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CLEP American Government
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1. Smith v. Allwight (1994) was the first vase in which the Supreme Court upheld the voting rights of _____________ in state primary elections.
14th Amendment
Blacks
Writ of Assistance
Court of Appeals
2. In presidential campaigns - federal matching funds are provided to candidates who ______________.
Redistributive Policy
Pass the fundraising threshold
14th Amendment
Article V
3. 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.
Quota Sampling
Article V
Public hearing
Medicaid
4. Theory of democracy in which competition among common interest groups promote ideas to influence politics
Offensive Language
binding
Pluralist Theory
Majority and Minority Leader
5. The amount of money available when the government's income is greater than what it spends in a fiscal year.
Convention Bounce
Valence issue
Budget Surplus
5
6. The philosophy that government should intervene as little as possible in economic affairs.
Omaha platform
New Federalism
Independent
Laissez-Faire
7. President Hoover's laissez-faire approach to the economy during the Great Depression left many poor voters disenfranchised by the Republican Party. They left to join the _______________ Party.
Diminish
Supremacy Clause
3
Democratic
8. Which form of registration prevails in all but a few states?
Permanent Registration
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Welfare State
Public hearing
9. Presidential management model in which corporate CEO tactics are used employing committees - task forces - and special advisors. Successfully utilized by Clinton and G W Bush.
Third Parties
Presidential Ticket
Speech Plus
Ad Hoc Structure
10. A series of 85 articles written by Alexander Hamilton - John Jay - and James Madison under the pseudonym Publius advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution.
Offensive Language
Closed rule
Intelligence
Federalist Papers
11. The tendency of presidents to lose support over time.
Television and Radio
Commerce
Patriot Act
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
12. The Supreme Court practice of applying most of the provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states under the 14th Amendment.
Brown v. Board of Education Topeka - Kansas
Establishment Clause
Selective Incorporation
Scandal Mongering
13. 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.
Right to Work Laws
Equal Protection Clause
Presidential Ticket
Enumerated Powers
14. The vote cast by a person who does not like either candidate and so votes for the less objectionable of the two - putting a clothespin over his nose to keep out the unpleasant stench
Clothespin vote
Northern and Southern
31
Baron de Montesquieu
15. Concurrent resolution - adopted by both Houses of Congress - that sets forth a Congressional budget plan for the budget year and at least four out-years.
20th
Budget Resolution
Campaign Contributions
Resolutions
16. Senators are re-elected every ___ years with 1/3 of the Senate being up for election every 2 years.
6
Self-Incrimination
Bill of Rights
Reverse Discrimination
17. According to one survey - what percentage of Americans belongs to groups that sometimes take a stand on public issues
Restrictive Covenant
31
Democratic
2
18. 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
1964 Civil Rights Act
Senate Standing Committees
Common Law
Party Identification
19. Units of government under the president - within the executive branch - that are not part of a cabinet department.
Executive Agencies
Outputs
2/3
Categorical Grant
20. Committees created by Congress to conduct special investigations. Although normally temporary - some become - in effect - permanent.
Reverse Discrimination
Closed Shop
Preamble
Select Committee
21. Infamous 1735 English case established the precedent for Freedom of the Press in the US.
Zenger
Ratification
Sub-government
Pluralist
22. Tests of a voter's ability to read and write - which were often used to keep recent immigrants and blacks from voting.
The Federal Reserve Board
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Literacy Tests
Royal Colonies
23. Law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies
Democratic
Antitrust Legislation
General Election
General Accounting Office
24. Also known as the Massachusetts ballot - groups candidates according to the office for which they are running
Grand Jury Indictment
Office Column Ballot
Mark Up Session
5 -000
25. Most modern political scientists believe there is ________________ between politics and government.
Little Difference
House of Representatives
Procedural Due Process
Virginia Plan
26. Committees appointed for investigative or crisis situations.
Petit Jury
Eminent Domain
1st Amendment
Select Committee
27. The House appropriations committee has ___ subcommittees.
Katz. v US
Good Faith Exception
8th Amendment
12
28. Independent organizations - but more often the political arms of corporations - labor unions - or interest groups - established to contribute to candidates or to work for general political goals.
