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CLEP American Government

Subjects : clep, civics
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This type of government suits a large country with a diverse population






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






3. Cabinet department responsible for managing school lunch programs and food safety. Established in 1862.






4. An individual who does not join a group representing his or her interests yet receives the benefit of the group's influence.






5. States that states may draw reasonable distinctions between the rights of residents and non-residents (ex. In state and out of state tuition)






6. Serious crimes - such as murder - arson - or rape.






7. The framers of the Constitution created the Senate to function as a check on the ________________.






8. Government agencies that exercise quasi-judicial and quasi-legislative powers and are administratively independent of both the president and Congress (although politically independent of neither).






9. A term often used to describe the economic and political ties between the military establishment and the defense-aerospace industry.






10. In which case did the Supreme Court rule that the concept of privacy included the right to a legal abortion?






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






12. Authority based on an individual's outstanding traits - which attract followers






13. An interest group organization that represents a specific group of people (Ex. NAACP - AARP)






14. This event was an important factor in creating the climate for a new Constitution.

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






16. Requires that a suspect in a federal case be arraigned without unnecessary delay.






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






18. Smith v. Allwight (1994) was the first vase in which the Supreme Court upheld the voting rights of _____________ in state primary elections.






19. The house armed services and foreign affairs committees each have ___ subcommittees.






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






21. Guarantees the right to bare arms.






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






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

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24. Clause of the Constitution (Article 1 - Section 10) intended to prohibit state governments from modifying contracts made between individuals; interpreted as prohibiting state governments from taking actions that adversely affect property rights.






25. Representing - characterized by - or including members from two parties or factions






26. Procedure typically requiring 3/5 vote of the entire Senate to end a filibuster.






27. State legislation designed to outlaw the union shop - passed by 21 states acting under Section 14B of the federal Taft-Hartley Act.






28. 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.'






29. 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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30. Limitations on this freedom including prohibition of defamation and obscenity - limitation on commercial speech - and restriction of inciting words that may cause immediate danger.






31. Powers specifically outlined in the Constitution as assigned to one branch of government.






32. An extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion






33. Eisenhower's philosophy of being liberal in all things human and being conservative with all things fiscal. Appealed to both Republicans and Democrats.






34. A form of city government under which a board of city commissioners is popularly elected (often on a nonpartisan ballot). The commissioners make policy as a city council - but they also run city departments as administrators.






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






36. Responsible for assigning bills to committee in the Senate.






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






38. A test established by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes - Jr. - in 1919 to define the point at which speech loses the protection of the First Amendment.






39. Most states have ___________ legislatures.






40. A pluralist theory by C. Wright Mills where a small number of wealthy elite wield most of the power. Fundamental to all governments around the world - the elite rule while they make the lower classes feel like they are involved in democracy. The elit






41. The vagueness of this phrase has allowed juries to exclude specific genders or races in order to affect the outcome of the verdict.






42. In the last 30 years - voter turnout among American 18- to 24-year-olds has been






43. The 23rd Amendment guaranteed voting rights to whom?






44. 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.






45. Cabinet department that includes the Coast Guard - Border Patrol - FEMA - Transportation Security Administration - INS and the Secret Service. Established in 2001 in response to 9/11.






46. During Presidential election years or when the nation is divided on policy agenda - particularly regarding salient issues - voter turnout is _____________






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






48. Presidential staff agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.






49. 1944 case established that as as long as a person accepted their beliefs in good faith that it is not the government's authority to determine whether those beliefs are valid.






50. A public assistance program established in 1965 to help pay hospital - doctor - and medical bills for people with low incomes.







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