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CLEP American Government
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1. In which case did the Supreme Court rule that the concept of privacy included the right to a legal abortion?
Roe v. Wade
Caucuses
National Convention
Mugwumps
2. Agencies that were at one time semi-autonomous but that through legislation have been placed under presidential control since 1945.
Federalism
State Government
Government Corporations
Roe v. Wade
3. The 24th amendment banned _____________ - making it harder for states to discriminate against poor and minority voters.
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Poll Tax
State Treasurer
4. In addition to the doctrine of implied powers - Chief Justice Marshall - in his decision in the Supreme Court case of McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) - established the key concept of:
National Supremacy
Campaign Contributions
25
Agriculture
5. In the 1990 case OR State Employment Division v. Smith 1990 - the Supreme court allowed the state to fire employees who use peyote during native American religious ceremonies because it is in violation of drug laws. In this case - which clause of the
Grant Clemency
11th Amendment
Free Exercise Clause
Balancing Test
6. Under this governing document - national government lacked authority to set up tariffs - regulate commerce - levy taxes - control international relations - establish common currency
Politics
Dark Horse
Articles of Confederation
Freedom of Speech
7. Includes expressive conduct/assembly/actions and symbolic behavior (ex. Picketing or burning the flag) Based on our country history of symbolic acts such as the Boston Tea Party - courts almost always uphold symbolic acts of speech unless they are cr
Homeland Security
7
National Chair
Speech Plus
8. Capital punishment is also known as the _________________.
Death penalty
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Impoundment
Authorizations
9. A system in which the national government provides grants-in-aid to states using conditions to elicit control.
Major Political Party
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
Fiscal Federalism
Seniority System
10. The federal fiscal year begins ___________.
October 1st
Voting
Electoral College
Ratification
11. Prohibits the use of cruel or unusual punishment.
binding
Safe seat
Virginia Plan
8th Amendment
12. Repealed by the 21st Amendment - this Amendment prohibited alcohol.
Television
18th Amendment
Maintaining Elections
Speaker of the House
13. The 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine that prompted King George III's Prohibitory Act and the sending of mercenaries to the colonies.
Common Sense
Critical Election
Valence issue
Increased
14. The view of the majority of the Supreme Court that First Amendment rights must be weighed against the competing needs of the community to preserve order.
Intelligence
Balancing Test
Vice President
Ratification
15. International agreements between the president and foreign heads of state that - unlike treaties - do not require Senate approval.
Retrospective Voting
Monetary Policy
Executive Agreements
Regulatory Agencies
16. Overturning unjust laws is the responsibility of _________________.
Establishment Clause
Department of State
Supreme Court
Original
17. The estimated number of illegal aliens living in the US.
Patriot Act
Grant Clemency
8 Million
Free Rider
18. The Supreme Court is the only judicial body that may hear disputes between _________________.
Shay's Rebellion
Two Trial
States
Poll Tax
19. The Articles of Confederation established a ________________ legislature.
Transnational Relations
Royal Colonies
Majority Rule
Unicameral
20. 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.
Veto
Ad Hoc Structure
Governmental Corporations
Export Taxes
21. Method by which federal court judges may lose their position.
Freedom of Speech
Impeachment
Public Administration
Automobiles
22. After a bill has passed both the House and Senate - it goes to _________________ where any differences between the house bill and the senate bill are resolved before sending to the President for signature
Jus Soli
Legislative
Conference Committee
Original Jurisdiction
23. Petition that - if signed by a majority of the members of the House of Representatives - will pry a bill from committee and bring it to the floor for consideration
Civil Cases
Legislative
Containment
Discharge Petition
24. Committees that pull members from both the house and the senate who meet to discuss major policy issues such as economy and taxation.
Independent Regulatory Agencies
Department of State
Interventionism
Joint Committee
25. First Roman Catholic elected President.
5 -000
John F. Kennedy
Free Speech
Miller v. California
26. Elections that may lead to a basic shift in the party identification of the electorate.
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
Realigning Elections
Pluralist Theory
Bundling
27. The expression of attitudes about government and politics.
5 -000
Public Opinion
Federal Register
Take Care Clause
28. A group of independent states or nations that come together for a common purpose and whose central authority is usually limited to defense and foreign relations.
Confederation
Defense
Mallory Rule
Judicial Review
29. Spending determined by the number of qualified recipients and their legally determined need is called
Realigning Elections
Entitlement Spending
Petit Jury
Political Socialization
30. _____________ is responsible for monetary policy.
The Federal Reserve Board
Interior
Nuclear Proliferation
Pure Speech
31. Serious crimes - such as murder - arson - or rape.
Random Sample
Logrolling
Felonies
Democratic
32. Disapproval of a bill by a chief executive - such as the president or a governor.
Blacks
Electoral College
Instructed Delegate
Veto
33. A system of _______________ - as in Italy - encourages the existence of many parties by allotting seats to competing candidates according to the percentage of votes they win.
Proportional Representation
Vice President
Smith Act
Agriculture
34. A legislative leader of each party who is responsible for rounding up party members for important votes.
Whip
Political Party
Nuclear Proliferation
Virginia Plan
35. Tips the balance between two leading candidates by attracting a minority of voters who otherwise might have voted for one of the leading candidates.
Gerrymandering
Nuclear Proliferation
Spoiler Candidate
October 1st
36. Smith v. Allwight (1994) was the first vase in which the Supreme Court upheld the voting rights of _____________ in state primary elections.
Government
Due Process of Law
Blacks
527 Organization
37. The foreign policy of the United States during the period after the Second World War - designed to contain the expansion of Soviet power.
Blacks
Logrolling
Containment
Democratic
38. The single biggest item in campaign spending at the presidential level is ___________________.
Television and Radio
Budget Resolutions
President Pro Tempore
Concurrent Powers
39. Which office serves as a watchdog into waste or fraud in the bureaucracy and conducts investigations at the request of congressional committees
2
Earmarks
6th Amendment
General Accounting
40. 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_______________.
Entitlement Spending
Secretary of State
Statutory Law
Political System
41. Federal and State Courts function in a _____________manner so that federal courts may receive appeals from state courts.
Scottsboro Boys Case
Parallel
Dred Scott Decision
Article IV
42. The 19th Century __________ party platform was opposed to the spread of slavery - promoted preservation of the union - supported the abolition of slavery - and promoted post civil was reconstruction.
The Federalist #10
Republican
Supply Side Economics
Supreme Court
43. 1974 Act mandating that all government files about private citizens be kept confidential.
9
Substantive Due Process
Privacy Act
Great Compromise
44. A White House council created under the National Security Act of 1947 to advise the president and help coordinate American military and foreign policy.
National Security Council
Federal Courts
Inverse
Republican
45. The Jacksonian Era marked an important change in the process used to nominate Presidential candidates with the emergence of party _________________ - eliminating caucuses.
Lemon Test
Article VI
Conventions
Article III
46. A tactic in which PACs collect contributions from like-minded individuals and present them to a candidate or political party as a 'bundle -' thus increasing the PAC's influence.
Governmental Corporations
Executive
Bundling
Military-Industrial Complex
47. Cabinet department responsible for regulating and promoting trade and maintaining the census Established in 1913..
Commerce
Legislative
House of Representatives
Resolutions
48. There are 11 circuit ____________________ who have no original jurisdiction.
15
Court of Appeals
Libertarianism
Administrative Law
49. 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
Judicial
Patriot Act
Critical Election
Positive
50. According to the Constitution - the electors in the Electoral College shall be appointed in a manner to be determined by the
Permanent Registration
Universe
National Security
state legislatures