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CLEP American Government
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1. 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.
Elastic Clause
congressional oversight committee
31
Magna Carta
2. _____ out of 9 justices must agree to hear an appellate case brought to them from a lower court.
4
Medicaid
Enacted
Cruel and Unusual
3. A method of amending state constitutions under which proposed constitutional amendments can be placed on the ballot if enough signatures are obtained on a petition. Almost half the states also employ the initiative on the ballot to allow voters to en
Raise Public Awareness
Initiative
House of Representatives
Office of Management and Budget
4. During Presidential election years or when the nation is divided on policy agenda - particularly regarding salient issues - voter turnout is _____________
Mark Up Session
High
House of Representatives
Commonwealth
5. The absent colony at the 2nd Continental Congress.
Flexible Construction
Rhode Island
Initiative
Supreme Court
6. The response of the rest of society to actions by the authorities.
Feedback
Soft money
Hub and Spoke Model
Veto
7. Established in 1947 as a combined Department of War and Navy.
Omaha platform
Judicial Restraint
Caucus
Defense
8. After the bill reaches the house floor - if opponents have many changes - they may vote to ______________________.
Negative Advertising
Criminal Information
Recommit the Bill to Committee
Veteran's Affairs
9. These voters tend to have a high voter turnout because of their strong since of civic duty due to growing up during an era of political and civil unrest.
Arraignment
Democratic
Committees
Baby Boomers
10. A declaration by the President in 1823 that warned European powers to keep out of the Western Hemisphere and pledged that the United States would not intervene in the internal affairs of Europe.
Party Identification
Initiative
Monroe Doctrine
Public Opinion
11. 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
14th
Government
Rank and File
Increased competition
12. 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.
Bill of Attainder
Dark Horse
Pluralist
Federalism
13. Powers not specifically granted to the federal government or denied to the states belong to the states and the people
Political Culture
Reserved Powers
Closed rule
Lafolette's Progressive s
14. The policy established after the Second World War that America must take an active leadership role in world affairs
High
Constitutional Initiative
Lord Acton
Internationalism
15. Lobbyists for special interest groups have found ____________________ to be the most direct and effective method to secure their objectives in Congress.
Miranda Rights
Blanket Primary
Campaign Contributions
Dynamic Conservatism
16. The Equal Rights Amendment was defeated in 1982 because ____________________________.
Veto
Flexible Construction
Antitrust Legislation
It Failed to be Ratified
17. A system in which the national government provides grants-in-aid to states using conditions to elicit control.
Statutory Law
Fiscal Federalism
Labor
Separation of Powers
18. The tendency of presidents to lose support over time.
Joseph McCarthy
House of Representatives
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
Dred Scott
19. Number of Federal District courts across 50 states - DC and Puerto Rico.
89
Exit Polls
Situational
Enumerated Powers
20. This customary power allows the President to grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses.
Party Purists
17th
Grant Clemency
Substantive Due Process
21. In addition to a quick and speedy trial - the 6th Amendment also guarantees ________________.
Hatch Act
Ways and Mean Committee
Right to Counsel
General Election
22. Legislature bills that affect only a small group of citizens.
Export Taxes
Political Socialization
Private Bills
Monroe Doctrine
23. The party-column ballot - or Indiana ballot - encourages _______________.
Standing Committees
Straight Ticket Voting
Article III
Balance of Trade
24. 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
Political Party
Contract Clause
Creative Federalism
Party Purists
25. A provision in a deed to real property prohibiting its sale to a person of a particular race or religion. Judicial enforcement is unconstitutional.
Restrictive Covenant
Power Structure
Declining
Unlimited
26. In the last 30 years - voter turnout among American 18- to 24-year-olds has been
Gerrymandering
Majority Rule
a senior senator of the majority party
Declining
27. The right of the Supreme Court - under the Constitution - to hear certain kinds of cases directly - such as cases involving foreign diplomats - or cases in which one of the 50 states is a party.
