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CLEP American Government

Subjects : clep, civics
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Gave authority over atomic energy from military to civilians.






2. The process through which an individual acquires a set of political attitudes and forms opinions about political and social issues.






3. The Supreme Court practice of applying most of the provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states under the 14th Amendment.






4. Laws passed by state legislatures that are designed to protect reporters from being forced to reveal their news sources.






5. Private groups that attempt to influence the government to respond to the shared attitudes of their members.






6. There is an _____________ relationship between Presidential approval ratings and unemployment.






7. This article of the Constitution establishes the Executive Branch.






8. In a 1943 case - the Supreme Court upheld the right to refuse to salute the American flag on the basis of the constitutional guarantee of _________________.






9. The head of a national political party






10. Senators have a __________ rate of re-election than Representatives primarily because of their larger constituency and lack of direct involvement with them.






11. This 1963 case extended the right to counsel to all felony cases.






12. Things government decides to do - example: taxation - crime control - national defense - education - etc.






13. The 15th Amendment - also know as _________________ - was intended to help recently freed blacks from unconstitutional state laws designed to circumvent federal laws.






14. The party-column ballot - or Indiana ballot - encourages _______________.






15. Constitutional protection of the accused to not be tried for the same crime twice.






16. Devolutionary system in which the national government returns tax dollars to the state and local governments primarily in the form of block grants.






17. Groups named for the section of the Internal Revenue Service code under which they must report their expenditures. The tax-exempt groups were created to exploit a loophole in the law regulating campaign finance.






18. Grants that an accused may not be held in custody without charge - literally 'You shall have the body'.






19. Until the law was changed in 2002 - the term described unregulated campaign funds not subject to the limits of federal law because they went to party committees and not directly to candidates. The 2002 law banned contributions of soft money to nation






20. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 required states in the covered jurisdiction to attain _________________ from the Attorney General before making changes to voting standards - practice - or procedure






21. A relaxation of international tensions.






22. The House appropriations committee has ___ subcommittees.






23. The possible tendency of some voters or convention delegates to support the candidate who is leading in the polls and seems likely to win.






24. This called for three-fifths of all slaves in a state were counted for purposes of apportioning representation in the House of Representatives.






25. A law passed in 1966 that requires federal executive branch and regulatory agencies to make information available to journalists - scholars - and the public unless it falls into one of several confidential categories.






26. Concept of the British statesman Edmund Burke that legislators should act according to their own consciences.






27. This category of interest groups has been the strongest and most effective in lobbying Washington






28. Legislature bills that affect all citizens.






29. Government regulation of the economy through its control over taxes and government spending. Controlled by the Department of Treasury.






30. The issue of slavery split the Democratic Party into what two factions?






31. In the 1964 case of ____________ - the Supreme Court: established 'one person - one vote' -






32. Lead by Theodore Roosevelt - this party platform focused on women's suffrage - social reform - fair business practices - and direct election of senators. The won 25% of the popular vote in 1911 - splitting the Republican vote and allowing Democrat Wo






33. Southern whites prevented blacks from ____________ through use of poll taxes - literacy tests and intimidation tactics after the Civil War.






34. Proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 as an attempt to form a union of the colonies. Later used to help form the Articles of Confederation.






35. Contacts - coalitions - and interactions across national boundaries






36. Term limit for House of Representatives.






37. The separation of people by race.






38. In WV State BOE v Barnette (1943) - the Supreme Court ruled that compelling citizens to salute the flag violates the principles of a free society - upholding which 1st Amendment rights?






39. The Medicaid and Food Stamp programs are examples of two very large






40. Early civil rights leader established the Niagara Movement and helped to establish the NAACP.






41. The 1896 case of Plessy v. Fergusan established the racial segregation policy of __________________.






42. 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.






43. At one time - the press generally refrained from publishing personal information that would be damaging. FDR - Eisenhower - and JFK all benefited from this reluctance to engage in _____________________. However - the American publics appetite for sen






44. Department established in 1988 by President G.H. Bush.

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45. The right to renounce one's citizenship.






46. Wisconsin Republican who exploited public concern for political gain during the 1950's through freewheeling investigations of alleged Communists.






47. A controversial law overwhelmingly passed by Congress in October 2001 - after the terrorist attacks of September 11 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. It greatly expanded the power of federal law enforcement authorities to move against suspe






48. A coherent set of beliefs about politics - public policy - and public purpose. It helps give meaning to political event - personalities - and policies.






49. The term 'Reagan Democrats' has become a generic term for






50. Powers of the national government that flow from its enumerated powers and the 'elastic clause' of the Constitution.