Council-Manager Plan
Political Action Committees
Implied Powers
2/3
29. During the period from 1976 to 1824 - This party was lead by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. They wanted a stronger national government that would rectify the pitfalls of the Articles of Confederation. Their supporters held a stronghold in New
Civil Liberties
Federal Courts
Whips
Federalist
30. In Congress - _____________ are informal organizations of individual congressional representatives with like interests or constituencies. Members work together to promote the interests of the groups they represent through legislation - policy - and p
Quota Sampling
Secretary of State
Caucuses
Declining
31. The right to renounce one's citizenship.
Energy
Right of Expatriation
Internationalism
Pre-clearance
32. The foreign policy of the United States during the period after the Second World War - designed to contain the expansion of Soviet power.
Containment
Federal District
Offensive Language
Civil War Amendments
33. Most states have ___________ legislatures.
Bicameral
Impeachment
Political ideology
Muckrakers
34. Number of Senators elected at large per state -
Mayor-Council Plan
Republicans
2
Voting
35. Constitutional Article that establishes the Judicial Branch.
Article III
Due Process
de facto
Articles of Confederation
36. In his historic decision in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) - Chief Justice Marshall established the principle of _____________.
October 1st
Exclusionary Rule
Flexible Construction
Baby Boomers
37. If significant amendments are made to a bill during committee - the bill is sometimes given a new number as a _______________.
Voting
Clean bill
Speech Plus
Executive
38. A term coined by President Lyndon B. Johnson to describe his own view of the relationship between Washington and the states.
8th Amendment
Creative Federalism
Permanent Registration
Cooperative / Marble Cake Federalism
39. An economic system of free enterprise with private ownership of the means of production.
Committees of Correspondence
Establishment Clause
Free Exercise Clause
Capitalism
40. Article VII of the Constitution outlines the process of ____________________.
Free Speech
30
Cold War
Ratification
41. Presidential management model requiring the President to have strong leadership skills and a keen eye for detail. FDR and JFK were well known for this style of leadership.
Article IV
2/3
Hub and Spoke Model
War Powers Resolution
42. Programs mandated by law and not subject to annual review by Congress or the president.
Entitlement Programs
Lobbying
Clear and Present Danger
Union Shop
43. Responsible for assigning bills to committee in the Senate.
Campaign Finance Reform
Majority and Minority Leader
John F. Kennedy
national quotas
44. Members of the ______________ committee of a political party work to maintain influence during non election years through congressional campaign committees.
National
War Powers Resolution
Magna Carta
Local
45. A legal principle of fair dealing - which may provide preventive measures and legal remedies that are unavailable under existing common law and statutory law.
Equity
Unicameral
Presidential Veto
Maintaining Elections
46. In 1943 - The Supreme Court upheld the Jehovah's Witnesses right to refrain from saluting the American flag based on their right to _____________.
Universe
Executive Agencies
Confederation
Free Exercise of Religion
47. The party-column ballot - or Indiana ballot - encourages _______________.
Concurrent Powers
Reserved Powers
Government
Straight Ticket Voting
48. This group of voters historically supported Republicans - a party founded on an anti-slavery platform. During the 1930's they began supporting the New Deal policies of the Democratic party.
Blacks
Agriculture
Political Action Committee
Public Opinion
49. Included are Agriculture - Nutrition - and Forestry; Appropriations; Armed Services; Banking - Housing and Urban Affairs; Commerce - Science and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Finance; Health - Education -
Inherent Powers
Cold War
Selective Incorporation
Senate Standing Committees
50. This controversial clause of the 9th Amendment has allowed government to expand rights to suit its needs.
Confederation
30
Elastic Clause
President Pro Tempore