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CLEP Political Science Us
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 30 minutes.
8th Amendment
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Devolution
Bill of Rights
2. A series of meetings to reform the Articles of Confederation convened in Philadelphia in 1787 in response to the economic and social disorder and the dangers of foreign intervention. The result was an entirely new plan of government - the Constitutio
Speaker of the House
President's Inherent Powers
Executive Order
Constitutional Convention
3. High-ranking military officers who represent the Navy - Army - Air Force and Marines. They assist the civilian leaders of the Department of Defense-advise the president on security matters.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Jurisdiction
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
4. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Executive Order
Redlining
Native American Smoking
5. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Critical Period
Miranda v. Arizona
Executive office of the President
Activist Judges
6. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Executive Agreements
Around 100
Senatorial Courtesy
6 years/2 years
7. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
14th Amendment
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Gideon v. Wainwright
Jim Crow Laws
8. Civil liberties are rights that individuals have against government. Among our civil liberties are the right to free expression - the right to worship (or not) as we choose - and the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. Only the
Brown v. Board of Education
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Standing
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
9. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Stare Decisis
The Right of Due Process
Griswald v. Connecticut
Delegated Powers
10. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Critical Period
Habeas Corpus
Power of the Federal Reserve
Standing
11. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
CA Prop 187
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gideon v. Wainwright
90% or higher
12. The 1803 case in which Chief Justice John Marshall and his associates first asserted the right of the Supreme Court to determine the meaning of the U.S. Constitution. The decision established the Court's power of judicial review over acts of Congress
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Marbury v. Madison
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Lawrence v. Texas
13. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
President's Appointment Power
Prior Restraint
Thomas Jefferson
Conference Committee
14. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Strict Scrutiny
Civil Rights Act of 1964
2/3 from Congress
The Exclusionary Rule
15. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Pork Barrel Legislation
Filibuster
Speaker of the House
16. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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17. Most common job of Senators
Lawyers
Senatorial Courtesy
Prior Restraint
8th Amendment
18. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Activist Judges
Jurisdiction
The Right of Due Process
19. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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20. The chief presiding officer of the HoR. The speaker is the most important party and House leader - can influence lefislative agenda - fate of individual pieces of legislation - and members positions with the House.
Filibuster
Speaker of the House
Clear and Present Danger Test
90% or higher
21. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Amicus Curiae
4th Amendment protections
Senatorial Courtesy
Devolution
22. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Independent Agency
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Civil Service Act of 1883
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
23. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
The Federalist Papers
CA Prop 187
Pork Barrel Legislation
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
24. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.
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25. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Class Action Suit
De facto and de jure segregation
American Government and Politics
26. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Jurisdiction
Delegated Powers
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
27. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Filibuster
The Declaration of Independence.
De facto and de jure segregation
28. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Prior Restraint
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Civil Service Act of 1883
Regulatory Agency
29. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
8th Amendment
Dred Scot v. Standford
Marbury v. Madison
14th Amendment
30. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
President's Appointment Power
Brown v. Board of Education
Prior Restraint
Amicus Curiae
31. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
James Madison
9
Critical Period
The Exclusionary Rule
32. Temp. committees whose members are appointed by SotH and officer of the Senate. They are charged with reaching compromise on legislation once it has been passed by the House. Determine what laws are passed.
Conference Committee
Bill of Rights
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Senatorial Courtesy
33. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Administrative Rule Making
Class Action Suit
Gouverneur Morris
Regulatory Agency
34. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Activist Judges
Lawrence v. Texas
Buckley v. Valeo
Civil Service Act of 1883
35. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Plessy v. Fergueson
De facto and de jure segregation
Habeas Corpus
Lawrence v. Texas
36. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
State of the Union Address
Devolution
Lawrence v. Texas
Presidential Mandate
37. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Jurisdiction
President's Appointment Power
Prior Restraint
38. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Plessy v. Fergueson
President's Appointment Power
Clear and Present Danger Test
39. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Daniel Shays
Amicus Curiae
Civil Service Act of 1883
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
40. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Constitutional Convention
Civil Service Act of 1883
9
Filibuster
41. The 1780s in the United States - maked by internal conflict. The economy deteriorated as individual states printed their own currencies - taxed the products of their neighbors - and ignored foreign trade agreements. Inflation soared - small farmers l
Speaker of the House
Critical Period
90% or higher
Conference Committee
42. Not allowed.
The Exclusionary Rule
Logrolling
Native American Smoking
Shays' Rebellion
43. Implemented following the successful revolt of the British colonies in North America against imperial rule - the articles served as the national government from 1781-1787.
Lawyers
Delegated Powers
Articles of Confederation
Jim Crow Laws
44. Term of Senate/House
Jim Crow Laws
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
6 years/2 years
Independent Agency
45. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
90% or higher
Alexander Hamilton
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
War Powers Resolution
46. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Power of the Federal Reserve
4th Amendment protections
Clear and Present Danger Test
47. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Logrolling
8th Amendment
The Declaration of Independence.
Around 100
48. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Speaker of the House
Around 100
Gouverneur Morris
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
49. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Miranda v. Arizona
State of the Union Address
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Habeas Corpus
50. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Stare Decisis
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Strict Scrutiny
14th Amendment