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CLEP American Government
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1. Proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 as an attempt to form a union of the colonies. Later used to help form the Articles of Confederation.
Institutional
Albany Plan
Class Action Suit
Balance of Trade
2. Laws that were designed to segregate black and white Americans and give legal recognition to discrimination.
National Convention
Bill of Attainder
Murray v. Curlett
Jim Crow Laws
3. Organization of individuals with similar policy goals who enter the political process to influence legislation that affects the organizations interests
Republican
Redistributive Policy
Interest Groups
Baby Boomers
4. Established the Federal Reserve Bank - responsible for conducting the nation's monetary policy - maintaining the stability of the financial system - supervising and regulating banking institutions - and protecting the credit rights of consumers - and
Constituencies
Speaker of the House
Woodrow Wilson
Republican
5. Members of this party typically include women who support liberal policies on abortion and equal pay - Jews - Catholics - Blacks and other minorities - Blue-collar working class - urban - labor unions - and intelligensia
Entitlement Programs
Suburbia
Democrats
Politics
6. This 1957 judgement prohibited pornography material as utterly without redeeming social significance - later reversed in Miller v. California
Political Socialization
Roth v. US
Wallace's Progressives
Majority Whip
7. Ruling by the Supreme Court in 1954 that racial segregation in public schools violates the Fourteenth Amendment's requirement of equal protection of the laws for all persons.
Brown v. Board of Education Topeka - Kansas
Equity
Automobiles
Rank and File
8. Legislative house whose membership was intended to represent the state.
Major Political Party
Senate
Jurisdiction
Unlimited
9. Presidential staff agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.
Bundling
Interstate Compact
Criminal Information
Office of Management and Budget
10. 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
Power Structure
Party Identification
Political System
Gideon v. Wainwright
11. A public assistance program established in 1965 to help pay hospital - doctor - and medical bills for people with low incomes.
Balance of Trade
Ways and Means Committee
Medicaid
Populous
12. In Schenck v. US (1919) - The Supreme Court ruled that government may prohibit speech that creates an immediate threat of criminal action. Essentially established different standards for speech during wartime than in peacetime. Thus - establishing th
Clear and Present Danger
Council of Economic Advisors
de jure
Joint Chiefs of Staff
13. Compromise between the large states and small states that established the bicameral Legislature consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. Also included 3/5 compromise on the status of slaves in representation.
Great or Connecticut Compromise
Initiative
Fixed
Quota Sampling
14. The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 restructured the number of ______________ in both the House and Senate.
Committees
Inherent Powers
Office of Management and Budget
Permanent Registration
15. Washington v. Chrisman (1982) established the _________________ - allowing police officers to seize evidence without a warrant if the evidence is in obvious sight.
Plain View
Independent Regulatory Agencies
Dark Horse
Federalist
16. Serious crimes - such as murder - arson - or rape.
Committees of Correspondence
4
Secretary of State
Felonies
17. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that permits floor amendments within the overall time allocated to the bill.
Whistle-blowers
Ticket Splitters
11th Amendment
Open rule
18. The total group from which poll-takers may select a random sample in order to measure public opinion.
Caucus
Ex Post Facto
Equal Protection Clause
Universe
19. The state officer typically responsible for overseeing federal elections at the state level is the
Soft Money
Secretary of State
Trustee
Politics
20. 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
October 1st
Positive
The Federal Reserve Board
21. In a political campaign - the surest way of reaching the largest number of voters is usually _____________.
Television
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
Containment
Attorney General
22. Money spent by individuals or gorups not asociated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office
Independent expenditures
Baron de Montesquieu
Project Grant
Mixed Economy
23. Constitutional Article that establishes the Judicial Branch.
Article III
Interest groups
Senatorial Courtesy
16th Amendment
24. The spread of nuclear weapons to new nations
Little Difference
state legislatures
Nuclear Proliferation
Gender Gap
25. Total number of Representatives apportioned to the states based on population and reapportioned with the census every 10 years
Transnational Relations
Petition of Right
Electoral College
435
26. 1925 Supreme Court case overturned Baron v. Baltimore and applied the Bill of Rights to states.
