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CLEP American Government
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Federal categorical grants in which the granting agency has less discretion over how the recipient spends the money.
Two Trial
Issue network
Formula Grant
Department of Treasury
2. A provision of law in which Congress asserts the power to nullify actions of the executive branch. In 1983 the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional - but Congress continued to pass laws containing such provisions.
Max Weber
Committees of Correspondence
Legislative Veto
Smith Act
3. Type of interest group represented in Washington by another individual or organization. (Ex. Ford Motor Company pays a lobbyist in Washington to represent them.)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Strategic Deterrence
Enumerated Powers
Institutional
4. In charge of state's legal business. provide advice to other state official and represents the state in court if the state is involved in a lawsuit
Political Action Committees
Attorney General
Open rule
2/3
5. After a bill is assigned to a committee - the next step is typically a ______________.
State of the Union
Public hearing
Convention Bounce
Establishment Clause
6. The possible tendency of some voters or convention delegates to support the candidate who is leading in the polls and seems likely to win.
Fast Track Authority
Recall
Bandwagon
Globalization
7. In the view of W. Lance Bennett - the people who hold and express opinions are constantly changing - as are the issues and conditions to which the public responds. As a result - Bennett suggests that public opinion is______________.
Convention Bounce
Exit Polls
Situational
Bowers v. Hardwick
8. Spending by the national committees of the political parties to support the election of congressional candidates is known as
Coordinated Spending
Judicial
The Federalist #10
Campaign Contributions
9. Devolutionary system in which the national government returns tax dollars to the state and local governments primarily in the form of block grants.
Independent Regulatory Agencies
Rank and File
New Federalism
Globalization
10. Process by which citizens propose an amendment by petition.
Impartial
Committees
Governmental Corporations
Constitutional Initiative
11. 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.
Statutory Law
Monetary Policy
5
Democratic-Republicans
12. This branch of government checks Bureaucracy through its control over lawsuits filed against the agency.
Low
Judicial
4
Cruel and Unusual
13. Laws - rules - and government programs designed to protect individual rights and specific groups - as well as to benefit society as a whole in such areas as health - worker safety - consumer protection - and the environment.
Mayflower Compact
Cloture
Social Regulation
Low
14. The expansion of cable and satellite tv has _________________ the president's power to influence public opinion.
Open Meeting Law
Increased
Convention Bounce
Bill of Attainder
15. Defamation by written or printed words - pictures - or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
Gitlow v. New York
Joseph McCarthy
States
Libel
16. What occurs when government adopts a public policy that provides - or distributes - benefits to people or groups.
Distribution
Writ of Assistance
Judicial
Privileges and Immunities Clause
17. The way things should be by law
Warrant
5 -000
de jure
14
18. James Madison proposed to deal with the threat of political factions by ______________________.
Mugwumps
Separation of Powers
Globalization
High
19. A White House council created under the National Security Act of 1947 to advise the president and help coordinate American military and foreign policy.
Federal District
National Security Council
Negative
Writ of Certiorari
20. Established in 1947 as a combined Department of War and Navy.
Selective Incorporation
Dark Horse
Supremacy Clause
Defense
21. 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
CORE
Voting
Omaha platform
Mugwumps
22. The appropriation of government spending for projects that are intended primarily to benefit particular constituents - such as those in marginal seats or campaign contributors.
Pork Barrel Spending
Commerce
US Trade Representatives
Committee of the Whole
23. Appointed by Eisenhower - this Supreme court justice who played an important role in the court's stance on the advancement of civil rights.
Judicial
Parallel
Earl Warren
Party Purists
24. Members of this party typically include Conservative Christian groups - higher socio-economic classes - middle-class white collar - and suburban voters.
Rhode Island
100
Republican
Universe
25. Limitations on this freedom including prohibition of defamation and obscenity - limitation on commercial speech - and restriction of inciting words that may cause immediate danger.
Rules Committee
Civil Liberties
Freedom of Speech
Royal Colonies
26. In Congress - _____________ are informal organizations of individual congressional representatives with like interests or constituencies. Members work together to promote the interests of the groups they represent through legislation - policy - and p
Grant Clemency
Caucuses
Reference Group
Dred Scott
27. 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
Omaha platform
Homeland Security
Common Law
Conservatism
28. A writ designed to protect against illegal imprisonment by requiring that a person who is detained be brought before a judge for investigation.
Espionage Act
Writ of Certiorari
Preamble
Bicameral
29. A term popularized by sociologist Floyd Hunter to describe the community leaders who he said determined policy in Atlanta - Georgia. More broadly - the term is used to describe 'power elites' generally.
Swing Voters in the Democratic Party
Inverse
Espionage Act
Power Structure
30. Presides over any impeachment trial.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Medicaid
House of Representatives
Elastic Clause
31. Assistants to the Majority and Minority Leaders of both the House and Senate.
Whips
Budget Resolution
Parallel
Pre-clearance
32. The expression of attitudes about government and politics.
Miller v. California
Federal District
Concurrent Powers
Public Opinion
33. Colonies in which freely elected legislatures chose the governor and the king could not veto laws.
Absolute Position
Lower
Senate
Charter Colonies
34. Courts of original jurisdiction in federal crimes - civil suits under federal law - civil suits between citizens of different states where the amount in question exceeds $50 -000 - bankruptcy proceedings - cases involving some federal administrative
States
Federal District
Bicameral
Department of Treasury
35. Wisconsin Republican who exploited public concern for political gain during the 1950's through freewheeling investigations of alleged Communists.
Joseph McCarthy
Referendum
4th Amendment
Dred Scott
36. If 10 days remain in session and the president does not sign an act of Congress - the law is ___________.
Enacted
Freedom of Information Act
Senate
Reynolds v. Sims
37. States that arrestees must be informed of their right to remain silent - that anything they say can be held against them in a court - that they have a right to an attorney and that an attorney will be appointed to them if they cannot afford one.
Ratification
Miranda Rights
Article III
Social Contract
38. 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.
2
Line-Item Veto
Civil Cases
Raiding
39. A relaxation of international tensions.
binding
Detente
Blacks
Royal Colonies
40. A word that comes from two Greek roots - demos - 'the populace -' and kratia - 'rule'
Republicans
Concurrent
Democracy
Due Process of Law
41. He United States Constitution was opposed by which group?
Royalists
Smith Act
Fixed
Power Structure
42. In 1978 - the Supreme Court - in the 'seven dirty words' case - ruled that the government has the right to prohibit the broadcasting of _______________.
Unlimited
Federal Courts
Public Administration
Offensive Language
43. 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.'
Political Efficacy
Writ of Certiorari
Proprietary Colonies
Cabinet
44. 1974 Act mandating that all government files about private citizens be kept confidential.
Inverse
School Desegregation
War Powers Resolution
Privacy Act
45. After hearings are complete - a congressional subcommittee will usually determine a bill's future in final deliberations known as
Secondary Group
Patriot Act
Mark Up Session
Categorical Grant
46. Provisions tacked on to a piece of legislation that are not relevant to the bill.
Conservatism
Balance of Payments
Mugwumps
Riders
47. Court cases that concern crimes committed against the public order.
15
Social Contract
Grant Clemency
Criminal Cases
48. Urban or rural areas in which businesses are encouraged to locate because of tax breaks and other incentives.
Reference Group
Enterprise Zones
Freedom of Information Act
Senate
49. 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
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Liberalism
Valence issue
Republicans
50. 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.
Propose an Amendment
War Powers Resolution
Ad Hoc Structure
9