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CLEP American Government

Subjects : clep, civics
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The concept that political power rests with the people who can create - alter - and abolish government. People express themselves through voting and free participation in government






2. California measure designed to deny welfare and other benefits to illegal aliens. Overwhelmingly passed the popular vote - but overturned in federal court because it extending beyond the bounds of state rights to attempt to control immigration.






3. A place of work in which any person may be hired provided that he or she joins the union within a specified time.






4. 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.






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






6. Organizations or groups - such as labor unions or fraternal - professional - or religious groups - that may influence an individual's opinion.






7. PACs may donate a ______________ amount of indirect or in-kind donations to a campaign. (Ex. placing ads to support their candidate)






8. New Jersey v. TLO (1985) established that school authorities may search students without _____________ as long as they are reasonable.






9. Form of government in which the people are sovereign but their power is exercised by their elected representatives.






10. The claim by presidents of an inherent right to withhold information from Congress and the judiciary.






11. Laws that were designed to segregate black and white Americans and give legal recognition to discrimination.






12. Redefined Presidential succession and disability.






13. Cabinet department responsible for insuring mortgages and providing housing subsidies. Established in 1965






14. Number of years a President must reside in the US prior to taking office






15. Disapproval of a bill by a chief executive - such as the president or a governor.






16. A powerful alliance of mutual benefit among an agency or unit of the government - an interest group - and a committee or subcommittee of Congress. Also called a triangle or a subgovernment.






17. In addition to overseeing the activities of one or more federal agencies - a ___________________may also serve as the authorizing committee for federal agencies' programs and operations.






18. The fundamental rights of a free society that are protected by the Bill of Rights against the power of the government - such as freedom of speech - religion - press - and assembly.






19. The president - the vice president - the heads of the major executive departments of the government - and certain other senior officials who may hold 'cabinet rank.'






20. This customary power allows the President to grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses.






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






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






23. A law passed by Congress in 1973 in an effort to set a time limit on the use of combat forces abroad by a president.






24. Although camera are allowed in most trial courts - they are banned from ______________.






25. A system of voter registration in which voters must register every year or at other stated intervals.






26. 14th Amendment is often used to support the right to ____________.






27. 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.






28. These voters tend to have a high voter turnout because of their strong since of civic duty due to growing up during an era of political and civil unrest.






29. Because there is no Senate Rules Committee - Senators can debate a bill for an _________________ time.






30. The proceeding before a judge in which the formal charges of an indictment or information are read to an accused person - who may plead guilty or not guilty.






31. 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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32. Overturning unjust laws is the responsibility of _________________.






33. Legislative house whose members were intended to represent the people.






34. Most Americans support ______________ primarily as part of their criticism of PACs






35. 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.






36. The uprising of farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes that revealed the failure of the Articles of Confederation.

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37. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is an example of an






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






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






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






41. The way things should be by law






42. The spread of nuclear weapons to more nations.






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






44. The 1803 case in which the Supreme Court - by declaring a portion of an act of Congress unconstitutional - first firmly set forth and established the power of judicial review.






45. The House appropriations committee has ___ subcommittees.






46. When neither political party is dominant.






47. Law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies






48. Gave authority over atomic energy from military to civilians.






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






50. Elections in which the majority party (according to party identification) is defeated in a temporary reversal.