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CLEP American Government
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1. Process by which citizens propose an amendment by petition.
presidential line-item veto
Probable Cause
Constitutional Initiative
Public Opinion
2. Which office serves as a watchdog into waste or fraud in the bureaucracy and conducts investigations at the request of congressional committees
General Accounting
Raise Public Awareness
Charismatic authority
Baker v. Wingo
3. This 1964 case established strict standards for proving slander and libel - court must prove intent of malice on the part of the publisher.
Bandwagon
Suburbia
Preamble
NY Times v. Sullivan
4. Government regulation of the economy through its control over the supply of money and the cost and availability of credit. Controlled by the Federal Reserve Board.
presidential line-item veto
Pocket Veto
National Security Council
Monetary Policy
5. First governing document of the Plymouth Colony establishing freedom of religion.
Fiscal Policy
Salient Agenda
Mayflower Compact
Civil Liberties
6. The case of Gregg v. Georgia set the precedent for a ________________ system in which guilt and sentencing and tried separately.
de facto
Two Trial
Substantive Due Process
Transportation
7. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is an example of an
Interstate Compact
Transportation
blockbusting and redlining
Writ of Certiorari
8. Prohibits citizens of one state or foreign country from suing another state.
11th Amendment
Electoral Connection
Eminent Domain
Lemon Test
9. A system in which national and state governments are competitors with distinct powers. This system was prominent in the US from the during the 19th century until 1937.
Third Parties
Hatch Act
Dual / Layer Cake Federalism
Majority Whip
10. To an extent - the press and the government have a relationship that is _______________ and mutually dependent.
Dred Scott
National Security Council
270
Adversarial
11. Responsibilities include: Coordinating the nation's intelligence activities and Evaluating and disseminating intelligence that affects national security
Common Law
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Instructed Delegate
Plain View
12. These party members tend to be ideologues who put issues ahead of winning elections and withhold support from candidates who do not share their stance on issues. Very active in special interest groups and caucuses within the party. Willing to break a
Party Purists
Article IV
John Locke
Administrative Law
13. 'lame duck' amendment
Ex Post Facto
imprisoned
11th Amendment
20th
14. 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
Entitlement Programs
Exit Polls
Mugwumps
may not
15. This amendment applied the Bill of Rights to states.
Enacted
2
14th
Bowers v. Hardwick
16. 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
State
Conference Committee
Free Exercise Clause
10th Amendment
17. The process through which an individual acquires a set of political attitudes and forms opinions about political and social issues.
Executive
Political Socialization
Homeland Security
Economic Interest Groups
18. Voters in a political district - or supporters of an elected official; or interest groups or client groups that are either directly regulated by the bureaucracy or vitally affected by its decisions.
Government
Brown v. Board of Education Topeka - Kansas
Constituencies
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
19. The 1892 platform of the Populist party repudiating laissez-faire and demanding economic and political reform
Democratic
Campaign Contributions
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Omaha platform
20. Government regulation of the economy through its control over taxes and government spending. Controlled by the Department of Treasury.
Democrats
Enumerated Powers
16th Amendment
Fiscal Policy
21. 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.
Swing Voters in the Democratic Party
The Enlightenment
Judicial Review
Budget Resolution
22. The term most political scientists prefer to describe the bureaucratic process
2
Pluralist Theory
Statutory Law
Public Administration
23. The number of ______________ a state receives is based on the number Representatives and Senators that the state has in Congress
Socialism
Increased competition
Federal Courts
Electoral Votes
24. It the job of _________ committees of a political party to hold voter registration drives - recruit new party members and final candidates for city and county positions.
Institutional
Jurisdiction
Local
Flexible Construction
25. 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.
Universe
Scandal Mongering
Hub and Spoke Model
Unicameral
26. The head of a national political party
National Chair
Precedent
Interior
Conservatism
27. The structure and set of regulations in place to control activity - usually in large organizations and government. it is represented by standardized procedure (rule-following) that dictates the execution of most or all processes within the body - for
Political Party
Bureaucracy
Wallace's Progressives
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
28. The provisions of the Constitution that divide power among three constitutionally equal and independent branches of government
Political ideology
2
Balancing Test
Checks and Balances
29. This 1957 judgement prohibited pornography material as utterly without redeeming social significance - later reversed in Miller v. California
Roth v. US
Conventions
Committees of Correspondence
Segregation
30. Federal aid that states and localities may use mostly as they wish.
Cold War
Free Exercise of Religion
General Purpose Grants
Home Rule
31. James Madison proposed to deal with the threat of political factions by ______________________.
Party Regulars
Separation of Powers
Block Grant
National Political Parties
32. Committees that pull members from both the house and the senate who meet to discuss major policy issues such as economy and taxation.
Statutory Law
Declining
Joint Committee
Federal District
33. The belief that all people possess certain basic rights that may not be abridged by government.
25th Amendment
Soft Money
Natural Rights
Civilian Supremacy
34. Which committee assignments would confer the most power and influence on members of the Senate?
Press Secretary
Pluralist Theory
Alien and Sedition Acts
Appropriations
35. The policy established after the Second World War that America must take an active leadership role in world affairs
President
Internationalism
Caucus
Lemon Test
36. A writ designed to protect against illegal imprisonment by requiring that a person who is detained be brought before a judge for investigation.
Writ of Certiorari
Chief Justice
Supply Side Economics
Criminal Cases
37. Included are Ways and Means - Veteran's Affairs - Transportation and Infrastructure - Standards of Official Conduct - Small Business - Science - Judiciary - Rules - Resources - Oversight of Government Reform - House Administration - Homeland Security
Whigs
Intelligence
de jure
House Standing Committees
38. This 1st amendment clause prohibits the government from making any law prohibiting the exercise of any religion
Political Patronage
Free Exercise Clause
Dies
Supports
39. Law enacted by Congress - or by state legislatures or local legislative bodies.
Statutory Law
Closed
Offensive Language
Major Political Party
40. The Supremacy Clause appears in ________________ of the Constitution.
Interstate Compact
Soft money
Article VI
Writ of Mandamus
41. This was amended in 1985 to prohibit vote dilution without requiring the proof of discriminatory purpose demanded by the original Act.
Writ of Certiorari
Furman v. Georgia
Party Activists
Voting Rights Act of 1965
42. A system of _______________ - as in Italy - encourages the existence of many parties by allotting seats to competing candidates according to the percentage of votes they win.
Internal Efficacy
Truman
Libertarianism
Proportional Representation
43. 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.
Charismatic authority
congressional oversight committee
Adversarial
Monetary Policy
44. The principle that the government - as provided in the Fifth Amendment - can take property for 'public use' with 'just compensation' to the owners.
Equity
Federal
Sub-committee
Eminent Domain
45. A decision of the Supreme Court cannot be ___________.
Negative
Appealed
Primary
Joseph McCarthy
46. In 1992 - the television networks agreed not to release these until a majority of polling places had closed in each state
Article III
14th Amendment
435
Exit Polls
47. Voting based on looking back and making judgments about the way things have gone and the kind of government experienced during a political leader's time in office.
Retrospective Voting
Ways and Means Committee
Libertarianism
Rules Committee
48. Each Senate committee may have ________ subcommittees.
unlimited
Containment
Regulatory Agencies
27th Amendment
49. Federal and State Courts function in a _____________manner so that federal courts may receive appeals from state courts.
Republicans
Parallel
Lafolette's Progressive s
Quid Pro Quo
50. Disapproval of a bill by a chief executive - such as the president or a governor.
Demands
Roth v. US
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Veto