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CLEP American Government
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This Supreme Court case infamously decided that a slave was not a citizen but property to be 'used in subservience to the interests - the convenience - or the will of his owner'
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Presidential Veto
Party Activists
Dred Scott
2. What occurs when government adopts a public policy that provides - or distributes - benefits to people or groups.
Clean bill
Creative Federalism
Distribution
Marshall Plan
3. Guarantees that any rights not explicitly outlined heretofore are reserved for the states.
10th Amendment
6
Energy
Dissenting Opinion
4. Requires the Electoral College to vote for President and Vice President separately.
Ways and Mean Committee
12th Amendment
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Categorical Grants
5. First Roman Catholic elected President.
Contract Clause
It Failed to be Ratified
Speech Plus
John F. Kennedy
6. If 10 days remain in session and the president does not sign an act of Congress - the law is ___________.
national quotas
Judicial Selection
Enacted
35
7. Senators are re-elected every ___ years with 1/3 of the Senate being up for election every 2 years.
Unlimited
Foreign Relations and the Judiciary Committees
Federal Appellate
6
8. Powerful standing committee that puts bills on the legislative calendar and establishes the processes by which the bill will be discussed on the floor.
Rules Committee
Logrolling
Secretary of State
Joseph McCarthy
9. According to this nineteenth-century British peer and historian - 'power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.'
NY Times v. Sullivan
Lord Acton
Wallace's Progressives
Poll Tax
10. The practice under which victorious politicians reward their followers with jobs.
270
Patriot Act
Spoils System
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
11. A government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.
Restrictive Covenant
Senate
Scandal Mongering
Welfare State
12. The tendency of presidents to lose support over time.
The Federalist #10
Regulatory Agencies
Internal Efficacy
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
13. Process by which citizens propose an amendment by petition.
Implied Powers
Commonwealth
Constitutional Initiative
Standing Committees
14. Smith v. Allwight (1994) was the first vase in which the Supreme Court upheld the voting rights of _____________ in state primary elections.
Budget Surplus
Quid Pro Quo
Ratification
Blacks
15. An act of legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without benefit of a trial. Constitutionally prohibited.
Conservatism
Bill of Attainder
Shay's Rebellion
Judicial Restraint
16. When the President's own party gains power and influence - it more puts pressure on the President to conform to the will of the party - leading to________________ between the President and the party to define their public identities
Increased competition
Outputs
Separation of Powers
100
17. Committees created by Congress to conduct special investigations. Although normally temporary - some become - in effect - permanent.
Judicial Review
Select Committee
The Enlightenment
Pentagon Papers
18. The principle that the government - as provided in the Fifth Amendment - can take property for 'public use' with 'just compensation' to the owners.
Political Action Committees
Eminent Domain
Residual
11th Amendment
19. This 1967 Supreme Court case prohibited illegal eavesdropping and extending the zone of privacy to include the home - office - person - and immediate public arena.
Fast Track Authority
Joint Committees
Supremacy Clause
Katz. v US
20. The 1896 case of Plessy v. Fergusan established the racial segregation policy of __________________.
Separate but Equal
Democratic
Party Purists
Project Grant
21. Government branch established in Article I of the Constitution.
Legislative
national quotas
Petition of Right
Preamble
22. 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.
Hold
national quotas
Pork-Barrel Legislation
Judicial Review
23. Charge of misconduct brought against a government official.
Concurrent
Democratic
state legislatures
Impeachment
24. First civil rights organization to use non-violent tactics to promote racial equality and desegregation
20th
CORE
2
Budget Surplus
25. Age Requirement for House of Representatives.
Rules Committee
Committees
Issue network
25
26. Courts of original jurisdiction in federal crimes - civil suits under federal law - civil suits between citizens of different states where the amount in question exceeds $50 -000 - bankruptcy proceedings - cases involving some federal administrative
John F. Kennedy
Truman
Federal District
Petit Jury
27. Defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing - pictures
Impoundment
Segregation
Capitalism
Slander
28. What principle - contained in the Fourth Amendment - protects a citizen from unwarranted search and seizure?
General Accounting Office
Probable Cause
Detente
Lafolette's Progressive s
29. These party members take active non-leadership roles such as working polls or contributing money to campaigns. Tend to compromise on important issues and are mostly concerned about winning elections.
Party Regulars
Political Efficacy
National Convention
Baker v. Wingo
30. Executive office responsible for helping the President write the federal budget and monitoring federal spending.
National Supremacy
Council of Economic Advisors
Office of Management and Budget
Deficit
31. 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.
Independent Expenditures
Federal
Ad Hoc Structure
Union Shop
32. Members of this party typically include Conservative Christian groups - higher socio-economic classes - middle-class white collar - and suburban voters.
Republican
Formula Grant
Ex Post Facto
Separate but Equal
33. 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.
Presidential Veto
Democratic
Family
Amicus Curiae Brief
34. President requires their approval to appoint judges - ambassadors and other high officials.
High
Senate
Export Taxes
Conglomerates
35. Agencies that were at one time semi-autonomous but that through legislation have been placed under presidential control since 1945.
Monetary Policy
Cooperative / Marble Cake Federalism
Government Corporations
Committees of Correspondence
36. To negotiate a complex and politically sensitive trade treaty - a President will often
Due Process of Law
Fast Track Authority
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Veteran's Affairs
37. Which of the following factors is likely to be the weakest indicator of an individual's political beliefs and opinions? Age - Race - Intelligence - or Religion
Defense
Independent Expenditures
Intelligence
Sub-government
38. A world economy characterized by the free movement of goods - capital - labor - and information across national borders.
Globalization
Public Bills
Redistributive Policy
Probable Cause
39. The ___________ aspects of Federalism include: conflicts between state and national government - economic and racial discrimination - uneven enforcement of law - and dominance of local governments by special interest groups
Cloture
Negative
Patriot Act
Politics
40. 1963 ruling prohibiting prayer in public schools.
Home Rule
Bandwagon
Murray v. Curlett
Democratic
41. Responsibilities include: Coordinating the nation's intelligence activities and Evaluating and disseminating intelligence that affects national security
Electoral College
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Bundling
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
42. Committees of Congress composed of both representatives and senators.
Joint Committees
State of the Union
Hatch Act
Freedom of Speech
43. 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
Miller v. California
Bicameral
School Desegregation
President Pro Tempore
44. First African American appointed to the Supreme Court
Open
Gender Gap
Criminal Information
Thurgood Marshall
45. A federal law passed by Congress in 1939 to restrict political activities by federal workers. The law prevents federal employees while on duty from taking an active part in party politics or campaigns and also bars federal employees from running for
Hatch Act
Third Parties
National Political Parties
Globalization
46. A form of city government under which power is divided between a mayor and an elected city council.
Mayor-Council Plan
Project Grant
Roe v. Wade
Liberalism
47. Its the responsibility of ___________ committees of a political party to solidify the party within each state and organize primary elections
Clothespin vote
Prior Restraint
State
Separate but Equal
48. Presides over the Senate without voting privileges except in the case of a tie.
General Purpose Grants
Absolute Position
Vice President
527 Organizations
49. Eisenhower's philosophy of being liberal in all things human and being conservative with all things fiscal. Appealed to both Republicans and Democrats.
Block Grant
Quota Sampling
Dynamic Conservatism
Situational
50. Washington v. Chrisman (1982) established the _________________ - allowing police officers to seize evidence without a warrant if the evidence is in obvious sight.
14th Amendment
Vice President
Hyperpluralism
Plain View