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CLEP American Government
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1. Individual contributions to PACs are limited to ______________ dollars per candidate per election with primaries - general and special elections counting separately.
Privacy Act
Federal Register
The Federalist #10
5 -000
2. Number of original cabinet positions under George Washington.
Ticket Splitters
3
Propose an Amendment
House Standing Committees
3. Federal grants in which the recipient has little discretion over how the money is spent. The national government sets narrowly defined rules for use of funds and often requires the states or local governments to provide matching funds. These grants a
Categorical Grant
Demands
Judicial
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4. The binding decisions that the government makes whether in the form of laws -regulations - or judicial decisions
Political System
War Powers Resolution
Outputs
Ratification
5. First Roman Catholic elected President.
Secretary of State
Vietnam War
Monetary Policy
John F. Kennedy
6. The Supreme Court's broad interpretation of this clause has denied direct aid from the government for religious groups - but does allow religious groups to make use of government services such as police and fire.
Establishment Clause
Flexible Construction
Free Exercise Clause
Writ of Mandamus
7. Act of exchanging favors for mutual gain
Veteran's Affairs
Logrolling
Executive Agreements
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
8. The estimated number of illegal aliens living in the US.
Cold War
Regulatory Agencies
8 Million
National Security Council
9. 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
Great or Connecticut Compromise
Article III
Lemon Test
10. First governing document of the Plymouth Colony establishing freedom of religion.
Mayflower Compact
National Chair
Commonwealth
Freedom of Speech
11. The FCC's equal time policy applies to _____________.
Zenger
It Failed to be Ratified
Antitrust Legislation
Political Advertising
12. A place of work in which any person may be hired provided that he or she joins the union within a specified time.
Exit Polls
October 1st
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Union Shop
13. Puerto Rico has ____________ status.
Fiscal Policy
Executive
Violation of Law
Commonwealth
14. Lawsuit brought by an individual or group of people on behalf of all those similarly situated
Class Action Suit
Great or Connecticut Compromise
Hatch Act
Libertarianism
15. 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.
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Patriot Act
Republican
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
16. Organizations or groups - such as labor unions or fraternal - professional - or religious groups - that may influence an individual's opinion.
Secondary Group
Elastic Clause
Reverse Discrimination
Authorizations
17. A nation's set of fundamental beliefs about how government and politics should be conducted.
Executive Agreements
Tariff
Entitlement Programs
Political Culture
18. This 1689 English Document made the monarch
state legislatures
Restrictive Covenant
English Bill of Rights
Dissenting Opinion
19. A broadly based coalition that attempts to gain control of the government by winning elections in order to exercise power and reward its members.
Jury of Peers
de jure
Major Political Party
Conglomerates
20. A system of voter registration in which voters must register only once in their district.
Permanent Registration
25th Amendment
1964 Civil Rights Act
Logrolling
21. German sociologist theorized that the engine of government needs bureaucracies to provide expertise in a way that short-term elected or appointed official cannot.
Max Weber
Legislative
Charter Colonies
Contract Clause
22. Leader of the House of Representatives - elected by the majority party. 2nd in line of succession for the Presidency.
States
Speaker of the House
Pentagon Papers
Fiscal Policy
23. A loose grouping of people and organizations who seek to influence policy formation.
General Election
Take Care Clause
Issue Networks
14th Amendment
24. When the minority party becomes stronger than the majority party - usually the result of winning a critical election.
Party Realignment
Populous
Truman
Federal
25. Walter DeVries and Lance Tarrance have concluded that in many elections the outcome is determined by ______________.
Bipartisanship
Positive
Chief Justice
Ticket Splitters
26. Each Senate committee may have ________ subcommittees.
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legislative and executive
Major Political Party
unlimited
27. Number of current cabinet positions under GW Bush.
Republicans
Hub and Spoke Model
Political Socialization
15
28. Form of government in which the people are sovereign but their power is exercised by their elected representatives.
Random Sample
Republic
Mallory Rule
Third Party
29. Cabinet department responsible for managing school lunch programs and food safety. Established in 1862.
Pure Speech
Agriculture
National Security Council
Virginia Plan
30. Elections that may lead to a basic shift in the party identification of the electorate.
Federal Appellate
Cluster Sampling
Realigning Elections
Catholics
31. The Immigration Act of 1965 abolished the practice of _______________ allowing more diversity among immigrants.
27th Amendment
Federal
Redistributive Policy
national quotas
32. ____________ often influence political appointments in an effort to influence bureaucracy.
binding
state legislatures
Lobbying
Interest groups
33. ________________ of the Constitution dictates how the Constitution shall be amended.
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
Right to Work Laws
Article V
Rules Committee
34. The process by which individuals screen out messages that do not conform to their own biases
Selective exposure
Earmarks
Lower
Reynolds v. Sims
35. 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.
Campaign Contributions
Pluralist
Conference Committee
Civil Cases
36. In the 1990 case OR State Employment Division v. Smith 1990 - the Supreme court allowed the state to fire employees who use peyote during native American religious ceremonies because it is in violation of drug laws. In this case - which clause of the
Great Compromise
Public Policy
Free Exercise Clause
Smith Act
37. The ______________________ were formed to unite the colonists against Britain.
Committees of Correspondence
Democracy
Popular Sovereignty
national quotas
38. 1963 ruling prohibiting prayer in public schools.
Patriot Act
Free Exercise Clause
Murray v. Curlett
Joint Committee
39. The fundamental rights of a free society that are protected by the Bill of Rights against the power of the government - such as freedom of speech - religion - press - and assembly.
Civil Liberties
Executive Agencies
Nuclear Proliferation
Committees
40. A study of Bennington College students in the 1930s illustrated that the influence of the family on political attitudes tends to ______________ as they grow older and come into contact with other groups.
Increased
Diminish
Open rule
President Pro Tempore
41. Department established in 1988 by President G.H. Bush.
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42. An opinion of one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court which gives rise to its judgment.
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
Dissenting Opinion
Enacted
Enumerated Powers
43. The right to renounce one's citizenship.
Party Identification
Feedback
Hyperpluralism
Right of Expatriation
44. Powers of government exercised independently by both the federal and state governments - such as the power to tax.
Max Weber
Concurrent Powers
Independent expenditures
Lord Acton
45. Representing - characterized by - or including members from two parties or factions
Procedural Due Process
Gideon v. Wainwright
House of Representatives
Bipartisanship
46. Presides over any impeachment trial.
11th Amendment
The Federal Reserve Board
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Eminent Domain
47. Eisenhower's philosophy of being liberal in all things human and being conservative with all things fiscal. Appealed to both Republicans and Democrats.
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Balancing Test
Dynamic Conservatism
14th Amendment
48. This author was highly influential on Thomas Jefferson - rejecting divine right - proposing that government is a social contract requiring the consent of the govern and establishing the concept of self-evident rights of life - liberty - and property.
John Locke
Statutory Law
Whigs
Plain View
49. The chair and the heads of the three armed services - and - when Marine Corps matters are under consideration - the commandant of the marines. By law - they advise the president and the secretary of defense and are the chiefs of their respective mili
Public Policy
Cold War
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Speech Plus
50. During Presidential election years or when the nation is divided on policy agenda - particularly regarding salient issues - voter turnout is _____________
Smith Act
High
External Efficacy
Closed Shop