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CLEP American Government
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The concentration of economic power in the hands of a relatively few large companies.
Lobbying
Patriot Act
Bull Moose Progressives
Oligopoly
2. This 1973 ruling gave local communities the authority to determine obscenity - established three part test for obscene material. To qualify as obscene - speech must be considered obscene by the 'average' person - depict or describe material that is a
8th Amendment
Negative
27th Amendment
Miller v. California
3. Term limit for House of Representatives.
Council of Economic Advisors
Unlimited
National Security Council
may not
4. Judges in Legislative Courts serve _______ terms and do not require impeachment.
Fixed
5
Political Action Committees
Spoils System
5. The process through which an individual acquires a set of political attitudes and forms opinions about political and social issues.
Federalist Papers
Writ of Mandamus
Jim Crow Laws
Political Socialization
6. In lieu of an indictment - the state prosecutor may file a _______________ charging the person with a crime.
Quid Pro Quo
Criminal Information
Party Identification
Categorical Grant
7. An economy in which most economic decisions result from the interaction of buyers and sellers in markets - but in which the government plays a significant role in the allocation of resources.
Jurisdiction
Speaker of the House
Mixed Economy
Equal Time
8. Infamous 1735 English case established the precedent for Freedom of the Press in the US.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Zenger
Television
Appropriation Bills
9. 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
Government
Clear and Present Danger
Original Jurisdiction
National Security Council
10. Executive office responsible for negotiating trade with foreign powers.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
US Trade Representatives
House of Representatives
11. While the voting rights act of 1965 did direct the Attorney General to investigate the constitutionality of poll taxes and prohibit literacy tests - it did not expressly prohibit _____________.
Mark Up Session
Gerrymandering
Closed rule
Political Action Committees
12. Constitutional protection of the accused to not be tried for the same crime twice.
Majority Whip
Monopoly
Double Jeopardy
Implied Powers
13. A provision in a deed to real property prohibiting its sale to a person of a particular race or religion. Judicial enforcement is unconstitutional.
Restrictive Covenant
Press Secretary
Poll Tax
Freedom of Information Act
14. The European political philosophers whose writings influenced the concepts of liberty and government contained in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution belonged to the intellectual and cultural movement known as
Defense
Dark Horse
Majority Whip
The Enlightenment
15. 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
Original Jurisdiction
Balance of Payments
2/3
Conservatism
16. Capital punishment is also known as the _________________.
Regulatory Agencies
Delegated Powers
Electoral Votes
Death penalty
17. The concept that all people are of equal worth - even if not of equal ability.
Periodic Registration
Speaker of the House
Public Policies
Equality
18. A system of voter registration in which voters must register only once in their district.
Permanent Registration
Legislative Veto
Pure Speech
Budget Resolutions
19. Which powers of the national government flow from its enumerated powers and from the 'elastic clause' of the Constitution?
Implied Powers
Residual
Politics
Miranda Rights
20. Defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing - pictures
Slander
Bicameral
Pre-clearance
Court of Appeals
21. In Sweatt v. Painter (1950) - The Supreme Court upheld that ___________________ was inherently not the case as is applied to the University of Texas Law School.
Article V
Separate but Equal
Governmental Corporations
Bill of Rights
22. 1940 Act Prohibiting any person from advocating overthrowing the government through violence or force.
Smith Act
House of Representatives
Arraignment
Substantive Due Process
23. Gave authority over atomic energy from military to civilians.
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
Mayflower Compact
Rousseau
Party Regulars
24. _____________ is responsible for monetary policy.
Increased competition
Hub and Spoke Model
Implied Powers
The Federal Reserve Board
25. The practice under which victorious politicians reward their followers with jobs.
Speaker of the House
Select Committee
2
Spoils System
26. As part of the negotiations concerning the Constitution - the South fought for and won an agreement forbidding the imposition of _______________.
