v. Baltimore
Pentagon Papers
Third Parties
State Legislatures
12. Signed the executive order banning segregation in the armed forces.
Policy
Bundling
Truman
Deviating Elections
13. 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.
Coordinated Spending
Equality
Regulatory Agencies
527 Organizations
14. These dissenting Republicans won 17% of the popular vote in 1924 on a platform for public control of national resources and railways - tax reductions - and changes to the staff of the executive department
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15. Colonies controlled by the British king through governors appointed by him and through the king's veto power over colonial laws.
Wallace's Progressives
Interest groups
Royal Colonies
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
16. Court cases that concern crimes committed against the public order.
Criminal Cases
New Federalism
Hatch Act
Grant Clemency
17. Amendment that delegated the election of Senators to popular vote.
Party of Economic Protest
2nd Amendment
Unlimited
17th
18. The demands of and supports for a political system
Inputs
Democrats
States
Budget Resolutions
19. Spending by the national committees of the political parties to support the election of congressional candidates is known as
Coordinated Spending
Violation of Law
Exit Polls
Northern and Southern
20. Concept of the British statesman Edmund Burke that legislators should act according to their own consciences.
Trustee
Probable Cause
Albany Plan
Sub-government
21. In 1872 - Susan B Anthony was arrested in Rochester - New York for
Campaign Contributions
Public hearing
Attorney General
Voting
22. After the Vietnam war - American politics entered an era of __________________ during which neither party maintained control over the government.
Redistributive Policy
Free Rider
Baby Boomers
Divided Government
23. 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.
New Jersey Plan
Safe seat
Court of Appeals
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
24. He United States Constitution was opposed by which group?
Royalists
Outputs
Housing and Urban Development
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25. In the 1964 case of ____________ - the Supreme Court: established 'one person - one vote' -
Membership
Public Opinion
House Standing Committees
Reynolds v. Sims
26. A place of work in which any person may be hired provided that he or she joins the union within a specified time.
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Union Shop
Federalism
New Jersey Plan
27. To negotiate a complex and politically sensitive trade treaty - a President will often
Take Care Clause
Fast Track Authority
Administrative Law
Judicial
28. The reason that electors are chosen in each state by popular vote is ____________.
Slander
Universe
Custom
Article VI
29. According to the Constitution - the electors in the Electoral College shall be appointed in a manner to be determined by the
Free Exercise
Incorporation Doctrine
Gross Domestic Product
state legislatures
30. Executive Check on the Legislative Branch.
Supports
Civil Cases
English Bill of Rights
Presidential Veto
31. A series of 85 articles written by Alexander Hamilton - John Jay - and James Madison under the pseudonym Publius advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution.
Federal Appellate
Preamble
Prior Restraint
Federalist Papers
32. Law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies
Political Action Committees
Antitrust Legislation
National Security Council
Delegated Powers
33. A political group organized under section 527 of the IRS code that may accept and spend unlimited amounts of money on election activities so long as they are not spent on broadcast ads run in the last 30 days before a primary or 60 days before a gene
527 Organization
Wallace's Progressives
Permanent Registration
Gross Domestic Product
34. David R. Mayhew has suggested that this influences congressional behavior. The ________________ is the relationship between members of Congress and their constituents.
Budget Resolution
Electoral Connection
Speaker of the House
Habeas Corpus
35. Established the Federal Reserve Bank - responsible for conducting the nation's monetary policy - maintaining the stability of the financial system - supervising and regulating banking institutions - and protecting the credit rights of consumers - and
Executive
Bill of Attainder
Adversarial
Woodrow Wilson
36. A method available in most states that allows voters - in effect - to 'veto' a bill passed by the legislature or to accept or reject a proposal - such as a bond issue - made by a government agency.
Referendum
Veteran's Affairs
Interstate Compact
Select Committee
37. Responsible for further investigation - hearings - and amendment to a bill
The Federal Reserve Board
Restrictive Covenant
Felonies
Sub-committee
38. The spread of nuclear weapons to more nations.
Nuclear Proliferation
Caucuses
Tariff
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39. The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments provide for _____________.
Majority and Minority Leader
Original Jurisdiction
Due Process of Law
Private Bills
40. This controversial clause of the 9th Amendment has allowed government to expand rights to suit its needs.
Mixed Economy
Probable Cause
Elastic Clause
John F. Kennedy
41. States that states may draw reasonable distinctions between the rights of residents and non-residents (ex. In state and out of state tuition)
Incorporation Doctrine
Mixed Economy
Increased competition
Privileges and Immunities Clause
42. Powers of government that the national government may exercise simply because it exists as a government - such as the right to conduct foreign relations.
Inherent Powers
Bicameral
Party Purists
Balance of Payments
43. (1945-1991) The period after the Second World War marked by rivalry and tension between the two nuclear superpowers - the United States and the communist government of the Soviet Union. The Cold War ended when the Soviet government collapsed in 1991.
Bandwagon
Freedom of Speech
Cold War
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
44. Something given in exchange for something else; swap
Quid Pro Quo
Campaign Contributions
Katz. v US
Elite
45. 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
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Transportation
Exit Polls
Straight Ticket Voting
46. Form of obstruction in the Senate where an attempt is made to infinitely extend debate upon a proposal in order to delay the progress or completely prevent a vote on the proposal taking place.
Espionage Act
Filibuster
General Accounting Office
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47. There are 11 circuit ____________________ who have no original jurisdiction.
State of the Union
Whistle-blowers
Court of Appeals
Furman v. Georgia
48. A primary in which any registered voter is able to vote for candidates from more than one party. A voter - for example - may vote for a Democrat for U.S. senator and for a Republican for governor. In 2000 - the Supreme Court struck down the blanket p
Court of Appeals
Federal Appellate
Blanket Primary
Privacy Act
49. This branch of government checks Bureaucracy through its control over the creation and elimination of agencies as well as its control over budget appropriations.
General Purpose Grants
Legislative
Hub and Spoke Model
Logrolling
50. The power of the president - struck down by the Supreme Court in 1998 - to veto parts of appropriations bills. Most state governors have this power.
Delegate
Automobiles
Line-Item Veto
Public Bills