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CLEP American Government
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. According to V. O. Key - Jr. - the Populist Party of the 1890s is an example of a ____________________.
Party of Economic Protest
Judicial Activism
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Declining
2. ___________ vote in both the House and Senate may override a Presidential veto of legislation.
Earl Warren
Institutional
Free Rider
2/3
3. An issue on which voters distinguish rival parties by the degree to which they associate each party or candidate with conditions - goals - or symbols the electorate universally approves or disapproves of. Examples of such issues are economic prosperi
It Failed to be Ratified
Valence issue
Regulatory Federalism
18th Amendment
4. Bills that benefit legislators' home districts - or powerful corporate contributors - with sometimes wasteful or unnecessary public works or other projects.
Campaign Finance Reform
Party Identification
Pork-Barrel Legislation
Inverse
5. 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
Clear and Present Danger
Government
Right of Expatriation
6. Programs of government - universities - and businesses designed to favor minorities and remedy past discrimination.
Federal Courts
Executive Agreements
Tariff
Affirmative Action
7. An ideology that advocates limits on government power to address economic and social problems - relying instead on economic markets and individual initiative to address problems like health care and education - while promoting government involvement
Conservatism
527 Organization
Adversarial
Cruel and Unusual
8. Senators have a __________ rate of re-election than Representatives primarily because of their larger constituency and lack of direct involvement with them.
Baker v. Wingo
Political Patronage
Constitutional Initiative
Lower
9. The Constitution requires that state governments - like the federal government - must be _____________ in form - with final authority resting with the people.
Amicus Curiae Brief
Pure Speech
National Political Parties
Democratic
10. 'lame duck' amendment
Rhode Island
20th
Implementation
Pendleton Civil Service Act
11. These party members are highly involved in the electoral process. Donate funds to party and candidates - demand a voice in state party agendas and tend to have a strong belief in their party's ideology.
Party Activists
Libel
Plain View
Federal Courts
12. Included are Agriculture - Nutrition - and Forestry; Appropriations; Armed Services; Banking - Housing and Urban Affairs; Commerce - Science and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Finance; Health - Education -
Negative Advertising
Senate Standing Committees
Discharge Petition
Conference Committee
13. Voters in a political district - or supporters of an elected official; or interest groups or client groups that are either directly regulated by the bureaucracy or vitally affected by its decisions.
Politics
Constituencies
Caucus
Political Efficacy
14. The Supremacy Clause appears in ________________ of the Constitution.
Article VI
Murray v. Curlett
Collective Action
Salient Agenda
15. Agencies that were at one time semi-autonomous but that through legislation have been placed under presidential control since 1945.
Proportional Representation
Government Corporations
Muckrakers
Mixed Economy
16. Powers of government exercised independently by both the federal and state governments - such as the power to tax.
31
Common Sense
Bowers v. Hardwick
Concurrent Powers
17. The introductory statement of the U.S. Constitution - setting forth the general principles of American government and beginning with the words - 'We the people of the United States - in order to form a more perfect union. ...'
Exit Polls
Offensive Language
Preamble
Bipartisanship
18. First African American appointed to the Supreme Court
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bill of Rights
Thurgood Marshall
Party Identification
19. The only amendments to be ratified through the process of 'ratifying conventions -' not a vote in the state legislatures
Third Parties
Critical Election
Baby Boomers
Bill of Rights
20. 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.
Whigs
binding
Block Grant
Right to Counsel
21. Leader of the House of Representatives - elected by the majority party. 2nd in line of succession for the Presidency.
Delegate
Democratic
Incorporation Doctrine
Speaker of the House
22. The period of time after the election of FDR until the Vietnam War was dominated by the Democratic Party and know as the __________________ Era.
New Deal Era
Parallel
Right to Work Laws
Negative Advertising
23. Funds spent for or against a candidate by committees not formally connected to the candidate's campaign and without coordination with the campaign.
Northern and Southern
Independent Expenditures
Right of Expatriation
Pluralist Theory
24. 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.
