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CLEP American Government

Subjects : clep, civics
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. There are 11 circuit ____________________ who have no original jurisdiction.






2. Colonies controlled by the British king through governors appointed by him and through the king's veto power over colonial laws.






3. 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.






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






5. An elected office that is predictably won by one party or the other - so the success of that party's candidate is almost taken for granted






6. Guarantees that any rights not explicitly outlined heretofore are reserved for the states.






7. 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






8. A government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.






9. A plan to provide billions of dollars of American aid to Western Europe to speed its economic and social recovery after the Second World War.






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






11. This article of the Constitution establishes the Executive Branch.






12. Units of government under the president - within the executive branch - that are not part of a cabinet department.






13. Head of the Supreme Court.






14. A word that comes from two Greek roots - demos - 'the populace -' and kratia - 'rule'






15. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.






16. Presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President. Position awarded to the longest serving Senator from the majority party. 3rd in line of succession for the Presidency.






17. An ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on a sharply limited government - promoting a free market economy - a non-interventionist foreign policy - and an absence of regulation in the moral and social spheres.






18. Federal grants in which the recipient has a lot of discretion over how the money is spent. These grants are issued in support of general government functions such as education and law enforcement.






19. Cabinet department responsible for regulating and promoting trade and maintaining the census Established in 1913..






20. The process through which an individual acquires a set of political attitudes and forms opinions about political and social issues.






21. There is an _____________ relationship between Presidential approval ratings and unemployment.






22. A term coined by President Lyndon B. Johnson to describe his own view of the relationship between Washington and the states.






23. The median income of women is ___________ percent of men.






24. Corporations formed by the government to act as a business to produce a product or service. Often monopolies with varying degrees of independence.






25. The relationship between the total cost of foreign goods imported to this country and sales of U.S. products overseas.






26. Members of this party typically include Conservative Christian groups - higher socio-economic classes - middle-class white collar - and suburban voters.






27. The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy)






28. This amendment includes the due process clause - the equal protection clause - and gave rights to former slaves.






29. The FCC's equal time policy applies to _____________.






30. Laws passed by state legislatures that are designed to protect reporters from being forced to reveal their news sources.






31. Number of current cabinet positions under GW Bush.






32. Concurrent resolution - adopted by both Houses of Congress - that sets forth a Congressional budget plan for the budget year and at least four out-years.






33. Which committee assignments would confer the most power and influence on members of the Senate?






34. The period of time after the election of FDR until the Vietnam War was dominated by the Democratic Party and know as the __________________ Era.






35. Minor criminal offenses - such as speeding.






36. Dissenting Democrats focused on foreign affairs. Aligned with the US Communist Party.

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37. A policy of avoiding foreign involvement.






38. This author was highly influential on Thomas Jefferson - rejecting divine right - proposing that government is a social contract requiring the consent of the govern and establishing the concept of self-evident rights of life - liberty - and property.






39. Legislative opinions on a matter that do not require Presidential signature.






40. This House committee is responsible for all taxes - tariffs - and other revenue raising measures in addition to social security - child support - Medicare - foster care - and unemployment.






41. The net balance or relationship between total income and total expenditures by the nation in its dealings with the rest of the world - including trade - loans - and investments.






42. He United States Constitution was opposed by which group?






43. ________ of voters identify with one political party in advance of the campaign.






44. Practice by which voters of one party crossing over and voting in the primary of another party - effectively allowing a party to help choose its opposition's candidate.






45. Laws must be administered in a fair manner.






46. A provision of the Federal Communications Act that requires broadcasters to provide the same amount of exposure to all legally qualified political candidates.






47. These parties often emerge as off-shoots of major parties or as single-issue parties. They typically act as critic/innovator bringing attention to issues and influencing the platforms of the major parties.






48. The main mechanism used by modern political parties to nominate their candidate for President.






49. The body composed of electors from the 50 states who formally have the power to elect the president and vice president of the United States. Each state has a number of electors and electoral votes equal to its number of senators and representatives i






50. 1976 Law requiring all governmental agency meetings to be open to the public unless classified information will be discussed.