Gerrymandering
imprisoned
Oligopoly
Gitlow v. New York
27. Freedoms that protect the individual from the government.
Civil Liberties
Veto
Misdemeanors
Committees of Correspondence
28. The provisions of the Constitution that divide power among three constitutionally equal and independent branches of government
House of Representatives
Open Meeting Law
14th Amendment
Checks and Balances
29. 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.
Legislative Veto
Riders
National Security Council
Categorical Grant
30. In the Federalist Papers - James Madison proposed that the states under the new Constitution would retain ____________ sovereignty.
Residual
Secondary Group
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
Judicial Activism
31. 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.
Party Regulars
Secondary Group
Feedback
Wallace's Progressives
32. Federal categorical grants in which the granting agency has much discretion over how the recipient spends the money.
Project Grant
Absolute Position
Convention Bounce
Civil War Amendments
33. A provision of the Federal Communications Act that requires broadcasters to provide the same amount of exposure to all legally qualified political candidates.
Third Parties
Political Action Committee
7
Equal Time
34. A writ designed to protect against illegal imprisonment by requiring that a person who is detained be brought before a judge for investigation.
Critical Election
Writ of Certiorari
Entitlement Programs
100
35. 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
Freedom of Speech
Alien and Sedition Acts
Federal District
Civil Liberties
36. Legislature bills that affect all citizens.
Public Bills
John Locke
Royalists
Winston Churchill
37. 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.
Senior Executive Service
Miller v. California
Majority Whip
State of the Union
38. An act of legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without benefit of a trial. Constitutionally prohibited.
Supreme Court
2/3
6th Amendment
Bill of Attainder
39. An elected office that is predictably won by one party or the other - so the success of that party's candidate is almost taken for granted
Appealed
Antitrust Legislation
Party of Economic Protest
Safe seat
40. The permanent committees of a legislature that consider bills and conduct hearings and investigations.
Standing Committees
Presidential Veto
Executive
Safe seat
41. Most Americans support ______________ primarily as part of their criticism of PACs
Campaign Finance Reform
Truman
Bundling
9
42. The 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act - the 1965 Highway Beautification Act and the 1964 Civil Rights Act are all examples of ____________________.
Regulatory Federalism
Plurality
Initiative
Balance of Payments
43. 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
Mugwumps
Gross Domestic Product
Judicial
Restrictive Covenant
44. Congress defined the steps for the creation and admission of new states. It forbade slavery while the region remained a territory although citizens could legalize it. First congress would appoint a territorial governor and judges. Second as soon as 5
Mallory Rule
Bull Moose Progressives
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
New Deal Era
45. The Equal Rights Amendment was defeated in 1982 because ____________________________.
House of Representatives
Bundling
It Failed to be Ratified
Bill of Attainder
46. A legislator who automatically mirrors the will of the majority of his or her constituents.
Gitlow v. New York
Low
Free Exercise of Religion
Instructed Delegate
47. The only court specifically outlined in the Constitution.
Enumerated Powers
Supreme Court
Lord Acton
Safe seat
48. This amendment includes the due process clause - the equal protection clause - and gave rights to former slaves.
General Purpose Grants
Restrictive Covenant
14th Amendment
Line-Item Veto
49. While the verbiage of the 4th Amendment is vague as to what constitutes 'reasonable'. Police departments must rely on _____________; they cannot act on unfounded suspicion.
Internal Efficacy
Mallory Rule
Medicaid
Probable Cause
50. A legal principle of fair dealing - which may provide preventive measures and legal remedies that are unavailable under existing common law and statutory law.
Stare Decisis
Office of Management and Budget
Democrats
Equity