Raiding
Concurrent
Legislative
Slander
25. A federal law passed by Congress in 1939 to restrict political activities by federal workers. The law prevents federal employees while on duty from taking an active part in party politics or campaigns and also bars federal employees from running for
Pentagon Papers
Hatch Act
Double Jeopardy
Select Committee
26. A word that comes from two Greek roots - demos - 'the populace -' and kratia - 'rule'
Government Corporations
Democracy
Outputs
Grand Jury Indictment
27. ____________ often influence political appointments in an effort to influence bureaucracy.
Double Jeopardy
Northern and Southern
Enumerated Powers
Interest groups
28. Executive office responsible for helping the President write the federal budget and monitoring federal spending.
Spoiler Candidate
Institutional
Office of Management and Budget
Baron v. Baltimore
29. The reason that electors are chosen in each state by popular vote is ____________.
Segregation
Custom
Initiative
Article II
30. 1966 Act allowing citizens to inspect all government records with the exception of classified military or intelligence documents - trade secrets or private personnel files.
Freedom of Information Act
Demands
Voting
Legislative
31. Voters tendency to identify with a party that shares their views on important issues ignoring the party's stance on issues they deem less important. to be life-long unless there is a major change in the party's platform. 2. Influenced by ra
Government
Periodic Registration
Shield Laws
Party Identification
32. If significant amendments are made to a bill during committee - the bill is sometimes given a new number as a _______________.
State Legislatures
Amicus Curiae Brief
House of Representatives
Clean bill
33. In an election with more than 2 options - the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number - but less that half of the votes.
17th
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Plurality
Non-protected Speech
34. A system of voter registration in which voters must register only once in their district.
Office of Management and Budget
may not
Permanent Registration
Judicial Review
35. The issuance of this document by a judge requires probably cause and must be worded so as to allow for the search and seizure of specific evidence.
Article VI
Self-Incrimination
Warrant
Conventions
36. ____________________ define Congressional voting districts acting within constraints set down by Congress and the Supreme Court.
State Legislatures
Categorical Grant
Precedent
binding
37. A place of work in which only union members may be hired.
Political Efficacy
Rules Committee
Closed Shop
Dies
38. Define US Citizenship as any person born or naturalized in the United States.
14th Amendment
Wallace's Progressives
Legislative
Judicial Review
39. In lieu of an indictment - the state prosecutor may file a _______________ charging the person with a crime.
Criminal Information
Roth v. US
Electoral College
Government Corporations
40. These voters are registered as a party member but only participate by voting in primary and general elections. Tend to vote straight-party ticket and follow the leads of local party officials.
Rank and File
Scottsboro Boys Case
Propose an Amendment
Cold War
41. The Equal Rights Amendment was defeated in 1982 because ____________________________.
It Failed to be Ratified
Clear and Present Danger
High
Clothespin vote
42. The right of the Supreme Court - under the Constitution - to hear certain kinds of cases directly - such as cases involving foreign diplomats - or cases in which one of the 50 states is a party.
435
Appropriations
Original Jurisdiction
Legislative
43. The term most political scientists prefer to describe the bureaucratic process
Voting Rights Act of 1965
16th Amendment
Public Administration
Party Purists
44. 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.
Housing and Urban Development
Senior Executive Service
Little Difference
Politics
45. Laws must be administered in a fair manner.
The Federal Reserve Board
Dies
Reverse Discrimination
Procedural Due Process
46. A provision of the Federal Communications Act that requires broadcasters to provide the same amount of exposure to all legally qualified political candidates.
Equal Time
Scottsboro Boys Case
35
Periodic Registration
47. This act prohibited Discrimination because of race - color - sex - religion - or national origin by employers or labor unions; The adoption by voting registrars of different standards for black and white applicants; and Racial or religious discrimina
1964 Civil Rights Act
Antitrust Legislation
Baron v. Baltimore
Pork Barrel Spending
48. Most Americans support ______________ primarily as part of their criticism of PACs
Mark Up Session
Miranda Rights
Executive Agencies
Campaign Finance Reform
49. The 15th Amendment - also know as _________________ - was intended to help recently freed blacks from unconstitutional state laws designed to circumvent federal laws.
Veto
Article II
Incorporation Doctrine
Interest groups
50. The class of independent voters who do not vote according to party affiliation - but who typically have a broader range of concerns than single-issue voters - are known colloquially as
Poll Tax
Mugwumps
Article VI
Pure Speech