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CLEP American Government
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1. The individuals - institutions - and processes that make the rules for society and possess the power to enforce them.
National Security
Decreased
Government
Enterprise Zones
2. Legislative house responsible for impeachment trials.
Bull Moose Progressives
Senate
Legislative
2nd Amendment
3. 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.
Monroe Doctrine
Party Activists
Transportation
Statutory Law
4. Executive check on Legislative Branch.
Electoral College
Fiscal Policy
Veto
National Committee
5. The FCC's equal time policy applies to _____________.
States
Implied
Political Advertising
Article VI
6. This term refers to the gain in the polls that a candidate often enjoys after a national convention
Convention Bounce
Pure Speech
Due Process
Distribution
7. Overturning unjust laws is the responsibility of _________________.
Senior Executive Service
unlimited
Supreme Court
Constitutional Initiative
8. President requires their approval to appoint judges - ambassadors and other high officials.
Political Efficacy
Unicameral
Foreign Policy
Senate
9. 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.
Vice President
Miranda Rights
Legislative
Civil Liberties
10. This clause of the 1st amendment establishes a 'wall of separation' between church and state.
Establishment Clause
Swing Voters in the Democratic Party
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pluralist
11. The right of the Supreme Court - under the Constitution - to hear certain kinds of cases directly - such as cases involving foreign diplomats - or cases in which one of the 50 states is a party.
Roth v. US
Elastic Clause
Original Jurisdiction
Bandwagon
12. Defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing - pictures
Slander
Baker v. Wingo
Free Rider
Jus Sanguinis
13. A method of polling - considered less reliable than a random sample - in which interviewers are instructed to question members of a particular group in proportion to their percentage in the population as a whole.
Unlimited
Petition of Right
Quota Sampling
Joint Chiefs of Staff
14. In the last 30 years - voter turnout among American 18- to 24-year-olds has been
5
Declining
10th Amendment
Catholics
15. The drawing of the lines of congressional districts - or of any other political district - in order to favor one political party or group over another.
Vice President
Gerrymandering
Attorney General
Eminent Domain
16. Programs are designed to give preferential access to education - employment - health care - or social welfare to groups of people - especially minorities and women - who have historically been discriminated against.
Free Exercise Clause
Ticket Splitters
Affirmative Action
Petition of Right
17. The separation of people by race.
Segregation
Due Process
Categorical Grants
Monroe Doctrine
18. First proposed in 1789 - this amendment passed in 1992 prohibits Congress from raising their own pay. Pay raises may not take affect until the beginning of the next term.
27th Amendment
1964 Civil Rights Act
W.E.B. DuBoise
Reynolds v. Sims
19. In lieu of an indictment - the state prosecutor may file a _______________ charging the person with a crime.
Veto
Institutional
Criminal Information
10th Amendment
20. The amount of money available when the government's income is greater than what it spends in a fiscal year.
Department of State
Elite and Class Theory
Right to Counsel
Budget Surplus
21. This contraversial legal technicality intended to protect civil liberties has allowed criminals to remain free when the courts refuse to admit evidence that may have been obtained illegally.
Free Exercise of Religion
Town Meeting
Exclusionary Rule
President Pro Tempore
22. Requires that a suspect in a federal case be arraigned without unnecessary delay.
Confederation
Mallory Rule
Categorical Grant
Legislative
23. The strongest factor contributing to an individual's political socialization tends to be
Family
Bill of Rights
Little Difference
National Security Council
24. In Reynolds v. US (1879) - the Supreme Court denied this right to Reynolds because his religion's practice of polygamy violated federal law.
Free Speech
Due Process
Entitlement Spending
Free Exercise
25. Judicial Check on Legislative Branch. Not specifically outlined in the Constitution - but established in the case of Marbury v. Madison through the application of the Supremacy Clause in Article VI.
Caucus
Judicial Selection
Judicial Review
State Government
26. A broadly based coalition that attempts to gain control of the government by winning elections in order to exercise power and reward its members.
