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CLEP American Government
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The introductory statement of the U.S. Constitution - setting forth the general principles of American government and beginning with the words - 'We the people of the United States - in order to form a more perfect union. ...'
Preamble
Precedent
Raiding
Dark Horse
2. These dissenting Republicans won 17% of the popular vote in 1924 on a platform for public control of national resources and railways - tax reductions - and changes to the staff of the executive department
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3. 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.
Bureaucracy
War Powers Resolution
Proprietary Colonies
Albany Plan
4. Lawsuit brought by an individual or group of people on behalf of all those similarly situated
Freedom of Religion
Writ of Certiorari
Class Action Suit
Public Bills
5. Also known as the Indiana ballot - lists the candidates of each party in a row or column - beside or under the party emblem. In most cases - the voter can make one mark at the top of the column - or pull one lever - and thus vote for all the party's
Party Column Ballot
8th Amendment
Court of Appeals
Grand Jury Indictment
6. 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
The Enlightenment
Major Political Party
New Deal Era
7. In this case - a gay man from Georgia charged with committing sodomy in his own home with a consenting adult. The court ruled that the Constitution does not explicitly grant the right for homosexuals to practice their lifestyle and that laws against
Inherent Powers
Bowers v. Hardwick
Political Patronage
Office of Management and Budget
8. Things government decides to do - example: taxation - crime control - national defense - education - etc.
Public Policies
House of Representatives
Political Machines
Public Policy
9. Author of The Spirit of the Laws advocating balance of power in politics with liberty is dependant upon a separation of the judicial - legislative - and executive branches of government.
Baron de Montesquieu
Majority Rule
Export Taxes
Recommit the Bill to Committee
10. This branch of government checks Bureaucracy through its control over budget and appointments of leadership.
Pass the fundraising threshold
Labor
Elite and Class Theory
Executive
11. A writ designed to protect against illegal imprisonment by requiring that a person who is detained be brought before a judge for investigation.
Project Grant
Writ of Certiorari
Separate but Equal
Bureaucracy
12. Between conventions - the governing body of a major political party. Members of this group are chosen in the states and formally elected by the party
Divided Government
National Committee
Blacks
Offensive Language
13. Number of years a Representative must reside in the US prior to taking office
Deficit
Free Exercise of Religion
Truman
7
14. Serious crimes - such as murder - arson - or rape.
Felonies
House of Representatives
National Security Council
High
15. The house armed services and foreign affairs committees each have ___ subcommittees.
Jus Soli
7
Political Efficacy
Clean bill
16. The main mechanism used by modern political parties to nominate their candidate for President.
Probable Cause
Populous
Judicial Restraint
Caucus
17. Court cases that involve relations between individuals and organizations - such as a divorce action - or a suit for damages arising from an automobile accident or for violation of a business contract.
Civil Cases
Gideon v. Wainwright
Transnational Relations
Soft Money
18. In this essay - James Madison recognized that reconciling the competing interests of various groups was what legislation was all about
Rousseau
Public hearing
Retrospective Voting
The Federalist #10
19. Designed to protect the individual against the arbitrary power of the state.
Cabinet
Due Process of Law
Lemon Test
Petit Jury
20. A world economy characterized by the free movement of goods - capital - labor - and information across national borders.
Globalization
Redistributive Policy
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
Straight Ticket Voting
21. The Supreme Court has ruled that Congress_________________ take away a person's citizenship unless it is freely renounced.
Speaker of the House
Situational
may not
legislative and executive
22. Today the South is is a two-party battleground - in which the ______________ often have the upper hand
Confirmed
Implementation
Categorical Grant
Republicans
23. Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman (1979) upheld that bussing programs were an acceptable way to enforce ______________________.
School Desegregation
Mark Up Session
Clothespin vote
English Bill of Rights
24. 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.
Article V
Exclusionary Rule
Suburbia
Welfare State
25. 3 person executive panel responsible for helping the President develop an economic plan for the nation.
Council of Economic Advisors
3
Federalist
Impartial
26. The concentration of economic power in the hands of a relatively few large companies.
state legislatures
Oligopoly
Standing Committees
Public Policies
27. An offical who is expected to represent the views of his or her constituents even when personally holding different views; one interpretation of the role of the legislator
Soft Money
Fast Track Authority
Council of Economic Advisors
Delegate
28. The ruling in this case provided that the government must prove a threat to national security in order to impose prior restraint.
Public Bills
Unlimited
Pentagon Papers
Concurrent
29. The body composed of electors from the 50 states who formally have the power to elect the president and vice president of the United States. Each state has a number of electors and electoral votes equal to its number of senators and representatives i
Earmarks
Attorney General
Electoral College
27th Amendment
30. Number of years a President must reside in the US prior to taking office
14
Civil Liberties
Implementation
Electoral Votes
31. The elected position of President pro tempore of the Senate is almost always held by
Habeas Corpus
Agriculture
a senior senator of the majority party
Free Exercise Clause
32. What principle - contained in the Fourth Amendment - protects a citizen from unwarranted search and seizure?
Probable Cause
Miranda Rights
Weber
Swing Voters in the Democratic Party
33. Total number of Representatives apportioned to the states based on population and reapportioned with the census every 10 years
435
Issue network
Gerrymandering
Free Rider
34. 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
435
Council-Manager Plan
Intelligence
Committee of the Whole
35. The framers of the Constitution created the Senate to function as a check on the ________________.
Television and Radio
Segregation
National Committee
House of Representatives
36. When the population's overall feeling of political efficacy is low - voter turnout is _______.
16th Amendment
Pluralist
Low
Whips
37. ______________________is responsible for the management of the federal debt and the printing of currency. It is the major fiscal policy agency.
Categorical Grant
Federalist
Department of Treasury
8th Amendment
38. The expression of attitudes about government and politics.
Collective Action
Recommit the Bill to Committee
Public Opinion
Gerrymandering
39. 6 In the view of Robert L. Lineberry - policy analysts focus on the _______________.
Public Policy
Outputs
Senate
NY Times v. Sullivan
40. A system of voter registration in which voters must register only once in their district.
Department of Treasury
Permanent Registration
Gross Domestic Product
Low
41. 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
Amicus Curiae Brief
Balance of Payments
Patriot Act
1st Amendment
42. Federal aid that states and localities may use mostly as they wish.
Proprietary Colonies
General Purpose Grants
Television
Political Party
43. The President's role in the armed forces which during the 20th century has allowed Presidents to circumvent Congress' refusal to declare war.
Article VI
Commander in Chief
Constitutional Initiative
Miranda Rights
44. Authority based on an individual's outstanding traits - which attract followers
Energy
Charismatic authority
Department of Treasury
2/3
45. The Jacksonian Era marked an important change in the process used to nominate Presidential candidates with the emergence of party _________________ - eliminating caucuses.
Free Rider
Members of Congress
Warrant
Conventions
46. Special spending projects that are set aside on behalf of individual members of Congress for their constituents.
Earmarks
Exclusionary Rule
Earl Warren
Establishment Clause
47. Legislative house whose membership was intended to represent the state.
Committees
Recorded Vote
Senate
Committee of the Whole
48. In 2002 - a federal appeals court struck down the Pledge of Allegiance on the grounds that it violated ________________.
Omaha platform
Checks and Balances
Freedom of Religion
Secondary Group
49. Government regulation of the economy through its control over taxes and government spending. Controlled by the Department of Treasury.
Fiscal Policy
Political Efficacy
Democratic
House Standing Committees
50. 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.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Executive
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Constituencies