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CLEP Political Science Us

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Not allowed.






2. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






3. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.






4. Most common job of Senators






5. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.






6. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.






7. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.






8. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






9. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions






10. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.






11. 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






12. 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.






13. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.






14. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.






15. Congress has this power - only used twice.






16. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.






17. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.






18. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.






19. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.

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20. 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.






21. A system in which the president submits the name of a candidate for judicial appointment to the senators from the candidate's state before formally submitting it for full senate approval.






22. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






23. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






24. A survey of the origins and development of the political system in the United States from the colonial days to modern times with an emphasis on the Constitution - various political structures such as the legislative - executive - and judicial branche






25. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.






26. 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.






27. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.






28. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.

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29. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.






30. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.






31. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.






32. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






33. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.






34. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.






35. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.






36. 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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37. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.






38. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.






39. Number of Supreme Court Justices






40. Delegate - member of Congress acts on the express preference of his constituents. Trustee - member is more loosely tied to constituents and makes the decisions she thinks best.






41. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.






42. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.






43. % of House that get reelected






44. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






45. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






46. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.






47. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).






48. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.






49. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.






50. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.