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CLEP American Government
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The separation of people by race.
Segregation
Libel
Writ of Certiorari
Cruel and Unusual
2. Lead by Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. Dedicated to defending federal authority and high tariffs. Gained supports of merchants - bankers - industrialists and planters.
Entitlement Programs
Implied
Whigs
Mallory Rule
3. ________________ of the Constitution governs the relationships of the states.
Article IV
Criminal Information
Propose an Amendment
Lord Acton
4. 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
Elite and Class Theory
Supreme Court
Incorporation Doctrine
Outputs
5. Article II of the Constitution establishes the ______________ branch.
1776
Executive
Recommit the Bill to Committee
Political Action Committees
6. In 1998 - the Supreme Court struck down the________________ law - declaring it unconstitutional - because Congress did not have the constitutional authority to hand that power to the President.
Substantive Due Process
Office of Management and Budget
presidential line-item veto
Private Bills
7. 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.
Declining
Party Dealignment
Mark Up Session
Democratic-Republicans
8. A loose grouping of people and organizations who seek to influence policy formation.
Issue Networks
Miranda Rights
Sub-committee
Little Difference
9. The 5th amendment protect against _____________.
Executive
District of Columbia
Joseph McCarthy
Self-Incrimination
10. President requires their approval to appoint judges - ambassadors and other high officials.
Categorical Grants
Senate
Raiding
Party Realignment
11. A registered voter may vote in any party primary regardless of his own party affiliation. When voters do not register with a party before the primary - it is called a pick-a-party primary because the voter can select which party's primary he or she w
Open
Senior Executive Service
Checks and Balances
Closed
12. Proponents of limited government - unregulated free markets - national self-reliance - and conventional social values are best describes as
Republicans
Military-Industrial Complex
Negative
2/3
13. Leader of the House of Representatives - elected by the majority party. 2nd in line of succession for the Presidency.
Speaker of the House
Political Party
7
House of Representatives
14. 1966 Act allowing citizens to inspect all government records with the exception of classified military or intelligence documents - trade secrets or private personnel files.
Demands
Probable Cause
Freedom of Information Act
Checks and Balances
15. Units of government under the president - within the executive branch - that are not part of a cabinet department.
House of Representatives
Committee of the Whole
Supremacy Clause
Executive Agencies
16. Several Presidents have been elected without winning the popular vote. As a result - In 1970 and 1979 - Amendments were proposed to disband the ______________ - neither passed.
Electoral College
Senate
25th Amendment
Resolutions
17. In 1978 - the Supreme Court - in the 'seven dirty words' case - ruled that the government has the right to prohibit the broadcasting of _______________.
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
Offensive Language
Federal
Reverse Discrimination
18. Legislative house responsible for impeachment trials.
Senate
Jus Sanguinis
Cloture
Enumerated Powers
19. After a bill has passed both the House and Senate - it goes to _________________ where any differences between the house bill and the senate bill are resolved before sending to the President for signature
Recall
Soft money
Petit Jury
Conference Committee
20. Number of current cabinet positions under GW Bush.
War Powers Resolution
15
Riders
7
21. The 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act - the 1965 Highway Beautification Act and the 1964 Civil Rights Act are all examples of ____________________.
Due Process of Law
New Federalism
Regulatory Federalism
Issue network
22. Raise Public Awareness - Create Policy Agenda - Prioritize Agenda - Enact Policy - Public Evaluation
Policy Making Cycle
Creative Federalism
Policy
Freedom of Speech
23. Judges in Legislative Courts serve _______ terms and do not require impeachment.
Enterprise Zones
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Decreased
Fixed
24. A legislature with only one house.
Unicameral
Lemon Test
Foreign Policy
Royal Colonies
25. States that states may draw reasonable distinctions between the rights of residents and non-residents (ex. In state and out of state tuition)
1964 Civil Rights Act
270
Privileges and Immunities Clause
Independent expenditures
26. Members of the ______________ committee of a political party work to maintain influence during non election years through congressional campaign committees.
1st Amendment
National
Outputs
state legislatures
27. This 1932 case established that a case can be too speedy and under-counseled - providing defendants in a capital case the right to a reasonable amount of time to establish a defense.