Coordinated Spending
Foreign Policy
Affirmative Action
Original Jurisdiction
28. In the 1990 case OR State Employment Division v. Smith 1990 - the Supreme court allowed the state to fire employees who use peyote during native American religious ceremonies because it is in violation of drug laws. In this case - which clause of the
Unlimited
Free Exercise Clause
Administrative Law
6th Amendment
29. The power to tax is an example of _______________ powers.
Concurrent
Select Committee
Select Committee
Commerce
30. A tactic in which PACs collect contributions from like-minded individuals and present them to a candidate or political party as a 'bundle -' thus increasing the PAC's influence.
state legislatures
Mugwumps
11th Amendment
Bundling
31. Guarantees that citizens cannot be compelled by the government to act in a way that is contrary to their religious beliefs. (ex. Conscientious objection to military service required by the draft is the execution of ______________)
Self-Incrimination
Free Exercise Clause
Standing Committees
Separate but Equal
32. The right to renounce one's citizenship.
Vice President
Rank and File
Freedom of Speech
Right of Expatriation
33. Government branch established in Article I of the Constitution.
Realigning Elections
External Efficacy
Legislative
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
34. A broadly based coalition that attempts to gain control of the government by winning elections in order to exercise power and reward its members.
Major Political Party
Truman
Detente
Sub-committee
35. This body of government has final authority on the meaning of the Constitution.
Regulatory Federalism
Committees of Correspondence
Supreme Court
Inherent Powers
36. What occurs when government adopts a public policy that provides - or distributes - benefits to people or groups.
Distribution
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Establishment Clause
Government
37. Theory that a government requires the consent of the governed.
Monetary Policy
Sub-government
Economic Interest Groups
Social Contract
38. Redefined Presidential succession and disability.
US Trade Representatives
Republic
Unlimited
25th Amendment
39. Number of years a Representative must reside in the US prior to taking office
7
Jus Sanguinis
Legislative Courts
Home Rule
40. Impact elections by siphoning off votes from major parties spoiling a party's chance in a close race.
Judicial Activism
Third Parties
7
Establishment Clause
41. Members of this party typically include Conservative Christian groups - higher socio-economic classes - middle-class white collar - and suburban voters.
Scandal Mongering
Republican
National Chair
Coast Guard
42. Colonies controlled by the British king through governors appointed by him and through the king's veto power over colonial laws.
Royal Colonies
Republicans
Self-Incrimination
17th
43. Established the Federal Reserve Bank - responsible for conducting the nation's monetary policy - maintaining the stability of the financial system - supervising and regulating banking institutions - and protecting the credit rights of consumers - and
Home Rule
Dies
Woodrow Wilson
Dark Horse
44. Prompted by FDR's 4th election to the Presidency - the 22nd Amendment limited the number of Presidential terms to _____ terms.
Appropriations
Straight Ticket Voting
Article II
2
45. 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
Common Law
The Federalist #10
Convention Bounce
Intelligence
46. International agreements between the president and foreign heads of state that - unlike treaties - do not require Senate approval.
Selective exposure
14
Executive Agreements
Freedom of Speech
47. In Schenck v. US (1919) - The Supreme Court ruled that government may prohibit speech that creates an immediate threat of criminal action. Essentially established different standards for speech during wartime than in peacetime. Thus - establishing th
Brown v. Board of Education Topeka - Kansas
14th Amendment
Attorney General
Clear and Present Danger
48. The individuals - institutions - and processes that make the rules for society and possess the power to enforce them.
Blanket Primary
Government
Spoils System
Intelligence
49. Test whereby the Supreme Court established criteria by which state may provide aid to religious groups.
20
Lemon Test
Ex Post Facto
Proposition 187
50. While the voting rights act of 1965 did direct the Attorney General to investigate the constitutionality of poll taxes and prohibit literacy tests - it did not expressly prohibit _____________.
Discharge Petition
Office of Management and Budget
Gerrymandering
Senior Executive Service