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CLEP American Government
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1. The practice under which victorious politicians reward their followers with jobs.
Jus Soli
Spoils System
Charter Colonies
House of Representatives
2. Baby boomers - women - and voters with higher levels of education tend to have a ____________ voter turnout.
Confederation
High
Shay's Rebellion
Clothespin vote
3. Belief in the value of strong government to provide economic secruity and protection for civil rights - combined with a belief in personal freedom from government intervention in social conduct
Implementation
Public Bills
Liberalism
Supremacy Clause
4. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is an example of an
Republicans
4th Amendment
Interstate Compact
Writ of Certiorari
5. Federal laws limit the amount of ___________ that can be donated directly to campaign coffers.
Senate
Positive
Common Law
Soft money
6. Committees created by Congress to conduct special investigations. Although normally temporary - some become - in effect - permanent.
8th Amendment
Select Committee
Appropriation Bills
14th
7. 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.
Checks and Balances
Absolute Position
Welfare State
Raise Public Awareness
8. A term coined by President Lyndon B. Johnson to describe his own view of the relationship between Washington and the states.
Raiding
Federalist Papers
14th Amendment
Creative Federalism
9. The ___________ aspects of Federalism include: diversity/diffusion of power - more access points for political participation - fostering of experimentation and innovation - and allowing local governments to manage local problems effectively
National Chair
Positive
Lyndon B. Johnson
Standing Committees
10. The case of Gregg v. Georgia set the precedent for a ________________ system in which guilt and sentencing and tried separately.
Resolutions
Two Trial
National Convention
External Efficacy
11. Repealed by the 21st Amendment - this Amendment prohibited alcohol.
Absolute Position
W.E.B. DuBoise
27th Amendment
18th Amendment
12. These party members take active non-leadership roles such as working polls or contributing money to campaigns. Tend to compromise on important issues and are mostly concerned about winning elections.
Instructed Delegate
Party Regulars
Retrospective Voting
Federal
13. Senators are re-elected every ___ years with 1/3 of the Senate being up for election every 2 years.
14th Amendment
6
527 Organization
Raiding
14. During the period from 1976 to 1824 - This party was lead by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. They wanted a stronger national government that would rectify the pitfalls of the Articles of Confederation. Their supporters held a stronghold in New
Blanket Primary
Federalist
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
Commerce
15. Elects the President if no candidate receives 270 Electoral College votes.
National Supremacy
Political Machines
House of Representatives
Good Faith Exception
16. The policy established after the Second World War that America must take an active leadership role in world affairs
Internationalism
Scandal Mongering
Dissenting Opinion
Maintaining Elections
17. Laws passed by state legislatures that are designed to protect reporters from being forced to reveal their news sources.
Shield Laws
Lobbying
55
Due Process of Law
18. The 5th amendment protect against _____________.
Self-Incrimination
It Failed to be Ratified
Office Column Ballot
Max Weber
19. The right to renounce one's citizenship.
Joint Committee
blockbusting and redlining
Right of Expatriation
Exit Polls
20. A written opinion by some of the judges of a court which agrees with the majority of the court but might arrive there in a different manner.
Containment
Statutory Law
Concurring Opinion
Non-protected Speech
21. Appointed by Eisenhower - this Supreme court justice who played an important role in the court's stance on the advancement of civil rights.
Policy
Earl Warren
Change of Venue
Caucus
22. Capital punishment is also known as the _________________.
Death penalty
Primary
435
Department of State
23. Government regulation of the economy through its control over the supply of money and the cost and availability of credit. Controlled by the Federal Reserve Board.
Commonwealth
Monetary Policy
Republicans
Liberalism
24. Important during the Revolution - these bodies organized by the local governments of the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution for the purposes of coordinating written communication outside of the colony.
Feedback
Federalist
Joseph McCarthy
Committees of Correspondence
25. A judicial opinion agreed to by a majority of the members of a court. A majority opinion sets forth the decision of the court and an explanation of the rationale behind the court's decision.