Max Weber
Governmental Corporations
Export Taxes
Interest Groups
27. Prohibits the use of cruel or unusual punishment.
Bipartisanship
Political System
Democrats
8th Amendment
28. Libel - obscenity - fighting words - and commercial speech - which are not entitled to constitutional protection in all circumstances.
Senate
Commission Plan
Ways and Means Committee
Non-protected Speech
29. Legislative house responsible for impeachment trials.
Senate
Speaker of the House
Economic Interest Groups
blockbusting and redlining
30. Polls taken as people leave voting places. In the past - television networks sometimes used these polls to predict election outcomes before the polls close. In 1992 - the television networks agreed not to project the winner in a state until the major
Legislative Veto
Pocket Veto
Exit Polls
Muckrakers
31. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was somewhat undermined by racist practices in the real estate market such as _____________ and ______________ - which continued illegally in many areas following passage of the Act.
blockbusting and redlining
Nuclear Proliferation
Gitlow v. New York
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
32. The amount of money available when the government's income is greater than what it spends in a fiscal year.
Budget Surplus
Public Administration
Project Grant
Conservatism
33. Elections in which the majority party (according to party identification) is defeated in a temporary reversal.
Implementation
Deviating Elections
Patriot Act
Segregation
34. The Constitution requires that state governments - like the federal government - must be _____________ in form - with final authority resting with the people.
Miranda Rights
Closed
Democratic
2
35. Requires that a suspect in a federal case be arraigned without unnecessary delay.
Republicans
Mallory Rule
Housing and Urban Development
Cabinet
36. Responsible for further investigation - hearings - and amendment to a bill
may not
Sub-committee
Agriculture
Party Dealignment
37. A pluralist theory by C. Wright Mills where a small number of wealthy elite wield most of the power. Fundamental to all governments around the world - the elite rule while they make the lower classes feel like they are involved in democracy. The elit
Cluster Sampling
2
Elite and Class Theory
Implied Powers
38. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that permits floor amendments within the overall time allocated to the bill.
Open rule
Arraignment
State Legislatures
Conglomerates
39. 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.
Exclusionary Rule
Joseph McCarthy
Separate but Equal
Office of Management and Budget
40. The 1896 case of Plessy v. Fergusan established the racial segregation policy of __________________.
Fiscal Federalism
Judicial
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Separate but Equal
41. Plan that proposed bicameral legislature where states were to have representation based on size in both houses.
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National Security Council
Murray v. Curlett
Virginia Plan
42. A procedure that in certain circumstances permits voters to remove elected state or local officials from office before their terms have expired.
Mayflower Compact
Quota Sampling
Legislative Courts
Recall
43. In Argersinger v. Hamlin (1972) - the Supreme Court extended the right to counsel to those accused of misdemeanors if the defendant is _____________.
imprisoned
Sub-government
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
Regulatory Federalism
44. Formed as a third party on the issue of slavery by many former Whigs in the 1850's. Anti-slavery platform. Supported by farmers - laborers - and newly-freed blacks.
Initiative
Republicans
Probable Cause
Economic Interest Groups
45. In addition to overseeing the activities of one or more federal agencies - a ___________________may also serve as the authorizing committee for federal agencies' programs and operations.
Hatch Act
congressional oversight committee
Non-protected Speech
1st Amendment
46. A system - until modified and reformed in the 1970s - that automatically resulted in the selection as committee chair of those members of the majority party in Congress who had the longest continuous service on a committee.
October 1st
Pure Speech
Seniority System
Speaker of the House
47. Includes the 13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments. Abolished slavery and guaranteed due process and equal protection to all citizens.
Press Secretary
Civil War Amendments
Interstate Compact
Policy
48. In the Federalist Papers - James Madison proposed that the states under the new Constitution would retain ____________ sovereignty.
Residual
Open rule
National Debt
Housing and Urban Development
49. Literally meaning 'right of blood' - confers citizenship to a child from the parents.
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Jus Sanguinis
Senate
Formula Grant
50. A meeting of party leaders to select candidates - elect convention delegates - etc
Press Secretary
Caucus
Deviating Elections
Senate