Judicial
Committees of Correspondence
Scottsboro Boys Case
Speech Plus
28. Authority based on an individual's outstanding traits - which attract followers
Divided Government
Republicans
Family
Charismatic authority
29. 1917 Reincarnation of the Sedition Act during WWI
Declining
Free Exercise
Espionage Act
External Efficacy
30. This act prohibited Discrimination because of race - color - sex - religion - or national origin by employers or labor unions; The adoption by voting registrars of different standards for black and white applicants; and Racial or religious discrimina
Authorizations
1964 Civil Rights Act
Cluster Sampling
Caucuses
31. Wisconsin Republican who exploited public concern for political gain during the 1950's through freewheeling investigations of alleged Communists.
Free Exercise Clause
Joseph McCarthy
Roe v. Wade
Speaker of the House
32. Powers of government that the national government may exercise simply because it exists as a government - such as the right to conduct foreign relations.
7th Amendment
Executive Agreements
2/3
Inherent Powers
33. 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
Safe seat
Dual / Layer Cake Federalism
Public Opinion
34. The formal source of all authority in each major political party. It nominates the party candidates for president and vice president - writes a platform - settles disputes - writes rules - and elects the members of the national committee.
Interest Groups
Nuclear Proliferation
Omaha platform
National Convention
35. ____________ often influence political appointments in an effort to influence bureaucracy.
Interest groups
Rules Committee
Interventionism
Increased competition
36. This was amended in 1985 to prohibit vote dilution without requiring the proof of discriminatory purpose demanded by the original Act.
Regulatory Federalism
Outputs
Dies
Voting Rights Act of 1965
37. A legislator who automatically mirrors the will of the majority of his or her constituents.
Interest Groups
2
Instructed Delegate
Containment
38. Number of original cabinet positions under George Washington.
3
Deviating Elections
Catholics
Privacy Act
39. A compulsory national insurance program - financed by taxes on employers and employees. The insurance falls into four categories: old-age and survivors insurance - disability insurance - Medicare - and unemployment insurance.
Focus Groups
Social Security
Republican
Standing Committees
40. The possible tendency of some voters or convention delegates to support the candidate who is leading in the polls and seems likely to win.
Gerrymandering
Transportation
Gay
Bandwagon
41. This rule established by US v. Leon (1984) angered civil liberties groups by allowing exception to the Exclusionary Rule in instances where probably cause may not fully exist.
Supremacy Clause
Legislative
Department of State
Good Faith Exception
42. Presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President. Position awarded to the longest serving Senator from the majority party. 3rd in line of succession for the Presidency.
Project Grant
Balancing Test
Free Exercise
President Pro Tempore
43. The right to privacy is ___________ in the Constitution.
Implied
Prior Restraint
Senate
Monroe Doctrine
44. In Reynolds v. US (1879) - the Supreme Court denied this right to Reynolds because his religion's practice of polygamy violated federal law.
Free Exercise
Republicans
Rhode Island
Mallory Rule
45. Laws must be administered in a fair manner.
Dark Horse
2/3
Procedural Due Process
Proposition 187
46. Cabinet department that includes the Coast Guard - Border Patrol - FEMA - Transportation Security Administration - INS and the Secret Service. Established in 2001 in response to 9/11.
Homeland Security
Soft Money
Free Exercise of Religion
General Accounting Office
47. An immigrant who wished to become a citizen may be naturalized after living in the US for ___ years.
5
Unicameral
de jure
Gross Domestic Product
48. The only court specifically outlined in the Constitution.
Supreme Court
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Horse race
Ad Hoc Structure
49. A philosophy that the Supreme Court should avoid constitutional questions when possible and uphold acts of Congress unless they clearly violate a specific section of the Constitution.
Poll Tax
Judicial Restraint
Entitlement Spending
Pentagon Papers
50. In 1943 - The Supreme Court upheld the Jehovah's Witnesses right to refrain from saluting the American flag based on their right to _____________.
Regulatory Federalism
Low
Negative
Free Exercise of Religion