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CLEP American Government
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1. A policy adopted by the United States after the Second World War that assumed that if enough nuclear weapons were deployed by the United States - an enemy would not attack for fear of being destroyed in retaliation.
Civil War Amendments
Oligopoly
Strategic Deterrence
Deviating Elections
2. Germany - Switzerland - and India are examples of countries with a _______________ system of government.
Clothespin vote
Federal
Regulatory Federalism
Probable Cause
3. Members of this party typically include Conservative Christian groups - higher socio-economic classes - middle-class white collar - and suburban voters.
Republican
Low
National
Great Compromise
4. Concept of government by the people in which everyone is free to vote - but normally whoever gets the most votes wins the election and represents all the people - including those who voted for the losing candidate.
Appropriations
Majority Rule
Department of State
20
5. The concentration of economic power in the hands of a relatively few large companies.
Custom
12
Oligopoly
State Treasurer
6. Executive check on Legislative Branch.
Republicans
Veto
Flexible Construction
Periodic Registration
7. The right to renounce one's citizenship.
Closed Shop
5
Membership
Right of Expatriation
8. Beginning with the election of Abraham Lincoln - the period between 1860 and the Great Depression was dominated by this political party.
Republicans
8th Amendment
Fiscal Federalism
Pyramid Model
9. Th joint listing of the presidential and vice presidential candidates on the same ballot as required by the twelfth amendment
Whistle-blowers
State Legislatures
Presidential Ticket
Unlimited
10. Its the responsibility of ___________ committees of a political party to solidify the party within each state and organize primary elections
State
30
Campaign Contributions
Republican
11. The 1803 case in which the Supreme Court - by declaring a portion of an act of Congress unconstitutional - first firmly set forth and established the power of judicial review.
Marbury v. Madison
Civil Liberties
Pocket Veto
Independent
12. Presidential management model in which the Chief of Staff plays a prominent role as the head of a military style chain of command. Used successfully by Reagan and Eisenhower.
Pyramid Model
Judicial Activism
Democrats
Recommit the Bill to Committee
13. 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.
Bicameral
Republican
Original Jurisdiction
Article VI
14. The structure and set of regulations in place to control activity - usually in large organizations and government. it is represented by standardized procedure (rule-following) that dictates the execution of most or all processes within the body - for
Bureaucracy
Entitlement Spending
national quotas
Supreme Court
15. 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.
General Accounting Office
US v. Ballard
Police Powers
Coast Guard
16. Legislative house responsible for impeachment trials.
Defense
Cold War
Senate
2nd Amendment
17. The gap between the government's income and outlays.
Deficit
3
2
Lose
18. Court cases that involve relations between individuals and organizations - such as a divorce action - or a suit for damages arising from an automobile accident or for violation of a business contract.
Supreme Court
Double Jeopardy
Civil Cases
Council-Manager Plan
19. In the 1962 case of Robinson v. California - the Supreme Court ruled that incarcerating a drug addict is ______________________ because drug addiction is an illness.
Federal
Cruel and Unusual
31
Due Process
20. The kinds of cases that a court has the authority to decide.
Coast Guard
Checks and Balances
Little Difference
Jurisdiction
21. 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
Lobbying
Government
Little Difference
22. Broadly worded warrants used by British soldiers during colonial America to search for contraband and prevent smuggling.
Oligopoly
Writ of Assistance
35
Third Parties
23. New Jersey v. TLO (1985) established that school authorities may search students without _____________ as long as they are reasonable.
Probable Cause
Establishment Clause
Medicare
US Trade Representatives
24. A procedure that in certain circumstances permits voters to remove elected state or local officials from office before their terms have expired.
Administrative Procedure Act
Divided Government
Jus Soli
Recall
25. In the mid-term elections following a President's inauguration - his party tends to ___________ seats in Congress.
Party Dealignment
Gerrymandering
Gender Gap
Lose
26. Requires reporting of financial information by companies with publicly traded securities
Voting
Political Culture
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
Joint Committee
27. Theory that a government requires the consent of the governed.
25th Amendment
Social Contract
16th Amendment
Voting
28. Amendment that delegated the election of Senators to popular vote.
Public Administration
20
Tariff
17th
29. American politics is dominated by a small ___________ who is responsible for most of the important policy decisions
Government
Commission Plan
Elite
Independent Regulatory Agencies
30. The executive office established in response to intelligence lapses during WWI. Oversees American foreign policy and includes the President - Vice President - Secretary of State - Secretary of Defense and is lead by the National Security Advisor.
Probable Cause
It Failed to be Ratified
1st Amendment
National Security Council
31. A joint committee of Congress established to help negotiate discrepancies and gain consensus between legislation passed in each house before sending the bill to the President.
Delegated Powers
Third Parties
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Conference Committee
32. Agenda that includes issues that affect the daily lives of the people.
Referendum
Salient Agenda
Enacted
Entitlement Spending
33. The coming to power of a new coalition - replacing an old dominant coalition of the other party
Bipartisanship
Critical Election
Federal Appellate
National Security
34. Raise Public Awareness - Create Policy Agenda - Prioritize Agenda - Enact Policy - Public Evaluation
Civil Liberties
Policy Making Cycle
US Trade Representatives
Quota Sampling
35. In the Federalist Papers - James Madison proposed that the states under the new Constitution would retain ____________ sovereignty.
Roth v. US
Enumerated Powers
Residual
Referendum
36. 14th Amendment is often used to support the right to ____________.
Due Process
Articles of Confederation
Political Action Committee
National
37. According to one survey - what percentage of Americans belongs to groups that sometimes take a stand on public issues
Budget Resolutions
Federal District
States
31
38. Groups whose views serve as guidelines to an individual's opinion. See also primary groups and secondary groups.
Eminent Domain
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
Reference Group
9
39. A system in which the power to govern is shared between national and state governments
October 1st
Supreme Court
Administrative Law
Federalism
40. ________ of voters identify with one political party in advance of the campaign.
Closed
Statutory Law
2/3
Monroe Doctrine
41. The net balance or relationship between total income and total expenditures by the nation in its dealings with the rest of the world - including trade - loans - and investments.
Balance of Payments
Substantive Due Process
Safe seat
Earl Warren
42. Also known as the Indiana ballot - lists the candidates of each party in a row or column - beside or under the party emblem. In most cases - the voter can make one mark at the top of the column - or pull one lever - and thus vote for all the party's
a senior senator of the majority party
Lord Acton
de facto
Party Column Ballot
43. Which form of registration prevails in all but a few states?
Automobiles
Permanent Registration
Take Care Clause
14th Amendment
44. 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. ...'
Preamble
Offensive Language
National Security
Privileges and Immunities Clause
45. The power of some municipalities to modify their charters and run their affairs without approval by the state legislature.
congressional oversight committee
Home Rule
Impartial
Authorizations
46. The median income of women is ___________ percent of men.
Separation of Powers
Lafolette's Progressive s
2
77
47. A legal principle of fair dealing - which may provide preventive measures and legal remedies that are unavailable under existing common law and statutory law.
11th Amendment
House Standing Committees
270
Equity
48. The agency that provides Congress with evaluations of public policies is the
Grand Jury Indictment
New Federalism
General Accounting Office
Conglomerates
49. Literally - a 'friend of the court' brief - filed by an individual or organization to present arguements in addition to those presented by the immediate parties to a case
Third Parties
Amicus Curiae Brief
Republicans
Interventionism
50. Most modern political scientists believe there is ________________ between politics and government.
Little Difference
Electoral Votes
Bipartisanship
Iron Triangle
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