Judicial Activism
Political ideology
Dissenting Opinion
Major Political Party
27. Formerly known as the Anti-Federalist - this party lead by Thomas Jefferson advocated states rights pressing the causes of the common people and agrarian interest. Dominated the political arena until the Civil War.
Democratic-Republicans
Great or Connecticut Compromise
Jim Crow Laws
Caucuses
28. The only instance in which the government can prohibit religious activities
Whistle-blowers
Violation of Law
Murray v. Curlett
Welfare State
29. _____________ was the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City politics and helping immigrants (most notably the Irish) rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.
Common Law
Tammany Hall
Catholics
Supremacy Clause
30. A loose grouping of people and organizations who seek to influence policy formation.
Mallory Rule
Home Rule
Issue Networks
Caucuses
31. Puerto Rico has ____________ status.
National Security Council
imprisoned
Commonwealth
Third Parties
32. The Immigration Act of 1965 abolished the practice of _______________ allowing more diversity among immigrants.
External Efficacy
Executive Privilege
national quotas
Impeachment
33. _____________ are expected to specialize in a few policy areas rather than claim expertise in the whole range of legislative concerns
Capitalism
Members of Congress
Gideon v. Wainwright
Caucuses
34. Article VI - Paragraph 2 - of the Constitution - which declares that the Constitution - and the laws and treaties of the United States made under it - are 'the supreme Law of the Land' and prevail over any conflicting state constitutions or laws.
New Deal Era
Block Grant
Supremacy Clause
Campaign Contributions
35. The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy)
Federal
Self-Incrimination
Agriculture
Detente
36. A power of the president to kill a bill by taking no action (if Congress adjourns during the 10-day period after the president receives the bill). Some court rulings have suggested that a president may exercise a pocket veto only when Congress adjour
Pocket Veto
Speech Plus
Positive
Electoral Connection
37. Loose - competitive relationships among policy experts - interest groups - congressional committees - and federal agencies. Many observers argue that these have replaced iron triangles.
Freedom of Information Act
Issue network
Hyperpluralism
Wallace's Progressives
38. Cabinet department responsible for managing school lunch programs and food safety. Established in 1862.
Propose an Amendment
5
Agriculture
Commander in Chief
39. Laws must be administered in a fair manner.
national quotas
Commonwealth
Royal Colonies
Procedural Due Process
40. As part of the negotiations concerning the Constitution - the South fought for and won an agreement forbidding the imposition of _______________.
Magna Carta
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Export Taxes
Baby Boomers
41. A word that comes from two Greek roots - demos - 'the populace -' and kratia - 'rule'
Democracy
Hyperpluralism
Detente
Lower
42. Clause in the 14th Amendment that forbids any state to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. The 5th Amendment also imposes this limitation on the national government.
8th Amendment
Local
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
Equal Protection Clause
43. How groups form and organize to pursue their goals or objectives - including how to get individuals and groups to participate and cooperate.
Probable Cause
1st Amendment
Article V
Collective Action
44. Term limit for House of Representatives.
Unlimited
Riders
Adversarial
Retrospective Voting
45. High School Dropouts - Blacks - Hispanics - Recent immigrants - and People under 25 or over 75 tend to have a _________ voter turnout.
Change of Venue
Low
Majority Opinion
unlimited
46. The ___________ aspects of Federalism include: conflicts between state and national government - economic and racial discrimination - uneven enforcement of law - and dominance of local governments by special interest groups
Negative
Marbury v. Madison
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
General Accounting
47. 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.
9
Brown v. Board of Education Topeka - Kansas
Concurrent
Cloture
48. 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
Project Grant
Coast Guard
Categorical Grant
Incorporation Doctrine
49. The Supreme Court has sometimes used a narrow interpretation of the Establishment Clause allowing the government to provide aid to religious groups as long as it remains ______________ and does not promote one religion at the expense of another. This
Impartial
Separation of Powers
Preamble
Republican
50. Today the Senate operates with ____ standing and select committees. These select committees - however - are permanent in nature and are treated as standing committees under Senate rules.
Muckrakers
20
Speech Plus
Murray v. Curlett
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