14
Majority Opinion
AARP
Populous
26. Constitutionally empowered to appoint judges - ambassadors - and other high officials - Constitutionally empowered to make treaties with foreign countries.
270
Collective Action
President
Free Rider
27. Redefined Presidential succession and disability.
Entitlement Spending
Implied Powers
25th Amendment
Free Exercise of Religion
28. Which office serves as a watchdog into waste or fraud in the bureaucracy and conducts investigations at the request of congressional committees
General Accounting
Republican
Legislative
Free Exercise of Religion
29. 1798 Act that criminalized speech that was derisive to the government. Later ruled unconstitutional - Andrew Jackson issued blanket pardon in 1801
Whips
Iron Triangle
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Alien and Sedition Acts
30. The power of the president - struck down by the Supreme Court in 1998 - to veto parts of appropriations bills. Most state governors have this power.
Line-Item Veto
Separate but Equal
Transportation
Elite and Class Theory
31. Which form of registration prevails in all but a few states?
Economic Interest Groups
Federal
Checks and Balances
Permanent Registration
32. A procedure that in certain circumstances permits voters to remove elected state or local officials from office before their terms have expired.
Recall
Inherent Powers
Party of Economic Protest
Balance of Payments
33. The only instance in which the government can prohibit religious activities
Spoils System
President Pro Tempore
Murray v. Curlett
Violation of Law
34. 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
Executive Agencies
Negative Advertising
Confederation
35. Tests of a voter's ability to read and write - which were often used to keep recent immigrants and blacks from voting.
Residual
Literacy Tests
15
Natural Rights
36. Lead by Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. Dedicated to defending federal authority and high tariffs. Gained supports of merchants - bankers - industrialists and planters.
Whigs
Shay's Rebellion
Grand Jury Indictment
Standing Committees
37. A world economy characterized by the free movement of goods - capital - labor - and information across national borders.
Globalization
Transportation
Alien and Sedition Acts
Lobbying
38. PACs may donate a ______________ amount of indirect or in-kind donations to a campaign. (Ex. placing ads to support their candidate)
Speech Plus
Dual / Layer Cake Federalism
Major Political Party
Unlimited
39. In Woodson v. North Carolina - the Supreme Court struck down mandatory sentencing of capital punishment as ______________________ because it does not allow for any discretion.
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Cruel and Unusual
30
Private Bills
40. Executive office responsible for negotiating trade with foreign powers.
Commander in Chief
US Trade Representatives
Unlimited
Majority Whip
41. An opinion of one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court which gives rise to its judgment.
Declining
Retrospective Voting
Low
Dissenting Opinion
42. This branch of government checks Bureaucracy through its control over lawsuits filed against the agency.
Free Speech
Judicial
Housing and Urban Development
Scandal Mongering
43. Independent organizations - but more often the political arms of corporations - labor unions - or interest groups - established to contribute to candidates or to work for general political goals.
Political Action Committees
Federal Courts
Privileges and Immunities Clause
Isolationism
44. The only amendments to be ratified through the process of 'ratifying conventions -' not a vote in the state legislatures
Universe
Bill of Rights
unlimited
Hatch Act
45. Lead by Theodore Roosevelt - this party platform focused on women's suffrage - social reform - fair business practices - and direct election of senators. The won 25% of the popular vote in 1911 - splitting the Republican vote and allowing Democrat Wo
Enact a Bill of Rights
Bull Moose Progressives
Earmarks
Lemon Test
46. Most modern political scientists believe there is ________________ between politics and government.
Liberalism
Executive
16th Amendment
Little Difference
47. In the area of foreign affairs - _______________ often have the advantage because
Rules Committee
Republicans
435
Elite
48. 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
Habeas Corpus
Writ of Mandamus
National Security Council
49. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.
Elastic Clause
Constituencies
Federal Register
Caucus
50. The period of time after the election of FDR until the Vietnam War was dominated by the Democratic Party and know as the __________________ Era.
527 Organizations
may not
New Deal Era
Issue network